OPcache 🔗

The Splunk Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector uses the Smart Agent receiver with the collectd/opcache monitor type to retrieve metrics from OPcache using the opcache_get_status() function, which improves PHP performance by storing precompiled script bytecode in shared memory.

This integration is available on Kubernetes and Linux.

Benefits 🔗

After you configure the integration, you can access these features:

View metrics. You can create your own custom dashboards, and most monitors provide built-in dashboards as well. For information about dashboards, see View dashboards in Observability Cloud.
View a data-driven visualization of the physical servers, virtual machines, AWS instances, and other resources in your environment that are visible to Infrastructure Monitoring. For information about navigators, see Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring navigators.
Access the Metric Finder and search for metrics sent by the monitor. For information, see Use the Metric Finder.

Installation 🔗

Follow these steps to deploy this integration:

Deploy the Splunk Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector to your host or container platform:
- Install on Kubernetes
- Install on Linux
Configure the monitor, as described in the Configuration section.
Restart the Splunk Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector.

PHP setup 🔗

Install the following PHP script on your PHP web server:

<?php
header('Content-Type: application/json');
$status=opcache_get_status();
echo json_encode($status,JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);

The following is an example using NGINX:

location ~ /monitoring/.*\.php$ {
    #access_log off;
    allow 127.0.0.1;
    allow ::1;
    deny all;
    include fastcgi_params;
    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
    fastcgi_param  PHP_ADMIN_VALUE "open_basedir=/var/log:/usr/bin:/srv/http/monitoring";
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    fastcgi_pass php-handler;
}

Put the opcache_stat.php script in /srv/http/monitoring and run the following command:

curl http://localhost/monitoring/opcache_stat.php
{
"opcache_enabled": true,
"cache_full": false,
"restart_pending": false,
"restart_in_progress": false,
"memory_usage": {
    "used_memory": 82614848,
    "free_memory": 183437232,
    "wasted_memory": 2383376,
    "current_wasted_percentage": 0.88787674903869629
},
#...

Configuration 🔗

To use this integration of a Smart Agent monitor with the Collector:

Include the Smart Agent receiver in your configuration file.
Add the monitor type to the Collector configuration, both in the receiver and pipelines sections.

Read more on how to Use Smart Agent monitors with the Collector.
See how to set up the Smart Agent receiver.
Learn about config options in Collector default configuration.

Example 🔗

To activate this integration, add the following to your Collector configuration:

receivers:
  smartagent/opcache:
    type: collectd/opcache
    ...  # Additional config

Next, add the monitor to the service > pipelines > metrics > receivers section of your configuration file:

service:
  pipelines:
    metrics:
      receivers: [smartagent/opcache]

Example: Configure an endpoint 🔗

If the status script results in an endpoint other than /opcache_stat.php, use the path configuration option as in the following example:

monitors:
 - type: collectd/opcache
   host: localhost
   port: 80
   path: "/opcache"

You can also define the full URL using the url configuration option, as shown in the following example:

monitors:
 - type: collectd/opcache
   host: localhost
   port: 80
   useHTTPS: true
   url: "http://{{.host}}:{{.port}}/opcache"
   # useHTTPS is ignored.

Configuration settings 🔗

The following table shows the configuration options for this monitor:

Option	Required	Type	Description
`host`	No	`string`	Host name of the web server. For example, `127.0.0.1`.
`port`	No	`integer`	Port number of the web server. For example, `80`. The default value is `0`.
`useHTTPS`	No	`bool`	If true, the monitor uses an HTTPS connection. The default value is `false`.
`path`	No	`string`	Path of the scrape URL for the OPcache script. The default value is `/opcache_stat.php`.
`url`	No	`string`	Either a final URL or a Go template populated with the `host`, `port`, and `path` values.
`name`	No	`string`	Name of the monitor. Sent as the `plugin_instance` dimension.

Metrics 🔗

Notes 🔗

Learn more about the available metric types in Observability Cloud.
Default metrics are those metrics included in host-based subscriptions in Observability Cloud, such as host, container, or bundled metrics. Custom metrics are not provided by default and might be subject to charges. See more about metric categories.
To add additional metrics, see how to configure extraMetrics using the Collector.

Troubleshooting 🔗

If you are not able to see your data in Splunk Observability Cloud, try these tips:

Submit a case in the Splunk Support Portal
- Available to Splunk Observability Cloud customers
Call Splunk Customer Support
- Available to Splunk Observability Cloud customers
Ask a question and get answers through community support at Splunk Answers
- Available to Splunk Observability Cloud customers and free trial users
Join the Splunk #observability user group Slack channel to communicate with customers, partners, and Splunk employees worldwide
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- To learn how to join, see Get Started with Splunk Community - Chat groups

To learn about even more support options, see Splunk Customer Success.

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