github-actions-exporter

github-actions-exporter for prometheus

Container image : https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/spendeskplatform/github-actions-exporter

Information

If you want to monitor a public repository, you must put the public_repo option in the repo scope of your github token or Github App Authentication.

Authentication

Authentication can either via a Github Token or the Github App Authentication 3 parameters. When installing via the Helm Chart the authentication is provided via a secret.

Options

Name	Flag	Env vars	Default	Description
Github Token	github_token, gt	GITHUB_TOKEN	-	Personnel Access Token
Github App Id	app_id, gai	GITHUB_APP_ID		Github App Authentication App Id
Github App Installation Id	app_installation_id, gii	GITHUB_APP_INSTALLATION_ID	-	Github App Authentication Installation Id
Github App Private Key	app_private_key, gpk	GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY	-	Github App Authentication Private Key
Github Refresh	github_refresh, gr	GITHUB_REFRESH	30	Refresh time Github Actions status in sec
Github Organizations	github_orgas, go	GITHUB_ORGAS	-	List all organizations you want get informations. Format <orga1>,<orga2>,<orga3> (like test1,test2)
Github Repos	github_repos, grs	GITHUB_REPOS	-	[Optional] List all repositories you want get informations. Format <orga>/<repo>,<orga>/<repo2>,<orga>/<repo3> (like test/test). Defaults to all repositories owned by the organizations.
Exporter port	port, p	PORT	9999	Exporter port
Github Api URL	github_api_url, url	GITHUB_API_URL	api.github.com	Github API URL (primarily for Github Enterprise usage)
Github Enterprise Name	enterprise_name	ENTERPRISE_NAME	""	Enterprise name. Needed for enterprise endpoints (/enterprises/{ENTERPRISE_NAME}/*). Currently used to get Enterprise level tunners status
Fields to export	export_fields	EXPORT_FIELDS	repo,id,node_id,head_branch,head_sha,run_number,workflow_id,workflow,event,status	A comma separated list of fields for workflow metrics that should be exported

Exported stats

github_workflow_run_status

Gauge type

Result possibility

ID	Description
0	Failure
1	Success
2	Skipped
3	In Progress
4	Queued

Fields

Name	Description
event	Event type like push/pull_request/...
head_branch	Branch name
head_sha	Commit ID
node_id	Node ID (github actions) (mandatory ??)
repo	Repository like <org>/<repo>
run_number	Build id for the repo (incremental id => 1/2/3/4/...)
workflow_id	Workflow ID
workflow	Workflow Name
status	Workflow status (completed/in_progress)

github_workflow_run_duration_ms

Gauge type

Result possibility

Gauge	Description
milliseconds	Number of milliseconds that a specific workflow run took time to complete.

Fields

Name	Description
event	Event type like push/pull_request/...
head_branch	Branch name
head_sha	Commit ID
node_id	Node ID (github actions) (mandatory ??)
repo	Repository like <org>/<repo>
run_number	Build id for the repo (incremental id => 1/2/3/4/...)
workflow_id	Workflow ID
workflow	Workflow Name
status	Workflow status (completed/in_progress)

github_job

⚠️ This is a duplicate of the github_workflow_run_status metric that will soon be deprecated, do not use anymore.

github_runner_status

Gauge type (If you have self hosted runner)

Result possibility

ID	Description
0	Offline
1	Online

Fields

Name	Description
id	Runner id (incremental id)
name	Runner name
os	Operating system (linux/macos/windows)
repo	Repository like <org>/<repo>
status	Runner status (online/offline)
busy	Runner busy or not (true/false)

github_runner_organization_status

Gauge type (If you have self hosted runner for an organization)

Result possibility

ID	Description
0	Offline
1	Online

Fields

Name	Description
id	Runner id (incremental id)
name	Runner name
os	Operating system (linux/macos/windows)
orga	Organization name
status	Runner status (online/offline)
busy	Runner busy or not (true/false)

github_runner_enterprise_status

Gauge type (If you have self hosted runner for an enterprise)

Result possibility

ID	Description
0	Offline
1	Online

Fields

Name	Description
id	Runner id (incremental id)
name	Runner name
os	Operating system (linux/macos/windows)

github_workflow_usage_seconds

Gauge type (If you have private repositories that use GitHub-hosted runners)

Result possibility

Gauge	Description
seconds	Number of billable seconds used by a specific workflow during the current billing cycle.

Fields

Name	Description
id	Workflow id (incremental id)
node_id	Node ID (github actions)
name	workflow name
os	Operating system (linux/macos/windows)
repo	Repository like <org>/<repo>
status	Workflow status

Example:

# HELP github_workflow_usage Number of billable seconds used by a specific workflow during the current billing cycle. Any job re-runs are also included in the usage. Only apply to workflows in private repositories that use GitHub-hosted runners.
# TYPE github_workflow_usage gauge
github_workflow_usage_seconds{id="2862037",name="Create Release",node_id="MDg6V29ya2Zsb3cyODYyMDM3",repo="xxx/xxx",state="active",os="UBUNTU"} 706.609

Setting up authentication with GitHub API

There are two ways for github-actions-exporter to authenticate with the GitHub API (only 1 can be configured at a time however):

1. Using a GitHub App (not supported when you use Github Enterprise )
2. Using a Personal Access Token

Functionality wise, there isn't much of a difference between the 2 authentication methods. The primarily benefit of authenticating via a GitHub App is an increased API quota.

If you are deploying the solution for a GitHub Enterprise Server environment you are able to configure your rate limiting settings making the main benefit irrelevant. If you're deploying the solution for a GitHub Enterprise Cloud or regular GitHub environment and you run into rate limiting issues, consider deploying the solution using the GitHub App authentication method instead.

Deploying using GitHub App Authentication

You can create a GitHub App for either your account or any organization. If you want to create a GitHub App for your account, open the following link to the creation page, enter any unique name in the "GitHub App name" field, and hit the "Create GitHub App" button at the bottom of the page.

• Create GitHub Apps on your account

If you want to create a GitHub App for your organization, replace the :org part of the following URL with your organization name before opening it. Then enter any unique name in the "GitHub App name" field, and hit the "Create GitHub App" button at the bottom of the page to create a GitHub App.

• Create GitHub Apps on your organization

Github Token configuration

Scopes needed configuration for the Github token

repo
  - repo:status
  - repo_deployment
  - public_repo

admin:org
  - write:org
  - read:org

Authentication Errors

Invalid Github Token

if token is invalid then 401 Bad credentials will be returned on github API error and displayed in an error message.

Invalid Github App configuration

if the app id or app installation id value is incorrect then messages like the following are displayed:

could not refresh installation id 12345678's token: request &{Method:POST URL:https://api.github.com/app/installations/12345678/access_tokens

if the github_app_private_key is incorrect then errors like the following are displayed.

 Error: Client creation failed.authentication failed: could not parse private key: Invalid Key: Key must be PEM encoded PKCS1 or PKCS8 private ke

Secret actions-exporter

In the kubernetes deployment authentication is passed via a kubernetes secret:

kind: Secret
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: actions-exporter
  namespace: github-actions-exporter
type: Opaque
data:
  github_token: AAAAAA
#  github_app_id: BBBBBB
#  github_app_installation_id: CCCCCCCCC
#  github_app_private_key: DDDDDDD

Or more probably using an external secret manager. Here is an example of using External Secrets with the EKS Secret Manager to define the authentication in a secret:

apiVersion: 'kubernetes-client.io/v1'
kind: ExternalSecret
metadata:
  name: actions-exporter
  namespace: github-actions-exporter
spec:
  backendType: secretsManager
  data:
 #   - key: MySecretManagerKey
 #     name: github_token
 #     property: github_token
    - key: MySecretManagerKey
      name: github_app_id
      property: github_app_id
    - key: MySecretManagerKey
      name: github_app_installation_id
      property: github_app_installation_id
  # separate plaintext aws secret needed for ssh key
    - key: MySecretManagerKeyPrivateKey
      name: github_app_private_key