REST Endpoint
MicroProfile Metrics specifies that all metrics are published at the endpoint /metrics. For both Payara Server and Payara Micro, this means that the endpoint can be found on the HTTP port (default 8080). By visiting these endpoints in a browser, the Prometheus text format can be viewed directly.
Metric Scopes
The Metrics specification defines three Scopes, Base, Vendor and Application which correspond to the following purposes:
- Base
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Base metrics are mandatory for all implementations to provide. This is so that there is a predictable baseline of metrics which will be available on any MicroProfile implementation.
These metrics can be accessed under
/metrics/base. - Vendor
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Vendor metrics are specific to each implementation and are intended to offer metrics which are unique to each vendor.
These metrics can be accessed under
/metrics/vendor. - Application
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Application metrics are reserved for those metrics which are to be exposed from the application by using the developer API.
These metrics can be accessed under
/metrics/application.