From d8e31f3ebd37d7f85b2905b679243fe8e10462a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Kochie <superq@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 14:31:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add an example rules file

Add some useful examples for CPU metrics.
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 example.rules | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 example.rules

diff --git a/example.rules b/example.rules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b98e3252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# The count of CPUs per node, useful for getting CPU time as a percent of total.
+instance:node_cpus:count = count(node_cpu{mode="idle"}) without (cpu,mode)
+
+# CPU in use by CPU.
+instance_cpu:node_cpu_not_idle:rate5m = sum rate(node_cpu{mode!="idle"}[5m])) without (mode)
+
+# CPU in use by mode.
+instance_mode:node_cpu:rate5m = sum rate(node_cpu[5m])) without (cpu)