# Missing categories of metrics in Prometheus

**URL:** <https://forum.cardano.org/t/missing-categories-of-metrics-in-prometheus/87647>\
**Category:** Operate a Stake Pool\
**Created:** [4 December 2021 00:56 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/missing-categories-of-metrics-in-prometheus/87647 "2021-12-04T00:56:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![jimerman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/jimerman/32/39888_2.png) [@jimerman](https://forum.cardano.org/u/jimerman)\
**Post date:** [10 December 2021 13:36 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/missing-categories-of-metrics-in-prometheus/87647/21 "2021-12-10T13:36:17Z")

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Wow, I can’t believe I neglected to post that, sorry. 1.30.1.

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**Author:** ![os11k](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/os11k/32/43985_2.png) [@os11k](https://forum.cardano.org/u/os11k)\
**Post date:** [10 December 2021 16:02 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/missing-categories-of-metrics-in-prometheus/87647/22 "2021-12-10T16:02:20Z")

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I just downgraded my BP in testnet to same version and I still can see those metrics.

In your example I don’t see KES related metrics. Maybe you have incorrectly configured your block producer, so it do not have access to keys?

What you see when you run:

```auto
ps -ax | grep cardano-node

```

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**Author:** ![os11k](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/os11k/32/43985_2.png) [@os11k](https://forum.cardano.org/u/os11k)\
**Post date:** [10 December 2021 16:15 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/missing-categories-of-metrics-in-prometheus/87647/23 "2021-12-10T16:15:53Z")

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@jimerman I would like to add that if block producer do not have keys it will behave as relay. I’m thinking now that this is what happening here.

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**Author:** ![jimerman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/jimerman/32/39888_2.png) [@jimerman](https://forum.cardano.org/u/jimerman)\
**Post date:** [10 December 2021 17:00 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/missing-categories-of-metrics-in-prometheus/87647/24 "2021-12-10T17:00:12Z")

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Ah, that may be it. I probably messed up the startup command, it wasn’t clear to me as my first node being set up.

` 206255 pts/1 Sl 603:54 /home/stakepool/.local/bin/cardano-node run --database-path /home/stakepool/cnode/db-block --socket-path /home/stakepool/cnode/sockets/node.socket --port 3001 --config /home/stakepool/cnode/config/mainnet-config.json --topology /home/stakepool/cnode/config/mainnet-topology.json`

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**Author:** ![jimerman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/jimerman/32/39888_2.png) [@jimerman](https://forum.cardano.org/u/jimerman)\
**Post date:** [10 December 2021 17:08 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/missing-categories-of-metrics-in-prometheus/87647/25 "2021-12-10T17:08:48Z")

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Aha, I see what I did wrong! I misread the installation instructions, and got confused as to the startup parameters. I will fix and try again. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

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**Author:** ![os11k](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/os11k/32/43985_2.png) [@os11k](https://forum.cardano.org/u/os11k)\
**Post date:** [10 December 2021 17:17 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/missing-categories-of-metrics-in-prometheus/87647/26 "2021-12-10T17:17:02Z")

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Please report if it was a fix for you, I’m curious to find out. 🙂

if it was, please mark this as fixed. 🙂

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**Author:** ![os11k](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/os11k/32/43985_2.png) [@os11k](https://forum.cardano.org/u/os11k)\
**Post date:** [10 December 2021 17:24 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/missing-categories-of-metrics-in-prometheus/87647/27 "2021-12-10T17:24:43Z")

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Yes, definitely you have incorrect command. Check this:

```auto
cat > $NODE_HOME/startBlockProducingNode.sh << EOF 
DIRECTORY=$NODE_HOME
PORT=6000
HOSTADDR=0.0.0.0
TOPOLOGY=\${DIRECTORY}/${NODE_CONFIG}-topology.json
DB_PATH=\${DIRECTORY}/db
SOCKET_PATH=\${DIRECTORY}/db/socket
CONFIG=\${DIRECTORY}/${NODE_CONFIG}-config.json
KES=\${DIRECTORY}/kes.skey
VRF=\${DIRECTORY}/vrf.skey
CERT=\${DIRECTORY}/node.cert
/usr/local/bin/cardano-node run +RTS -N -A16m -qg -qb -RTS --topology \${TOPOLOGY} --database-path \${DB_PATH} --socket-path \${SOCKET_PATH} --host-addr \${HOSTADDR} --port \${PORT} --config \${CONFIG} --shelley-kes-key \${KES} --shelley-vrf-key \${VRF} --shelley-operational-certificate \${CERT}
EOF

```

from here:

> **[Guide: How to build a Cardano Stake Pool](https://www.coincashew.com/coins/overview-ada/guide-how-to-build-a-haskell-stakepool-node#9.-generate-block-producer-keys)**
>
> On Ubuntu/Debian, this guide will illustrate how to install and configure a Cardano stake pool from source code on a two node setup with 1 block producer node and 1 relay node.

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**Author:** ![jimerman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/jimerman/32/39888_2.png) [@jimerman](https://forum.cardano.org/u/jimerman)\
**Post date:** [10 December 2021 21:38 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/missing-categories-of-metrics-in-prometheus/87647/28 "2021-12-10T21:38:57Z")

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Yes, I think it worked! Thank you so much! I have learned a lot.

```auto
curl localhost:12798/metrics | grep cardano

cardano_node_metrics_slotsMissedNum_int 1999
cardano_node_metrics_served_block_count_int 345
cardano_node_metrics_submissions_submitted_count_int 34665
cardano_node_metrics_Stat_threads_int 14
cardano_node_metrics_density_real 4.939287919324964e-2
cardano_node_metrics_epoch_int 307
cardano_node_metrics_Forge_node_not_leader_int 11107
cardano_node_metrics_txsInMempool_int 33
cardano_node_metrics_delegMapSize_int 1008170
cardano_node_metrics_RTS_gcMinorNum_int 59244
cardano_node_metrics_txsProcessedNum_int 30030
cardano_node_metrics_utxoSize_int 4541797
cardano_node_metrics_RTS_gcLiveBytes_int 3517035272
cardano_node_metrics_mempoolBytes_int 25289
cardano_node_metrics_nodeStartTime_int 1639158055
cardano_node_metrics_operationalCertificateExpiryKESPeriod_int 412
cardano_node_metrics_RTS_gcMajorNum_int 869
cardano_node_metrics_blockNum_int 6611317
cardano_node_metrics_remainingKESPeriods_int 45
cardano_node_metrics_Stat_cputicks_int 264551
cardano_node_metrics_submissions_accepted_count_int 30063
cardano_node_metrics_RTS_gcticks_int 119406
cardano_node_metrics_RTS_mutticks_int 145144
cardano_node_metrics_currentKESPeriod_int 367
cardano_node_metrics_Forge_forge_about_to_lead_int 11107
cardano_node_metrics_submissions_rejected_count_int 4601
cardano_node_metrics_connectedPeers_int 2
cardano_node_metrics_served_header_counter_int 1283
cardano_node_metrics_Mem_resident_int 7417798656
cardano_node_metrics_operationalCertificateStartKESPeriod_int 350
cardano_node_metrics_slotInEpoch_int 344919
cardano_node_metrics_slotNum_int 47605719
cardano_node_metrics_RTS_gcHeapBytes_int 10488905728

```

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**Author:** ![jimerman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/jimerman/32/39888_2.png) [@jimerman](https://forum.cardano.org/u/jimerman)\
**Post date:** [10 December 2021 21:41 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/missing-categories-of-metrics-in-prometheus/87647/29 "2021-12-10T21:41:03Z")

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FYI, I run cardano-node as a service. I create /etc/systemd/system/cardano-node.service:

```auto
[Unit]
Description=PLL Cardano Block Producer
After=multi-user.target
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/stakepool/.local/bin/cardano-node run \
    --config /home/stakepool/cnode/config/mainnet-config.json \
    --topology /home/stakepool/cnode/config/mainnet-topology.json \
    --database-path /home/stakepool/cnode/db-block/ \
    --socket-path /home/stakepool/cnode/sockets/node.socket \
    --host-addr 0.0.0.0 \
    --port 3001 \
    --shelley-kes-key /home/stakepool/cnode/keys/myPool.kes-000.skey \
    --shelley-vrf-key /home/stakepool/cnode/keys/myPool.vrf.skey \
    --shelley-operational-certificate /home/stakepool/cnode/keys/myPool.node-000.opcert

KillSignal = SIGINT
RestartKillSignal = SIGINT
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=cardano
LimitNOFILE=32768

Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=15s
WorkingDirectory=~
User=stakepool
Group=stakepool
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

```

Then I register and start it:

```auto
sudo systemctl enable cardano-node
sudo systemctl start cardano-node

```

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**Author:** ![os11k](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/os11k/32/43985_2.png) [@os11k](https://forum.cardano.org/u/os11k)\
**Post date:** [11 December 2021 17:41 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/missing-categories-of-metrics-in-prometheus/87647/30 "2021-12-11T17:41:36Z")

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Hi @jimerman

Please mark this is as fixed.

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