Query Pixie data

You can build your own dashboard charts and query your persisted Pixie telemetry data using the query builder and the NerdGraph API.

New Relic persists select Pixie telemetry data for long-term storage. Find out more about the hybrid storage model for the New Relic Pixie integration here.

Metrics and specifications

HTTP metrics

Query for duration of inbound HTTP request. For example:

FROM Metric SELECT average(http.server.duration)
WHERE instrumentation.provider='pixie'
FACET service.name

Event type	Metric
Metric name	`http.server.duration`
Spec	OpenTelemetry HTTP metric spec
Description	Measures the duration of the inbound HTTP request.
OTEL data type	`MetricDataTypeDoubleSummary` with `min(quantile=0)` and `max(quantile=1)`
Unit	milliseconds
Required attributes	`service.name`
Static attributes	`instrumentation.provider` = `pixie`
HTTP attributes	`http.status_code`
Entity attributes	`service.instance.id` `k8s.cluster.name` `k8s.namespace.name` `k8s.pod.name` `k8s.container.name`

JVM metrics

Query to measure the time spent in a given JVM garbage collectors in milliseconds. For example:

FROM Metric SELECT average(runtime.jvm.gc.collection)
WHERE instrumentation.provider = 'pixie' FACET service.name, gc

Event type	Metric
Metric name	`runtime.jvm.gc.collection`
Spec	opentelemetry.jvm.gc.collection
Description	Time spent in a given JVM garbage collector in milliseconds.
Unit	milliseconds
Required attributes	`service.name`
Static attributes	`instrumentation.provider` = `pixie`
JVM attributes	`gc` = `young\|full`
Entity attributes	`service.instance.id` `k8s.cluster.name` `k8s.namespace.name` `k8s.pod.name` `k8s.container.name`

Query to find out the number of bytes in a given JVM memory area. For example:

FROM Metric SELECT average(runtime.jvm.memory.area)
WHERE type = 'used' AND instrumentation.provider = 'pixie'
FACET service.name

Event type	Metric
Metric name	`runtime.jvm.memory.area`
Spec	opentelemetry-java-instrumentation
Description	Bytes of a given JVM memory area.
Unit	bytes
Required attributes	`service.name`
Static attributes	`instrumentation.provider` = `pixie`
JVM attributes	`type` = `used\|total\|max` `area` = `heap`
Entity attributes	`service.instance.id` `k8s.cluster.name` `k8s.namespace.name` `k8s.pod.name` `k8s.container.name`

HTTP server span

Example query:

FROM Span SELECT uniques(name)
WHERE span.kind = 'server'
AND instrumentation.provider = 'pixie'
AND service.name = 'orders'

Spec	Semantic conventions for HTTP spans
Event type	Span
Required attributes	`name` = `normalized HTTP path` `service.name` `trace.id` `span.id`
Static attributes	`span.kind` = `server` `instrumentation.provider` = `pixie`
HTTP attributes	`http.host` `http.method` `http.path` `http.status_code` `http.url` `http.user_agent`

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HTTP metrics

JVM metrics

HTTP server span

Metrics and specifications