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# hbtop

## Overview

`hbtop` is a real-time monitoring tool for HBase like Unix's top command.
It can display summary information as well as metrics per Region/Namespace/Table/RegionServer.
In this tool, you can see the metrics sorted by a selected field and filter the metrics to see only metrics you really want to see.
Also, with the drill-down feature, you can find hot regions easily in a top-down manner.

## Usage

You can run hbtop with the following command:

```
$ hbase hbtop
```

In this case, the values of `hbase.client.zookeeper.quorum` and `zookeeper.znode.parent` in `hbase-site.xml` in the classpath or the default values of them are used to connect.

Or, you can specify your own zookeeper quorum and znode parent as follows:

```
$ hbase hbtop -Dhbase.client.zookeeper.quorum=<zookeeper quorum> -Dzookeeper.znode.parent=<znode parent>
```

![Top screen](img/top_screen.gif "Top screen")

The top screen consists of a summary part and of a metrics part.
In the summary part, you can see `HBase Version`, `Cluster ID`, `The number of region servers`, `Region count`, `Average Cluster Load` and `Aggregated Request/s`.
In the metrics part, you can see metrics per Region/Namespace/Table/RegionServer depending on the selected mode.
The top screen is refreshed in a certain period – 3 seconds by default.

### Scrolling metric records

You can scroll the metric records in the metrics part.

![Scrolling metric records](img/scrolling_metric_records.gif "Scrolling metric records")

### Command line arguments

| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| -d,--delay &lt;arg&gt; | The refresh delay (in seconds); default is 3 seconds |
| -h,--help | Print usage; for help while the tool is running press `h` key |
| -m,--mode &lt;arg&gt; | The mode; `n` (Namespace)&#124;`t` (Table)&#124;r (Region)&#124;`s` (RegionServer), default is `r` (Region) |

### Modes

There are the following 4 modes in hbtop:

| Mode | Description |
|---|---|
| Region | Showing metric records per region |
| Namespace | Showing metric records per namespace |
| Table | Showing metric records per table |
| RegionServer | Showing metric records per region server |

#### Region mode

In Region mode, the default sort field is `#REQ/S`.

The fields in this mode are as follows:

| Field | Description | Displayed by default |
|---|---|---|
| RNAME | Region Name | false |
| NAMESPACE | Namespace Name | true |
| TABLE | Table Name | true |
| SCODE | Start Code | false |
| REPID | Replica ID | false |
| REGION | Encoded Region Name | true |
| RS | Short Region Server Name | true |
| LRS | Long Region Server Name | false |
| #REQ/S | Request Count per second | true |
| #READ/S | Read Request Count per second | true |
| #FREAD/S | Filtered Read Request Count per second | true |
| #WRITE/S | Write Request Count per second | true |
| SF | StoreFile Size | true |
| USF | Uncompressed StoreFile Size | false |
| #SF | Number of StoreFiles | true |
| MEMSTORE | MemStore Size | true |
| LOCALITY | Block Locality | true |
| SKEY | Start Key | false |
| #COMPingCELL | Compacting Cell Count | false |
| #COMPedCELL | Compacted Cell Count | false |
| %COMP | Compaction Progress | false |
| LASTMCOMP | Last Major Compaction Time | false |

#### Namespace mode

In Namespace mode, the default sort field is `#REQ/S`.

The fields in this mode are as follows:

| Field | Description | Displayed by default |
|---|---|---|
| NAMESPACE | Namespace Name | true |
| #REGION | Region Count | true |
| #REQ/S | Request Count per second | true |
| #READ/S | Read Request Count per second | true |
| #FREAD/S | Filtered Read Request Count per second | true |
| #WRITE/S | Write Request Count per second | true |
| SF | StoreFile Size | true |
| USF | Uncompressed StoreFile Size | false |
| #SF | Number of StoreFiles | true |
| MEMSTORE | MemStore Size | true |

#### Table mode

In Table mode, the default sort field is `#REQ/S`.

The fields in this mode are as follows:

| Field | Description | Displayed by default |
|---|---|---|
| NAMESPACE | Namespace Name | true |
| TABLE | Table Name | true |
| #REGION | Region Count | true |
| #REQ/S | Request Count per second | true |
| #READ/S | Read Request Count per second | true |
| #FREAD/S | Filtered Read Request Count per second | true |
| #WRITE/S | Write Request Count per second | true |
| SF | StoreFile Size | true |
| USF | Uncompressed StoreFile Size | false |
| #SF | Number of StoreFiles | true |
| MEMSTORE | MemStore Size | true |

#### RegionServer mode

In RegionServer mode, the default sort field is `#REQ/S`.

The fields in this mode are as follows:

| Field | Description | Displayed by default |
|---|---|---|
| RS | Short Region Server Name | true |
| LRS | Long Region Server Name | false |
| #REGION | Region Count | true |
| #REQ/S | Request Count per second | true |
| #READ/S | Read Request Count per second | true |
| #FREAD/S | Filtered Read Request Count per second | true |
| #WRITE/S | Write Request Count per second | true |
| SF | StoreFile Size | true |
| USF | Uncompressed StoreFile Size | false |
| #SF | Number of StoreFiles | true |
| MEMSTORE | MemStore Size | true |
| UHEAP | Used Heap Size | true |
| MHEAP | Max Heap Size | true |

### Changing mode

You can change mode by pressing `m` key in the top screen.

![Changing mode](img/changing_mode.gif "Changing mode")

### Changing the refresh delay

You can change the refresh by pressing `d` key in the top screen.

![Changing the refresh delay](img/changing_refresh_delay.gif "Changing the refresh delay")

### Changing the displayed fields

You can move to the field screen by pressing `f` key in the top screen. In the fields screen, you can change the displayed fields by choosing a field and pressing `d` key or `space` key.

![Changing the displayed fields](img/changing_displayed_fields.gif "Changing the displayed fields")

### Changing the sort field

You can move to the fields screen by pressing `f` key in the top screen. In the field screen, you can change the sort field by choosing a field and pressing `s`. Also, you can change the sort order (ascending or descending) by pressing `R` key.

![Changing the sort field](img/changing_sort_field.gif "Changing the sort field")


### Changing the order of the fields

You can move to the fields screen by pressing `f` key in the top screen. In the field screen, you can change the order of the fields.

![Changing the order of the fields](img/changing_order_of_fields.gif "Changing the sort field")

### Filters

You can filter the metric records with the filter feature. We can add filters by pressing `o` key for ignoring case or `O` key for case sensitive.

![Adding filters](img/adding_filters.gif "Adding filters")

The syntax is as follows:
```
<Field><Operator><Value>
```

For example, we can add filters like the following:
```
NAMESPACE==default
REQ/S>1000
```

The operators we can specify are as follows:

| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
| = | Partial match |
| == | Exact match |
| > | Greater than |
| >= | Greater than or equal to |
| < | Less than |
| <= | Less than and equal to |

You can see the current filters by pressing `^o` key and clear them by pressing `=` key.

![Showing and clearing filters](img/showing_and_clearing_filters.gif "Showing and clearing filters")

### Drilling down

You can drill down the metric record by choosing a metric record that you want to drill down and pressing `i` key in the top screen. With this feature, you can find hot regions easily in a top-down manner.

![Drilling down](img/driling_down.gif "Drilling down")

### Help screen

You can see the help screen by pressing `h` key in the top screen.

![Help screen](img/help_screen.gif "Help screen")

## Others

### How hbtop gets the metrics data

hbtop gets the metrics from ClusterMetrics which is returned as the result of a call to Admin#getClusterMetrics() on the current HMaster. To add metrics to hbtop, they will need to be exposed via ClusterMetrics.