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load

load

Use case

Alert when the load average outpaces the host’s actual CPU count - works on Windows too (gopsutil synthesizes an equivalent value from the CPU queue length via WMI), not just Linux/macOS/BSD.

Configuration

Field Type Meaning
threshold1 float default 6; alert if load1 > threshold1 x CPU count
threshold5 float default 4; alert if load5 > threshold5 x CPU count
threshold15 float default 2; alert if load15 > threshold15 x CPU count

Check order: load15 first, then load5, then load1 - whichever trips first (critical, binary - no graduated severity) is the one reported; the others aren’t evaluated once one has fired.

Output

All datapoints:

Item Type Meaning
load_cpu int available CPUs
load1 float load average, 1 minute
load5 float load average, 5 minutes
load15 float load average, 15 minutes

Example 

checks:
  - module: load
    name: load_local
    conf:
      threshold1: 6.0
      threshold5: 4.0
      threshold15: 2.0
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