Information

Exporter collects Postfix queue metrics:

maildrop
hold
incoming
active
defer

Uses separate collection thread, so scrape time will not be affected on highly loaded mail servers.

Building

Checkout https://github.com/vinted/postfix-exporter repo.
Build executable:

go build

Using

Execute postfix-exporter:

./postfix-exporter

By default exporter will bind to port 9706.

Configuration

Following config parameters are available:

  -telemetry.addr string
    	host:port for postfix exporter (default ":9706")
  -query.interval int
      How often should daemon read metric (default 15)
  -log.level string
      Logging level (default "info")
  -spool.path sting
      path to Postfix spool directory (default "/var/spool/postfix")