prober: add an HTTP endpoint for triggering a probe

- Keep track of the last 10 probe results and successful probe
  latencies;
- Add an HTTP handler that triggers a given probe by name and returns it
  result as a plaintext HTML page, showing recent probe results as a
  baseline

Updates tailscale/corp#20583

Signed-off-by: Anton Tolchanov <anton@tailscale.com>
This commit is contained in:
Anton Tolchanov
2024-07-30 23:06:39 +01:00
committed by Anton Tolchanov
parent 227509547f
commit 153a476957
2 changed files with 311 additions and 40 deletions
+142 -40
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@@ -7,19 +7,25 @@
package prober
import (
"container/ring"
"context"
"errors"
"fmt"
"hash/fnv"
"log"
"maps"
"math/rand"
"net/http"
"sync"
"time"
"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
"tailscale.com/tsweb"
)
// recentHistSize is the number of recent probe results and latencies to keep
// in memory.
const recentHistSize = 10
// ProbeClass defines a probe of a specific type: a probing function that will
// be regularly ran, and metric labels that will be added automatically to all
// probes using this class.
@@ -106,6 +112,14 @@ func (p *Prober) Run(name string, interval time.Duration, labels Labels, pc Prob
l[k] = v
}
probe := newProbe(p, name, interval, l, pc)
p.probes[name] = probe
go probe.loop()
return probe
}
// newProbe creates a new Probe with the given parameters, but does not start it.
func newProbe(p *Prober, name string, interval time.Duration, l prometheus.Labels, pc ProbeClass) *Probe {
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
probe := &Probe{
prober: p,
@@ -117,6 +131,9 @@ func (p *Prober) Run(name string, interval time.Duration, labels Labels, pc Prob
probeClass: pc,
interval: interval,
initialDelay: initialDelay(name, interval),
successHist: ring.New(recentHistSize),
latencyHist: ring.New(recentHistSize),
metrics: prometheus.NewRegistry(),
metricLabels: l,
mInterval: prometheus.NewDesc("interval_secs", "Probe interval in seconds", nil, l),
@@ -131,15 +148,14 @@ func (p *Prober) Run(name string, interval time.Duration, labels Labels, pc Prob
Name: "seconds_total", Help: "Total amount of time spent executing the probe", ConstLabels: l,
}, []string{"status"}),
}
prometheus.WrapRegistererWithPrefix(p.namespace+"_", p.metrics).MustRegister(probe.metrics)
if p.metrics != nil {
prometheus.WrapRegistererWithPrefix(p.namespace+"_", p.metrics).MustRegister(probe.metrics)
}
probe.metrics.MustRegister(probe)
p.probes[name] = probe
go probe.loop()
return probe
}
// unregister removes a probe from the prober's internal state.
func (p *Prober) unregister(probe *Probe) {
p.mu.Lock()
defer p.mu.Unlock()
@@ -206,6 +222,7 @@ type Probe struct {
ctx context.Context
cancel context.CancelFunc // run to initiate shutdown
stopped chan struct{} // closed when shutdown is complete
runMu sync.Mutex // ensures only one probe runs at a time
name string
probeClass ProbeClass
@@ -232,6 +249,10 @@ type Probe struct {
latency time.Duration // last successful probe latency
succeeded bool // whether the last doProbe call succeeded
lastErr error
// History of recent probe results and latencies.
successHist *ring.Ring
latencyHist *ring.Ring
}
// Close shuts down the Probe and unregisters it from its Prober.
@@ -278,13 +299,17 @@ func (p *Probe) loop() {
}
}
// run invokes fun and records the results.
// run invokes the probe function and records the result. It returns the probe
// result and an error if the probe failed.
//
// fun is invoked with a timeout slightly less than interval, so that
// the probe either succeeds or fails before the next cycle is
// scheduled to start.
func (p *Probe) run() {
start := p.recordStart()
// The probe function is invoked with a timeout slightly less than interval, so
// that the probe either succeeds or fails before the next cycle is scheduled to
// start.
func (p *Probe) run() (pi ProbeInfo, err error) {
p.runMu.Lock()
defer p.runMu.Unlock()
p.recordStart()
defer func() {
// Prevent a panic within one probe function from killing the
// entire prober, so that a single buggy probe doesn't destroy
@@ -293,29 +318,30 @@ func (p *Probe) run() {
// alert for debugging.
if r := recover(); r != nil {
log.Printf("probe %s panicked: %v", p.name, r)
p.recordEnd(start, errors.New("panic"))
err = fmt.Errorf("panic: %v", r)
p.recordEnd(err)
}
}()
timeout := time.Duration(float64(p.interval) * 0.8)
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(p.ctx, timeout)
defer cancel()
err := p.probeClass.Probe(ctx)
p.recordEnd(start, err)
err = p.probeClass.Probe(ctx)
p.recordEnd(err)
if err != nil {
log.Printf("probe %s: %v", p.name, err)
}
pi = p.probeInfoLocked()
return
}
func (p *Probe) recordStart() time.Time {
st := p.prober.now()
func (p *Probe) recordStart() {
p.mu.Lock()
defer p.mu.Unlock()
p.start = st
return st
p.start = p.prober.now()
p.mu.Unlock()
}
func (p *Probe) recordEnd(start time.Time, err error) {
func (p *Probe) recordEnd(err error) {
end := p.prober.now()
p.mu.Lock()
defer p.mu.Unlock()
@@ -327,22 +353,55 @@ func (p *Probe) recordEnd(start time.Time, err error) {
p.latency = latency
p.mAttempts.WithLabelValues("ok").Inc()
p.mSeconds.WithLabelValues("ok").Add(latency.Seconds())
p.latencyHist.Value = latency
p.latencyHist = p.latencyHist.Next()
} else {
p.latency = 0
p.mAttempts.WithLabelValues("fail").Inc()
p.mSeconds.WithLabelValues("fail").Add(latency.Seconds())
}
p.successHist.Value = p.succeeded
p.successHist = p.successHist.Next()
}
// ProbeInfo is the state of a Probe.
// ProbeInfo is a snapshot of the configuration and state of a Probe.
type ProbeInfo struct {
Start time.Time
End time.Time
Latency string
Result bool
Error string
Name string
Class string
Interval time.Duration
Labels map[string]string
Start time.Time
End time.Time
Latency time.Duration
Result bool
Error string
RecentResults []bool
RecentLatencies []time.Duration
}
// RecentSuccessRatio returns the success ratio of the probe in the recent history.
func (pb ProbeInfo) RecentSuccessRatio() float64 {
if len(pb.RecentResults) == 0 {
return 0
}
var sum int
for _, r := range pb.RecentResults {
if r {
sum++
}
}
return float64(sum) / float64(len(pb.RecentResults))
}
// RecentMedianLatency returns the median latency of the probe in the recent history.
func (pb ProbeInfo) RecentMedianLatency() time.Duration {
if len(pb.RecentLatencies) == 0 {
return 0
}
return pb.RecentLatencies[len(pb.RecentLatencies)/2]
}
// ProbeInfo returns the state of all probes.
func (p *Prober) ProbeInfo() map[string]ProbeInfo {
out := map[string]ProbeInfo{}
@@ -352,26 +411,69 @@ func (p *Prober) ProbeInfo() map[string]ProbeInfo {
probes = append(probes, probe)
}
p.mu.Unlock()
for _, probe := range probes {
probe.mu.Lock()
inf := ProbeInfo{
Start: probe.start,
End: probe.end,
Result: probe.succeeded,
}
if probe.lastErr != nil {
inf.Error = probe.lastErr.Error()
}
if probe.latency > 0 {
inf.Latency = probe.latency.String()
}
out[probe.name] = inf
out[probe.name] = probe.probeInfoLocked()
probe.mu.Unlock()
}
return out
}
// probeInfoLocked returns the state of the probe.
func (probe *Probe) probeInfoLocked() ProbeInfo {
inf := ProbeInfo{
Name: probe.name,
Class: probe.probeClass.Class,
Interval: probe.interval,
Labels: probe.metricLabels,
Start: probe.start,
End: probe.end,
Result: probe.succeeded,
}
if probe.lastErr != nil {
inf.Error = probe.lastErr.Error()
}
if probe.latency > 0 {
inf.Latency = probe.latency
}
probe.latencyHist.Do(func(v any) {
if l, ok := v.(time.Duration); ok {
inf.RecentLatencies = append(inf.RecentLatencies, l)
}
})
probe.successHist.Do(func(v any) {
if r, ok := v.(bool); ok {
inf.RecentResults = append(inf.RecentResults, r)
}
})
return inf
}
// RunHandler runs a probe by name and returns the result as an HTTP response.
func (p *Prober) RunHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
// Look up prober by name.
name := r.FormValue("name")
if name == "" {
return tsweb.Error(http.StatusBadRequest, "missing name parameter", nil)
}
p.mu.Lock()
probe, ok := p.probes[name]
prevInfo := probe.probeInfoLocked()
p.mu.Unlock()
if !ok {
return tsweb.Error(http.StatusNotFound, fmt.Sprintf("unknown probe %q", name), nil)
}
info, err := probe.run()
stats := fmt.Sprintf("Previous runs: success rate %d%%, median latency %v",
int(prevInfo.RecentSuccessRatio()*100), prevInfo.RecentMedianLatency())
if err != nil {
return tsweb.Error(http.StatusFailedDependency, fmt.Sprintf("Probe failed: %s\n%s", err.Error(), stats), err)
}
w.WriteHeader(respStatus)
w.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("Probe succeeded in %v\n%s", info.Latency, stats)))
return nil
}
// Describe implements prometheus.Collector.
func (p *Probe) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
ch <- p.mInterval