Missing backend metrics

Traefik Traefik v2
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hello, i'm trying to analyze treafik metrics in a docker swarm with prometheus but i can't find backend metrics such as traefik_backend_requests_total but traefik_config*, traefik_entrypoint* and traefik_service* metrics are there, how can i enable backend metrics?
i use traefik v2.2 but also with v2.0 is the same, the prometheus image is prom/prometheus:v2.17.2
please help me, thanks

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hmm. Can you give us your configuration?

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traefik:

    image: traefik:v2.2

    command:

      - "--api=true"

      #- "--api.insecure=true"

      - "--api.dashboard=true"

      - "--providers.docker=true"

      - "--providers.docker.watch=true"

      - "--providers.docker.endpoint=unix:///var/run/docker.sock"

      - "--providers.docker.swarmMode=true"

      - "--providers.docker.exposedbydefault=false"

      - "--providers.docker.network=frontend"

      - "--providers.file.directory=/etc/traefik/dynamic_conf"

      - "--entryPoints.web.address=:80"

      - "--entrypoints.websecure.address=:443"

      - "--metrics.prometheus=true"

      - "--metrics.prometheus.buckets=0.1,0.3,1.2,5.0"

    networks:

      - frontend

    volumes:

      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock

      - ./traefik/certs:/tools/certs

      - ./traefik/config.yml:/etc/traefik/dynamic_conf/config.yml:ro

    ports:

      - "80:80"

      - "443:443"

    deploy:

      labels:

        - "traefik.enable=true"

        - "traefik.http.middlewares.redirect-to-https.redirectscheme.scheme=https"

        - "traefik.http.routers.api_secure.entrypoints=websecure"

        - "traefik.http.routers.api_secure.rule=(PathPrefix(`/api`) || PathPrefix(`/dashboard`))"

        - "traefik.http.routers.api_secure.tls=true"

        - "traefik.http.routers.api_secure.service=api@internal"

        - "traefik.http.routers.api_secure.middlewares=auth"

        # echo $(htpasswd -nb admin admin) | sed -e s/\\$/\\$\\$/g

        - "traefik.http.middlewares.auth.basicauth.users=admin:$$apr1$$WM/HkA9O$$LW0cXtHaPKlJxSbagnsbT/"

        # redirects all traffic to https

        - "traefik.http.routers.api.entrypoints=web"

        - "traefik.http.routers.api.rule=(PathPrefix(`/api`) || PathPrefix(`/dashboard`))"

        - "traefik.http.routers.api.middlewares=redirect-to-https"

        # Dummy service for Swarm port detection

        - "traefik.http.services.dummy-svc.loadbalancer.server.port=9999"

      restart_policy:

        condition: on-failure 

      placement:

        constraints:

          - node.role == manager
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prometheus:

    image: prom/prometheus:v2.17.2

    volumes:

      - ./prometheus/:/etc/prometheus/

      - ./prometheus/alert.rules:/etc/prometheus/alert.rules

      - prometheus_data:/prometheus

    command:

      - '--config.file=/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml'

      - '--storage.tsdb.path=/prometheus'

      - '--web.console.libraries=/usr/share/prometheus/console_libraries'

      - '--web.console.templates=/usr/share/prometheus/consoles'

      - '--web.external-url=http://localhost:80/prometheus/'

      - '--web.route-prefix=/' 

    networks:

      - frontend

    deploy:

      labels:

        - "traefik.enable=true"

        - "traefik.http.routers.prometheus.entrypoints=web"

        - "traefik.http.middlewares.redirect-to-https.redirectscheme.scheme=https"

        - "traefik.http.routers.prometheus_secure.entrypoints=websecure"

        - "traefik.http.routers.prometheus_secure.rule=PathPrefix(`/prometheus`)"

        - "traefik.http.middlewares.prometheus-stripprefix.stripprefix.prefixes=/prometheus"

        - "traefik.http.routers.prometheus_secure.middlewares=prometheus-stripprefix,auth"

        - "traefik.http.middlewares.auth.basicauth.users=admin:$$apr1$$WM/HkA9O$$LW0cXtHaPKlJxSbagnsbT/"

        - "traefik.http.routers.prometheus_secure.tls=true"

        - "traefik.http.services.prometheus.loadbalancer.server.port=9090"

        - "traefik.http.routers.prometheus_secure.service=prometheus"

        - "traefik.http.routers.prometheus.rule=PathPrefix(`/prometheus`)"

        - "traefik.http.routers.prometheus.middlewares=redirect-to-https"

        - "traefik.docker.network=frontend"

      placement:

        constraints:

        - node.role==manager

      restart_policy:

        condition: on-failure
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prometheus.yml:

global:
  scrape_interval:     15s # By default, scrape targets every 15 seconds.
  evaluation_interval: 15s # By default, scrape targets every 15 seconds.

  external_labels:
      monitor: 'my-project'


scrape_configs:

  - job_name: 'prometheus'
    scrape_interval: 5s
    static_configs:
         - targets: ['localhost:9090']

  - job_name: 'traefik'
    scrape_interval: 5s
    dns_sd_configs:
    - names:
      - 'tasks.traefik'
      type: 'A'
      port: 8080

  - job_name: 'cadvisor'
    scrape_interval: 5s
    dns_sd_configs:
    - names:
      - 'tasks.cadvisor'
      type: 'A'
      port: 8080
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the broblem was born when i try to use a grafana dashbord that use traefik_backend_requests_total, but searcing on varius metrics i find traefik_service_requests_total, i think may be the same metrics, do you think there is some difference between backend and service?

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No, it should be fine. Its just from different versions of Traefik. v1 versus v2 :wink:

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oh ok, so just different name but is the same thing, thank you man