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# Prometheus Postfix exporter
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Prometheus metrics exporter for [the Postfix mail server](http://www.postfix.org/).
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This exporter provides histogram metrics for the size and age of messages stored in
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the mail queue. It extracts these metrics from Postfix by connecting to
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a UNIX socket under `/var/spool`. It also counts events by parsing Postfix's
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log entries, using regular expression matching. The log entries are retrieved from
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the systemd journal or from a log file.
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## Options
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These options can be used when starting the `postfix_exporter`
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| Flag | Description | Default |
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| `--web.listen-address` | Address to listen on for web interface and telemetry | `9154` |
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| `--web.telemetry-path` | Path under which to expose metrics | `/metrics` |
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| `--postfix.showq_path` | Path at which Postfix places its showq socket | `/var/spool/postfix/public/showq` |
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| `--postfix.logfile_path` | Path where Postfix writes log entries | `/var/log/maillog` |
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| `--log.unsupported` | Log all unsupported lines | `false` |
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| `--systemd.enable` | Read from the systemd journal instead of log | `false` |
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| `--systemd.unit` | Name of the Postfix systemd unit | `postfix.service` |
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| `--systemd.slice` | Name of the Postfix systemd slice. | `""` |
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| `--systemd.journal_path` | Path to the systemd journal | `""` |
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## Events from log file
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The log file is tailed when processed. Rotating the log files while the exporter
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is running is OK. The path to the log file is specified with the
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`--postfix.logfile_path` flag.
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## Events from systemd
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Retrieval from the systemd journal is enabled with the `--systemd.enable` flag.
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This overrides the log file setting.
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It is possible to specify the unit (with `--systemd.unit`) or slice (with `--systemd.slice`).
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Additionally, it is possible to read the journal from a directory with the `--systemd.journal_path` flag.
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## Build options
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Default the exporter is build with systemd journal functionality (but it is disabled at default).
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Because the systemd headers are required for building with systemd, there is
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an option to build the exporter without systemd. Use the build tag `nosystemd`.
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```
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go build -tags nosystemd
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```
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