Question about metrics

[jhjacobs81]

I am very new to both Grafana and Apache exporter, and i was curious.
What is the difference between this one:

TYPE apache_accesses_total counter

and this one:

TYPE apache_duration_ms_total gauge

I am looking for a way to show the response times of how long it takes when i request a page, and when apache says its finished. For one client they have a request that it takes no longer then so many ms between request and completion :)

[jhjacobs81]

i am looking for a way to show how long it takes a page to load.. not sure which one to use!

[blkperl]

Hey @jhjacobs81 ,

• apache_accesses_total is good for calculating requests per second.
• apache_duration_ms_total would tell you how long a request took. Since a page is often multiple requests to different resources it wouldn't tell you how long a page takes to load. A different tool would be more suitable to measure page load time.

[MarcinPrzadlo]

Actually for different tool you would need to analizę apache text accesslogs. (Httpd would need to be set to log %D ) Check goaccess Or send logs to Loki and graph the request duration. pt., 17 lut 2023, 21:19 użytkownik William Van Hevelingen < ***@***.***> napisał:

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Hey @jhjacobs81 <https://github.com/jhjacobs81> , - apache_accesses_total is good for calculating requests per second. - apache_duration_ms_total would tell you how long a request took. Since a page is often multiple requests to different resources it wouldn't tell you how long a page takes to load. A different tool would be more suitable to measure page load time. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#141 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AJ4NBSJF5YCUG5FVGOFYFDTWX7MNJANCNFSM6AAAAAAQIVGXSQ> . You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[blkperl]

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