---
id: "openstack-telemetry"
type: "component"
kind: "monitoring"
provider: "openstack"
category: "ops"
aliases: "Ceilometer"
docs: "https://docs.openstack.org/ceilometer/latest/"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/openstack-telemetry"
---

# OpenStack Telemetry

Ceilometer collects and normalises measurements by polling APIs and listening for notifications, then publishes them to Gnocchi, Prometheus or other targets without storing them.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [openstack](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=openstack) |
| Kind | [Monitoring](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/monitoring) |
| Category | Operations |
| Official docs | [https://docs.openstack.org/ceilometer/latest/](https://docs.openstack.org/ceilometer/latest/) |
| Also known as | Ceilometer |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `alertGrouping` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `collectorMode` | enum | `pull`, `push` | no | "pull" | **"pull"** |
| `independentOfMonitored` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **false** |
| `notificationAgent` | boolean | — | no | true | inherited |
| `pollingAgent` | boolean | — | no | true | inherited |
| `publisher` | enum | `gnocchi`, `aodh`, `prometheus`, `http`, `udp`, `file`, `zaqar`, `notifier` | no | — | inherited |
| `retentionDays` | integer | — | no | — | inherited |
| `signal` | enum | `metrics`, `logs`, `traces`, `alerts`, `all` | no | "metrics" | **"metrics"** |
| `storesData` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

## Other products of the same kind · 174

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- [Application Real-Time Monitoring Service](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alibaba-arms.md) `alibaba-arms` — alibabacloud
- [CloudMonitor](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alibaba-cloud-monitor.md) `alibaba-cloud-monitor` — alibabacloud
- [Database Autonomy Service](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alibaba-das.md) `alibaba-das` — alibabacloud
- [Simple Log Service](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alibaba-log-service.md) `alibaba-log-service` — alibabacloud
- [Security Center](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alibaba-security-center.md) `alibaba-security-center` — alibabacloud
- [Amazon CloudWatch investigations](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-aiops.md) `aws-aiops` — aws
- [AWS Audit Manager](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-audit-manager.md) `aws-audit-manager` — aws
- [AWS CloudTrail](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-cloudtrail.md) `aws-cloudtrail` — aws
- [AWS CloudTrail Lake](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-cloudtrail-lake.md) `aws-cloudtrail-lake` — aws
- [Amazon CloudWatch Application Insights](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-cloudwatch-application-insights.md) `aws-cloudwatch-application-insights` — aws
- [Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-cloudwatch-application-signals.md) `aws-cloudwatch-application-signals` — aws
- [Amazon CloudWatch Internet Monitor](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-cloudwatch-internet-monitor.md) `aws-cloudwatch-internet-monitor` — aws
- [Amazon CloudWatch Logs](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-cloudwatch-logs.md) `aws-cloudwatch-logs` — aws
- [Amazon CloudWatch Network Flow Monitor](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-cloudwatch-network-flow-monitor.md) `aws-cloudwatch-network-flow-monitor` — aws
- [Amazon CloudWatch Network Monitor](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-cloudwatch-network-monitor.md) `aws-cloudwatch-network-monitor` — aws
- [Amazon CloudWatch RUM](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-cloudwatch-rum.md) `aws-cloudwatch-rum` — aws
- [Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-cloudwatch-synthetics.md) `aws-cloudwatch-synthetics` — aws
- [Amazon CodeGuru Profiler](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-codeguru-profiler.md) `aws-codeguru-profiler` — aws
- [AWS Compute Optimizer](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-compute-optimizer.md) `aws-compute-optimizer` — aws
- [Amazon Detective](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-detective.md) `aws-detective` — aws
- [Amazon DevOps Guru](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-devops-guru.md) `aws-devops-guru` — aws
- [Amazon GuardDuty](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-guardduty.md) `aws-guardduty` — aws
- [Amazon Inspector](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-inspector.md) `aws-inspector` — aws
- [AWS IoT Device Defender](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-iot-device-defender.md) `aws-iot-device-defender` — aws
- [Amazon Macie](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-macie.md) `aws-macie` — aws
- [Amazon Managed Grafana](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-managed-grafana.md) `aws-managed-grafana` — aws
- [Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-managed-prometheus.md) `aws-managed-prometheus` — aws
- [AWS Migration Hub](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-migration-hub.md) `aws-migration-hub` — aws
- [AWS Resilience Hub](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-resilience-hub.md) `aws-resilience-hub` — aws
- [AWS Security Hub CSPM](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-security-hub.md) `aws-security-hub` — aws
- [AWS Security Incident Response](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-security-incident-response.md) `aws-security-incident-response` — aws
- [AWS Trusted Advisor](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-trusted-advisor.md) `aws-trusted-advisor` — aws
- [AWS X-Ray](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-xray.md) `aws-xray` — aws
- [Amazon CloudWatch](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudwatch.md) `cloudwatch` — aws
- [Azure Advisor](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-advisor.md) `azure-advisor` — azure
- [Application Insights](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-application-insights.md) `azure-application-insights` — azure
- [Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-defender-easm.md) `azure-defender-easm` — azure
- [Microsoft Defender for Cloud](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-defender-for-cloud.md) `azure-defender-for-cloud` — azure
- [Microsoft Defender for IoT](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-defender-for-iot.md) `azure-defender-for-iot` — azure
- and 134 more: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/monitoring.md

## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "openstack-telemetry", component: "openstack-telemetry" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# OpenStack Telemetry (Ceilometer): collects and normalises measurement data across OpenStack services.
# Per "System Architecture" polling agents poll APIs at a regular interval while notification agents listen on
# the message queue, and Ceilometer "is designed solely to generate and normalise cloud data" - it retains
# nothing itself, publishing instead to Gnocchi, Aodh, Prometheus, HTTP, UDP, file or Zaqar.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "openstack-telemetry"
kind: "monitoring"
provider: "openstack"
docs: "https://docs.openstack.org/ceilometer/latest/"
aliases: ["Ceilometer"]
defaults:
  signal: "metrics"
  collectorMode: "pull"
  managed: false
properties:
  pollingAgent:
    type: "boolean"
    default: true
  notificationAgent:
    type: "boolean"
    default: true
  storesData:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
  publisher:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["gnocchi", "aodh", "prometheus", "http", "udp", "file", "zaqar", "notifier"]
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/openstack-telemetry