Add start_pipeline to MeterProvider in SDK, atexit moved to MeterProvider

docs/examples/basic_meter/basic_metrics.py

@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
 from opentelemetry import metrics
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import Counter, MeterProvider, ValueRecorder
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import ConsoleMetricsExporter
-from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.controller import PushController
-
-stateful = True
 
 print(
     "Starting example, values will be printed to the console every 5 seconds."
@@ -37,17 +34,21 @@
 # Stateful determines whether how metrics are collected: if true, metrics
 # accumulate over the process lifetime. If false, metrics are reset at the
 # beginning of each collection interval.
-metrics.set_meter_provider(MeterProvider(stateful))
+stateful = True
+
+# Sets the global MeterProvider instance
+metrics.set_meter_provider(MeterProvider())
+
 # The Meter is responsible for creating and recording metrics. Each meter has a
 # unique name, which we set as the module's name here.
 meter = metrics.get_meter(__name__)
 
 # Exporter to export metrics to the console
 exporter = ConsoleMetricsExporter()
 
-# A PushController collects metrics created from meter and exports it via the
-# exporter every interval
-controller = PushController(meter=meter, exporter=exporter, interval=5)
+# start_pipeline will notify the MeterProvider to begin collecting/exporting
+# metrics with the given meter, exporter and interval in seconds
+metrics.get_meter_provider().start_pipeline(meter, exporter, 5)
 
 # Metric instruments allow to capture measurements
 requests_counter = meter.create_metric(
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@
 # Update the metric instruments using the direct calling convention
 requests_counter.add(25, staging_labels)
 requests_size.record(100, staging_labels)
-time.sleep(5)
+time.sleep(10)
 
 requests_counter.add(50, staging_labels)
 requests_size.record(5000, staging_labels)

docs/examples/basic_meter/calling_conventions.py

@@ -21,13 +21,11 @@
 from opentelemetry import metrics
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import Counter, MeterProvider, ValueRecorder
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import ConsoleMetricsExporter
-from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.controller import PushController
 
 # Use the meter type provided by the SDK package
 metrics.set_meter_provider(MeterProvider())
 meter = metrics.get_meter(__name__)
-exporter = ConsoleMetricsExporter()
-controller = PushController(meter=meter, exporter=exporter, interval=5)
+metrics.get_meter_provider().start_pipeline(meter, ConsoleMetricsExporter(), 5)
 
 requests_counter = meter.create_metric(
     name="requests",
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@
 # You can record metrics directly using the metric instrument. You pass in
 # labels that you would like to record for.
 requests_counter.add(25, labels)
-time.sleep(5)
+time.sleep(10)
 
 print("Updating using a bound instrument...")
 # You can record metrics with bound metric instruments. Bound metric

docs/examples/basic_meter/observer.py

@@ -21,13 +21,10 @@
 from opentelemetry import metrics
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import MeterProvider, ValueObserver
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import ConsoleMetricsExporter
-from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.batcher import UngroupedBatcher
-from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.controller import PushController
 
 metrics.set_meter_provider(MeterProvider())
 meter = metrics.get_meter(__name__)
-exporter = ConsoleMetricsExporter()
-controller = PushController(meter=meter, exporter=exporter, interval=2)
+metrics.get_meter_provider().start_pipeline(meter, ConsoleMetricsExporter(), 5)
 
 
 # Callback to gather cpu usage
@@ -60,6 +57,7 @@ def get_ram_usage_callback(observer):
     description="RAM memory usage",
     unit="1",
     value_type=float,
+    observer_type=ValueObserver,
     label_keys=(),
 )
 

docs/examples/cloud_monitoring/basic_metrics.py

@@ -20,14 +20,10 @@
     CloudMonitoringMetricsExporter,
 )
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import Counter, MeterProvider
-from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.controller import PushController
 
-meter = metrics.get_meter(__name__, True)
-
-# Gather and export metrics every 5 seconds
-controller = PushController(
-    meter=meter, exporter=CloudMonitoringMetricsExporter(), interval=5
-)
+metrics.set_meter_provider(MeterProvider())
+meter = metrics.get_meter(__name__)
+metrics.get_meter_provider().start_pipeline(meter, CloudMonitoringMetricsExporter(), 5)
 
 requests_counter = meter.create_metric(
     name="request_counter",

docs/examples/opencensus-exporter-metrics/collector.py

@@ -21,15 +21,14 @@
     OpenCensusMetricsExporter,
 )
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import Counter, MeterProvider
-from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.controller import PushController
 
 exporter = OpenCensusMetricsExporter(
     service_name="basic-service", endpoint="localhost:55678"
 )
 
 metrics.set_meter_provider(MeterProvider())
 meter = metrics.get_meter(__name__)
-controller = PushController(meter, exporter, 5)
+metrics.get_meter_provider().start_pipeline(meter, exporter, 5)
 
 requests_counter = meter.create_metric(
     name="requests",

ext/opentelemetry-ext-prometheus/src/opentelemetry/ext/prometheus/__init__.py

@@ -29,21 +29,19 @@
     from opentelemetry import metrics
     from opentelemetry.ext.prometheus import PrometheusMetricsExporter
     from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import Counter, Meter
-    from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.controller import PushController
     from prometheus_client import start_http_server
 
     # Start Prometheus client
     start_http_server(port=8000, addr="localhost")
 
     # Meter is responsible for creating and recording metrics
     metrics.set_meter_provider(MeterProvider())
-    meter = metrics.meter()
+    meter = metrics.get_meter(__name__)
     # exporter to export metrics to Prometheus
     prefix = "MyAppPrefix"
     exporter = PrometheusMetricsExporter(prefix)
-    # controller collects metrics created from meter and exports it via the
-    # exporter every interval
-    controller = PushController(meter, exporter, 5)
+    # Starts the collect/export pipeline for metrics
+    metrics.get_meter_provider().start_pipeline(meter, exporter, 5)
 
     counter = meter.create_metric(
         "requests",

ext/opentelemetry-ext-system-metrics/src/opentelemetry/ext/system_metrics/__init__.py

@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@
 
 .. code:: python
 
+    from opentelemetry import metrics
     from opentelemetry.ext.system_metrics import SystemMetrics
     from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import ConsoleMetricsExporter
 
+    metrics.set_meter_provider(MeterProvider())
     exporter = ConsoleMetricsExporter()
     SystemMetrics(exporter)
 
@@ -60,7 +62,6 @@
 from opentelemetry import metrics
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import ValueObserver
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import MetricsExporter
-from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.controller import PushController
 
 
 class SystemMetrics:
@@ -73,9 +74,7 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         self._labels = {} if labels is None else labels
         self.meter = metrics.get_meter(__name__)
-        self.controller = PushController(
-            meter=self.meter, exporter=exporter, interval=interval
-        )
+        metrics.get_meter_provider().start_pipeline(meter, exporter, interval)
         if config is None:
             self._config = {
                 "system_memory": ["total", "available", "used", "free"],

opentelemetry-sdk/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
   ([#775](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/775))
 - Rename Observer to ValueObserver
   ([#764](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/764))
+- Add start_pipeline to MeterProvider
+  ([#764](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/764))
 
 ## 0.8b0
 

opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/__init__.py

@@ -12,13 +12,19 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import atexit
 import logging
 import threading
 from typing import Dict, Sequence, Tuple, Type
 
 from opentelemetry import metrics as metrics_api
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import (
+    ConsoleMetricsExporter,
+    MetricsExporter,
+)
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.aggregate import Aggregator
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.batcher import UngroupedBatcher
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.controller import PushController
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
 from opentelemetry.sdk.util.instrumentation import InstrumentationInfo
 
@@ -403,24 +409,64 @@ class MeterProvider(metrics_api.MeterProvider):
     Args:
         stateful: Indicates whether meters created are going to be stateful
         resource: Resource for this MeterProvider
+        shutdown_on_exit: Register an atexit hook to shut down when the
+            application exists
     """
 
     def __init__(
-        self, stateful=True, resource: Resource = Resource.create_empty(),
+        self,
+        stateful=True,
+        resource: Resource = Resource.create_empty(),
+        shutdown_on_exit: bool = True,
     ):
         self.stateful = stateful
         self.resource = resource
+        self._controllers = []
+        self._exporters = set()
+        self._atexit_handler = None
+        if shutdown_on_exit:
+            self._atexit_handler = atexit.register(self.shutdown)
 
     def get_meter(
         self,
         instrumenting_module_name: str,
         instrumenting_library_version: str = "",
     ) -> "metrics_api.Meter":
+        """See `opentelemetry.metrics.MeterProvider`.get_meter."""
         if not instrumenting_module_name:  # Reject empty strings too.
-            raise ValueError("get_meter called with missing module name.")
+            instrumenting_module_name = "ERROR:MISSING MODULE NAME"
+            logger.error("get_meter called with missing module name.")
         return Meter(
             self,
             InstrumentationInfo(
-                instrumenting_module_name, instrumenting_library_version
+                instrumenting_module_name, instrumenting_library_version,
             ),
         )
+
+    def start_pipeline(
+        self,
+        meter: metrics_api.Meter,
+        exporter: MetricsExporter = None,
+        interval: float = 15.0,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Method to begin the collect/export pipeline.
+
+        Args:
+            meter: The meter to collect metrics from.
+            exporter: The exporter to export metrics to.
+            interval: The collect/export interval in seconds.
+        """
+        if not exporter:
+            exporter = ConsoleMetricsExporter()
+        self._exporters.add(exporter)
+        # TODO: Controller type configurable?
+        self._controllers.append(PushController(meter, exporter, interval))
+
+    def shutdown(self) -> None:
+        for controller in self._controllers:
+            controller.shutdown()
+        for exporter in self._exporters:
+            exporter.shutdown()
+        if self._atexit_handler is not None:
+            atexit.unregister(self._atexit_handler)
+            self._atexit_handler = None

opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/controller.py

@@ -12,30 +12,38 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import atexit
 import threading
 
 from opentelemetry.context import attach, detach, set_value
+from opentelemetry.metrics import Meter
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import MetricsExporter
 
 
 class PushController(threading.Thread):
-    """A push based controller, used for exporting.
+    """A push based controller, used for collecting and exporting.
 
     Uses a worker thread that periodically collects metrics for exporting,
     exports them and performs some post-processing.
+
+    Args:
+        meter: The meter used to collect metrics.
+        exporter: The exporter used to export metrics.
+        interval: The collect/export interval in seconds.
     """
 
     daemon = True
 
-    def __init__(self, meter, exporter, interval, shutdown_on_exit=True):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        meter: Meter,
+        exporter: MetricsExporter,
+        interval: float
+    ):
         super().__init__()
         self.meter = meter
         self.exporter = exporter
         self.interval = interval
         self.finished = threading.Event()
-        self._atexit_handler = None
-        if shutdown_on_exit:
-            self._atexit_handler = atexit.register(self.shutdown)
         self.start()
 
     def run(self):
@@ -46,17 +54,13 @@ def shutdown(self):
         self.finished.set()
         # Run one more collection pass to flush metrics batched in the meter
         self.tick()
-        self.exporter.shutdown()
-        if self._atexit_handler is not None:
-            atexit.unregister(self._atexit_handler)
-            self._atexit_handler = None
 
     def tick(self):
         # Collect all of the meter's metrics to be exported
         self.meter.collect()
+        # Export the collected metrics
         token = attach(set_value("suppress_instrumentation", True))
-        # Export the given metrics in the batcher
         self.exporter.export(self.meter.batcher.checkpoint_set())
         detach(token)
-        # Perform post-exporting logic based on batcher configuration
+        # Perform post-exporting logic
         self.meter.batcher.finished_collection()

opentelemetry-sdk/tests/metrics/export/test_export.py

@@ -614,7 +614,6 @@ def test_push_controller(self):
 
         controller.shutdown()
         self.assertTrue(controller.finished.isSet())
-        exporter.shutdown.assert_any_call()
 
         # shutdown should flush the meter
         self.assertEqual(meter.collect.call_count, 1)

opentelemetry-sdk/tests/metrics/test_metrics.py

@@ -38,6 +38,28 @@ def test_resource_empty(self):
         # pylint: disable=protected-access
         self.assertIs(meter.resource, resources._EMPTY_RESOURCE)
 
+    def test_start_pipeline(self):
+        exporter = mock.Mock()
+        meter_provider = metrics.MeterProvider()
+        meter = meter_provider.get_meter(__name__)
+        # pylint: disable=protected-access
+        meter_provider.start_pipeline(meter, exporter, 6)
+        self.assertEqual(len(meter_provider._exporters), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(len(meter_provider._controllers), 1)
+        meter_provider.shutdown()
+
+    def test_shutdown(self):
+        controller = mock.Mock()
+        exporter = mock.Mock()
+        meter_provider = metrics.MeterProvider()
+        # pylint: disable=protected-access
+        meter_provider._controllers = [controller]
+        meter_provider._exporters = [exporter]
+        meter_provider.shutdown()
+        self.assertEqual(controller.shutdown.call_count, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(exporter.shutdown.call_count, 1)
+        self.assertIsNone(meter_provider._atexit_handler)
+
 
 class TestMeter(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_extends_api(self):