Litestream Grafana Dashboard

This directory contains a Grafana dashboard for monitoring Litestream metrics.

Prerequisites

1. Litestream configured with metrics endpoint enabled in litestream.yml:

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   addr: ":9090"
   

2. Prometheus configured to scrape Litestream metrics:

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   scrape_configs:
     - job_name: 'litestream'
       static_configs:
         - targets: ['localhost:9090']
   

3. Grafana with Prometheus data source configured

Installation

1. Open Grafana and navigate to Dashboards → Import
2. Upload the litestream-dashboard.json file or paste its contents
3. Select your Prometheus data source
4. Click Import

Metrics Included

The dashboard monitors the following key metrics:

• Database & WAL Size: Current size of the database and Write-Ahead Log
• Total WAL Bytes Written: Cumulative bytes written to shadow WAL
• Sync Operations: Rate of sync operations and any sync errors
• Sync Duration: Time spent syncing shadow WAL
• Checkpoint Operations: Rate of checkpoint operations by mode
• Checkpoint Errors: Any checkpoint errors that occur
• Transaction ID: Current transaction ID for each database
• Replica Operations: Operations performed by replica type (GET/PUT)
• Replica Throughput: Bytes transferred by replica operations

Configuration

The dashboard uses template variables:

• datasource: Select your Prometheus data source
• job: Select the Prometheus job name (defaults to "litestream")

Support

For issues or improvements to this dashboard, please open an issue at: https://github.com/benbjohnson/litestream/issues