class VMWareMetricsResource(Resource):

    isLeaf = True

    def __init__(self, args):
        """
        Init Metric Resource
        """
        Resource.__init__(self)
        self.configure(args)

    def configure(self, args):
        if args.config_file:
            try:
                self.config = YamlConfig(args.config_file)
                if 'default' not in self.config.keys():
                    logging.error(
                        "Error, you must have a default section in config file (for now)"
                    )
                    exit(1)
                return
            except Exception as exception:
                raise SystemExit(
                    "Error while reading configuration file: {0}".format(
                        exception.message))

        self.config = {
            'default': {
                'vsphere_host': os.environ.get('VSPHERE_HOST'),
                'vsphere_user': os.environ.get('VSPHERE_USER'),
                'vsphere_password': os.environ.get('VSPHERE_PASSWORD'),
                'ignore_ssl': get_bool_env('VSPHERE_IGNORE_SSL', False),
                'collect_only': {
                    'vms': get_bool_env('VSPHERE_COLLECT_VMS', True),
                    'vmguests': get_bool_env('VSPHERE_COLLECT_VMGUESTS', True),
                    'datastores': get_bool_env('VSPHERE_COLLECT_DATASTORES',
                                               True),
                    'hosts': get_bool_env('VSPHERE_COLLECT_HOSTS', True),
                    'snapshots': get_bool_env('VSPHERE_COLLECT_SNAPSHOTS',
                                              True),
                }
            }
        }

        for key in os.environ.keys():
            if key == 'VSPHERE_USER':
                continue
            if not key.startswith('VSPHERE_') or not key.endswith('_USER'):
                continue

            section = key.split('_', 1)[1].rsplit('_', 1)[0]

            self.config[section.lower()] = {
                'vsphere_host':
                os.environ.get('VSPHERE_{}_HOST'.format(section)),
                'vsphere_user':
                os.environ.get('VSPHERE_{}_USER'.format(section)),
                'vsphere_password':
                os.environ.get('VSPHERE_{}_PASSWORD'.format(section)),
                'ignore_ssl':
                get_bool_env('VSPHERE_{}_IGNORE_SSL'.format(section), False),
                'collect_only': {
                    'vms':
                    get_bool_env('VSPHERE_{}_COLLECT_VMS'.format(section),
                                 True),
                    'vmguests':
                    get_bool_env('VSPHERE_{}_COLLECT_VMGUESTS'.format(section),
                                 True),
                    'datastores':
                    get_bool_env(
                        'VSPHERE_{}_COLLECT_DATASTORES'.format(section), True),
                    'hosts':
                    get_bool_env('VSPHERE_{}_COLLECT_HOSTS'.format(section),
                                 True),
                    'snapshots':
                    get_bool_env(
                        'VSPHERE_{}_COLLECT_SNAPSHOTS'.format(section), True),
                }
            }

    def render_GET(self, request):
        """ handles get requests for metrics, health, and everything else """
        self._async_render_GET(request)
        return NOT_DONE_YET

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def _async_render_GET(self, request):
        try:
            yield self.generate_latest_metrics(request)
        except Exception:
            logging.error(traceback.format_exc())
            request.setResponseCode(500)
            request.write(b'# Collection failed')
            request.finish()

        # We used to call request.processingFailed to send a traceback to browser
        # This can make sense in debug mode for a HTML site - but we don't want
        # prometheus trying to parse a python traceback

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def generate_latest_metrics(self, request):
        """ gets the latest metrics """
        section = request.args.get(b'section', [b'default'])[0].decode('utf-8')
        if section not in self.config.keys():
            logging.info(
                "{} is not a valid section, using default".format(section))
            section = 'default'

        if self.config[section].get('vsphere_host') and self.config[
                section].get('vsphere_host') != "None":
            vsphere_host = self.config[section].get('vsphere_host')
        elif request.args.get(b'target', [None])[0]:
            vsphere_host = request.args.get(b'target',
                                            [None])[0].decode('utf-8')
        elif request.args.get(b'vsphere_host', [None])[0]:
            vsphere_host = request.args.get(b'vsphere_host')[0].decode('utf-8')
        else:
            request.setResponseCode(500)
            logging.info("No vsphere_host or target defined")
            request.write(b'No vsphere_host or target defined!\n')
            request.finish()
            return

        collector = VmwareCollector(
            vsphere_host,
            self.config[section]['vsphere_user'],
            self.config[section]['vsphere_password'],
            self.config[section]['collect_only'],
            self.config[section]['ignore_ssl'],
        )
        metrics = yield collector.collect()

        registry = CollectorRegistry()
        registry.register(ListCollector(metrics))
        output = generate_latest(registry)

        request.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=UTF-8")
        request.setResponseCode(200)
        request.write(output)
        request.finish()
class VMWareMetricsResource(Resource):
    """
    VMWare twisted ``Resource`` handling multi endpoints
    Only handle /metrics path
    """
    isLeaf = True

    def __init__(self, args):
        try:
            self.config = YamlConfig(args.config_file)
            if 'default' not in self.config.keys():
                print("Error, you must have a default section in config file")
                exit(1)
        except:
            raise SystemExit("Error, cannot read configuration file")

    def render_GET(self, request):
        path = request.path.decode()
        request.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=UTF-8")
        if path == '/metrics':
            if not request.args.get('target', [None])[0]:
                request.setResponseCode(404)
                return 'No target defined\r\n'.encode()
            d = deferLater(reactor, 0, lambda: request)
            d.addCallback(self.generate_latest_target)
            d.addErrback(self.errback, request)
            return NOT_DONE_YET
        else:
            request.setResponseCode(404)
            return '404 Not Found'.encode()

    def errback(self, failure, request):
        failure.printTraceback()
        request.processingFailed(
            failure
        )  # This will send a trace to the browser and close the request.
        return None

    def generate_latest_target(self, request):
        target = request.args.get('target', [None])[0]
        section = request.args.get('section', ['default'])[0]
        output = []
        for metric in self.collect(target, section):
            output.append('# HELP {0} {1}'.format(
                metric.name,
                metric.documentation.replace('\\', r'\\').replace('\n',
                                                                  r'\n')))
            output.append('\n# TYPE {0} {1}\n'.format(metric.name,
                                                      metric.type))
            for name, labels, value in metric.samples:
                if labels:
                    labelstr = '{{{0}}}'.format(','.join([
                        '{0}="{1}"'.format(
                            k,
                            v.replace('\\', r'\\').replace('\n',
                                                           r'\n').replace(
                                                               '"', r'\"'))
                        for k, v in sorted(labels.items())
                    ]))
                else:
                    labelstr = ''
                output.append('{0}{1} {2}\n'.format(name, labelstr,
                                                    _floatToGoString(value)))
        if output != []:
            request.write(''.join(output).encode('utf-8'))
            request.finish()
        else:
            request.setResponseCode(500, message=('cannot connect to vmware'))
            request.finish()
            return

    def collect(self, target=None, section='default'):
        if section not in self.config.keys():
            print("{} is not a valid section, using default".format(section))
            section = 'default'
        metrics = {
            'vmware_vm_power_state':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_vm_power_state',
                              'VMWare VM Power state (On / Off)',
                              labels=['vm_name']),
            'vmware_vm_boot_timestamp_seconds':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_vm_boot_timestamp_seconds',
                              'VMWare VM boot time in seconds',
                              labels=['vm_name']),
            'vmware_vm_snapshots':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_vm_snapshots',
                              'VMWare current number of existing snapshots',
                              labels=['vm_name']),
            'vmware_vm_snapshot_timestamp_seconds':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_vm_snapshot_timestamp_seconds',
                              'VMWare Snapshot creation time in seconds',
                              labels=['vm_name', 'vm_snapshot_name']),
            'vmware_datastore_capacity_size':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_datastore_capacity_size',
                              'VMWare Datasore capacity in bytes',
                              labels=['ds_name']),
            'vmware_datastore_freespace_size':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_datastore_freespace_size',
                              'VMWare Datastore freespace in bytes',
                              labels=['ds_name']),
            'vmware_datastore_uncommited_size':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_datastore_uncommited_size',
                              'VMWare Datastore uncommitted in bytes',
                              labels=['ds_name']),
            'vmware_datastore_provisoned_size':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_datastore_provisoned_size',
                              'VMWare Datastore provisoned in bytes',
                              labels=['ds_name']),
            'vmware_datastore_hosts':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_datastore_hosts',
                              'VMWare Hosts number using this datastore',
                              labels=['ds_name']),
            'vmware_datastore_vms':
            GaugeMetricFamily(
                'vmware_datastore_vms',
                'VMWare Virtual Machines number using this datastore',
                labels=['ds_name']),
            'vmware_host_power_state':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_host_power_state',
                              'VMWare Host Power state (On / Off)',
                              labels=['host_name']),
            'vmware_host_boot_timestamp_seconds':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_host_boot_timestamp_seconds',
                              'VMWare Host boot time in seconds',
                              labels=['host_name']),
            'vmware_host_cpu_usage':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_host_cpu_usage',
                              'VMWare Host CPU usage in Mhz',
                              labels=['host_name']),
            'vmware_host_cpu_max':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_host_cpu_max',
                              'VMWare Host CPU max availability in Mhz',
                              labels=['host_name']),
            'vmware_host_memory_usage':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_host_memory_usage',
                              'VMWare Host Memory usage in Mbytes',
                              labels=['host_name']),
            'vmware_host_memory_max':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_host_memory_max',
                              'VMWare Host Memory Max availability in Mbytes',
                              labels=['host_name']),
        }

        print("[{0}] Start collecting vcenter metrics for {1}".format(
            datetime.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=pytz.utc), target))

        self.si = self._vmware_connect(target, section)
        if not self.si:
            print("Error, cannot connect to vmware")
            return

        content = self.si.RetrieveContent()

        # Get performance metrics counter information
        counter_info = self._vmware_perf_metrics(content)

        # Fill Snapshots (count and age)
        vm_counts, vm_ages = self._vmware_get_snapshots(content)
        for v in vm_counts:
            metrics['vmware_vm_snapshots'].add_metric([v['vm_name']],
                                                      v['snapshot_count'])
        for vm_age in vm_ages:
            for v in vm_age:
                metrics['vmware_vm_snapshot_timestamp_seconds'].add_metric(
                    [v['vm_name'], v['vm_snapshot_name']],
                    v['vm_snapshot_timestamp_seconds'])

        # Fill Datastore
        self._vmware_get_datastores(content, metrics)

        # Fill VM Informations
        self._vmware_get_vms(content, metrics, counter_info)

        # Fill Hosts Informations
        self._vmware_get_hosts(content, metrics)

        print("[{0}] Stop collecting vcenter metrics for {1}".format(
            datetime.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=pytz.utc), target))

        self._vmware_disconnect()

        for metricname, metric in metrics.items():
            yield metric

    def _to_unix_timestamp(self, my_date):
        return ((my_date -
                 datetime(1970, 1, 1, tzinfo=pytz.utc)).total_seconds())

    def _vmware_get_obj(self, content, vimtype, name=None):
        """
         Get the vsphere object associated with a given text name
        """
        obj = None
        container = content.viewManager.CreateContainerView(
            content.rootFolder, vimtype, True)
        if name:
            for c in container.view:
                if c.name == name:
                    obj = c
                    return [obj]
        else:
            return container.view

    def _vmware_connect(self, target, section):
        """
        Connect to Vcenter and get connection
        """

        context = None
        if self.config[section]['ignore_ssl'] and \
                hasattr(ssl, "_create_unverified_context"):
            context = ssl._create_unverified_context()

        try:
            si = connect.Connect(target,
                                 443,
                                 self.config[section]['vmware_user'],
                                 self.config[section]['vmware_password'],
                                 sslContext=context)

            return si

        except vmodl.MethodFault as error:
            print("Caught vmodl fault: " + error.msg)
            return None

    def _vmware_disconnect(self):
        """
        Disconnect from Vcenter
        """
        connect.Disconnect(self.si)

    def _vmware_perf_metrics(self, content):
        # create a mapping from performance stats to their counterIDs
        # counter_info: [performance stat => counterId]
        # performance stat example: cpu.usagemhz.LATEST
        counter_info = {}
        for c in content.perfManager.perfCounter:
            prefix = c.groupInfo.key
            counter_full = "{}.{}.{}".format(c.groupInfo.key, c.nameInfo.key,
                                             c.rollupType)
            counter_info[counter_full] = c.key
        return counter_info

    def _vmware_list_snapshots_recursively(self, snapshots):
        """
        Get snapshots from a VM list, recursively
        """
        snapshot_data = []
        for snapshot in snapshots:
            snap_timestamp = self._to_unix_timestamp(snapshot.createTime)
            snap_info = {
                'vm_snapshot_name': snapshot.name,
                'vm_snapshot_timestamp_seconds': snap_timestamp
            }
            snapshot_data.append(snap_info)
            snapshot_data = snapshot_data + self._vmware_list_snapshots_recursively(
                snapshot.childSnapshotList)
        return snapshot_data

    def _vmware_get_snapshots(self, content):
        """
        Get snapshots from all VM
        """
        snapshots_count_table = []
        snapshots_age_table = []
        for vm in self._vmware_get_obj(content, [vim.VirtualMachine]):

            if not vm or vm.snapshot is None:
                continue

            else:
                snapshot_paths = self._vmware_list_snapshots_recursively(
                    vm.snapshot.rootSnapshotList)
                for sn in snapshot_paths:
                    sn['vm_name'] = vm.name
                # Add Snapshot count per VM
                snapshot_count = len(snapshot_paths)
                snapshot_count_info = {
                    'vm_name': vm.name,
                    'snapshot_count': snapshot_count
                }
                snapshots_count_table.append(snapshot_count_info)
            snapshots_age_table.append(snapshot_paths)
        return snapshots_count_table, snapshots_age_table

    def _vmware_get_datastores(self, content, ds_metrics):
        """
        Get Datastore information
        """
        for ds in self._vmware_get_obj(content, [vim.Datastore]):
            #ds.RefreshDatastoreStorageInfo()
            summary = ds.summary
            ds_capacity = summary.capacity
            ds_freespace = summary.freeSpace
            ds_uncommitted = summary.uncommitted if summary.uncommitted else 0
            ds_provisioned = ds_capacity - ds_freespace + ds_uncommitted

            ds_metrics['vmware_datastore_capacity_size'].add_metric(
                [summary.name], ds_capacity)
            ds_metrics['vmware_datastore_freespace_size'].add_metric(
                [summary.name], ds_freespace)
            ds_metrics['vmware_datastore_uncommited_size'].add_metric(
                [summary.name], ds_uncommitted)
            ds_metrics['vmware_datastore_provisoned_size'].add_metric(
                [summary.name], ds_provisioned)
            ds_metrics['vmware_datastore_hosts'].add_metric([summary.name],
                                                            len(ds.host))
            ds_metrics['vmware_datastore_vms'].add_metric([summary.name],
                                                          len(ds.vm))

    def _vmware_get_vms(self, content, vm_metrics, counter_info):
        """
        Get VM information
        """

        # List of performance counter we want
        perf_list = self.config['vm_perf_list']

        # Prepare gauges
        for p in perf_list:
            p_metric = 'vmware_vm_' + p.replace('.', '_')
            vm_metrics[p_metric] = GaugeMetricFamily(p_metric,
                                                     p_metric,
                                                     labels=['vm_name'])

        for vm in self._vmware_get_obj(content, [vim.VirtualMachine]):
            summary = vm.summary

            power_state = 1 if summary.runtime.powerState == 'poweredOn' else 0
            vm_metrics['vmware_vm_power_state'].add_metric([vm.name],
                                                           power_state)

            # Get metrics for poweredOn vms only
            if power_state:
                if summary.runtime.bootTime:
                    vm_metrics['vmware_vm_boot_timestamp_seconds'].add_metric(
                        [vm.name],
                        self._to_unix_timestamp(summary.runtime.bootTime))

                for p in perf_list:
                    p_metric = 'vmware_vm_' + p.replace('.', '_')
                    counter_key = counter_info[p]
                    metric_id = vim.PerformanceManager.MetricId(
                        counterId=counter_key, instance='')
                    spec = vim.PerformanceManager.QuerySpec(
                        maxSample=1,
                        entity=vm,
                        metricId=[metric_id],
                        intervalId=self.config['vm_interval'])
                    result = content.perfManager.QueryStats(querySpec=[spec])
                    try:
                        vm_metrics[p_metric].add_metric(
                            [vm.name], float(sum(result[0].value[0].value)))
                    except:
                        print(
                            "Error, cannot get vm metrics {0} for {1}".format(
                                p_metric, vm.name))
                        pass

    def _vmware_get_hosts(self, content, host_metrics):
        """
        Get Host (ESXi) information
        """
        for host in self._vmware_get_obj(content, [vim.HostSystem]):
            summary = host.summary

            # Power state
            power_state = 1 if summary.runtime.powerState == 'poweredOn' else 0
            host_metrics['vmware_host_power_state'].add_metric([host.name],
                                                               power_state)

            if power_state:
                # Uptime
                if summary.runtime.bootTime:
                    host_metrics[
                        'vmware_host_boot_timestamp_seconds'].add_metric(
                            [host.name],
                            self._to_unix_timestamp(summary.runtime.bootTime))

                # CPU Usage (in Mhz)
                host_metrics['vmware_host_cpu_usage'].add_metric(
                    [host.name], summary.quickStats.overallCpuUsage)
                cpu_core_num = summary.hardware.numCpuCores
                cpu_total = summary.hardware.cpuMhz * cpu_core_num
                host_metrics['vmware_host_cpu_max'].add_metric([host.name],
                                                               cpu_total)

                # Memory Usage (in Mhz)
                host_metrics['vmware_host_memory_usage'].add_metric(
                    [host.name], summary.quickStats.overallMemoryUsage)
                host_metrics['vmware_host_memory_max'].add_metric(
                    [host.name],
                    float(summary.hardware.memorySize) / 1024 / 1024)
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class VMWareMetricsResource(Resource):
    """
    VMWare twisted ``Resource`` handling multi endpoints
    Only handle /metrics and /healthz path
    """
    isLeaf = True

    def __init__(self):
        """
        Init Metric Resource
        """
        Resource.__init__(self)

    def configure(self, args):
        if args.config_file:
            try:
                self.config = YamlConfig(args.config_file)
                if 'default' not in self.config.keys():
                    log("Error, you must have a default section in config file (for now)"
                        )
                    exit(1)
            except Exception as exception:
                raise SystemExit(
                    "Error while reading configuration file: {0}".format(
                        exception.message))
        else:
            config_data = """
            default:
                vsphere_host: "{0}"
                vsphere_user: "******"
                vsphere_password: "******"
                ignore_ssl: {3}
                collect_only:
                    vms: True
                    vmguests: True
                    datastores: True
                    hosts: True
                    snapshots: True
            """.format(os.environ.get('VSPHERE_HOST'),
                       os.environ.get('VSPHERE_USER'),
                       os.environ.get('VSPHERE_PASSWORD'),
                       os.environ.get('VSPHERE_IGNORE_SSL', False))
            self.config = yaml.load(config_data)
            self.config['default']['collect_only']['hosts'] = os.environ.get(
                'VSPHERE_COLLECT_HOSTS', True)
            self.config['default']['collect_only'][
                'datastores'] = os.environ.get('VSPHERE_COLLECT_DATASTORES',
                                               True)
            self.config['default']['collect_only']['vms'] = os.environ.get(
                'VSPHERE_COLLECT_VMS', True)
            self.config['default']['collect_only'][
                'vmguests'] = os.environ.get('VSPHERE_COLLECT_VMGUESTS', True)
            self.config['default']['collect_only'][
                'snapshots'] = os.environ.get('VSPHERE_COLLECT_SNAPSHOTS',
                                              True)

    def render_GET(self, request):
        """ handles get requests for metrics, health, and everything else """
        path = request.path.decode()
        request.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=UTF-8")
        if path == '/metrics':
            deferred_request = deferLater(reactor, 0, lambda: request)
            deferred_request.addCallback(self.generate_latest_metrics)
            deferred_request.addErrback(self.errback, request)
            return NOT_DONE_YET
        elif path == '/healthz':
            request.setResponseCode(200)
            log("Service is UP")
            return 'Server is UP'.encode()
        else:
            log(b"Uri not found: " + request.uri)
            request.setResponseCode(404)
            return '404 Not Found'.encode()

    def errback(self, failure, request):
        """ handles failures from requests """
        failure.printTraceback()
        log(failure)
        request.processingFailed(
            failure
        )  # This will send a trace to the browser and close the request.
        return None

    def generate_latest_metrics(self, request):
        """ gets the latest metrics """
        section = request.args.get('section', ['default'])[0]
        if section not in self.config.keys():
            log("{} is not a valid section, using default".format(section))
            section = 'default'

        if self.config[section].get('vsphere_host') and self.config[
                section].get('vsphere_host') != "None":
            vsphere_host = self.config[section].get('vsphere_host')
        elif request.args.get(b'target', [None])[0]:
            vsphere_host = request.args.get(b'target',
                                            [None])[0].decode('utf-8')
        elif request.args.get(b'vsphere_host', [None])[0]:
            vsphere_host = request.args.get(b'vsphere_host')[0].decode('utf-8')
        else:
            request.setResponseCode(500)
            log("No vsphere_host or target defined")
            request.write(b'No vsphere_host or target defined!\n')
            request.finish()
            return

        registry = CollectorRegistry()
        registry.register(
            VmwareCollector(
                vsphere_host,
                self.config[section]['vsphere_user'],
                self.config[section]['vsphere_password'],
                self.config[section]['collect_only'],
                self.config[section]['ignore_ssl'],
            ))
        output = generate_latest(registry)

        request.write(output)
        request.finish()
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class VMWareMetricsResource(Resource):
    """
    VMWare twisted ``Resource`` handling multi endpoints
    Only handle /metrics and /healthz path
    """
    isLeaf = True

    def __init__(self):
        """
        Init Metric Resource
        """
        Resource.__init__(self)
        self.threader = Threader()

    def configure(self, args):
        if args.config_file:
            try:
                self.config = YamlConfig(args.config_file)
                if 'default' not in self.config.keys():
                    log("Error, you must have a default section in config file (for now)"
                        )
                    exit(1)
            except Exception as exception:
                raise SystemExit(
                    "Error while reading configuration file: {0}".format(
                        exception.message))
        else:
            config_data = """
            default:
                vsphere_host: "{0}"
                vsphere_user: "******"
                vsphere_password: "******"
                ignore_ssl: {3}
                collect_only:
                    vms: True
                    datastores: True
                    hosts: True
            """.format(os.environ.get('VSPHERE_HOST'),
                       os.environ.get('VSPHERE_USER'),
                       os.environ.get('VSPHERE_PASSWORD'),
                       os.environ.get('VSPHERE_IGNORE_SSL', False))
            self.config = yaml.load(config_data)
            self.config['default']['collect_only']['hosts'] = os.environ.get(
                'VSPHERE_COLLECT_HOSTS', True)
            self.config['default']['collect_only'][
                'datastores'] = os.environ.get('VSPHERE_COLLECT_DATASTORES',
                                               True)
            self.config['default']['collect_only']['vms'] = os.environ.get(
                'VSPHERE_COLLECT_VMS', True)

    def render_GET(self, request):
        """ handles get requests for metrics, health, and everything else """
        path = request.path.decode()
        request.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=UTF-8")
        if path == '/metrics':
            deferred_request = deferLater(reactor, 0, lambda: request)
            deferred_request.addCallback(self.generate_latest_metrics)
            deferred_request.addErrback(self.errback, request)
            return NOT_DONE_YET
        elif path == '/healthz':
            request.setResponseCode(200)
            log("Service is UP")
            return 'Server is UP'.encode()
        else:
            log("Uri not found: " + request.uri)
            request.setResponseCode(404)
            return '404 Not Found'.encode()

    def errback(self, failure, request):
        """ handles failures from requests """
        failure.printTraceback()
        log(failure)
        request.processingFailed(
            failure
        )  # This will send a trace to the browser and close the request.
        return None

    def generate_latest_metrics(self, request):
        """ gets the latest metrics """
        section = request.args.get('section', ['default'])[0]
        if not request.args.get(
                'vsphere_host',
            [None])[0] and not self.config[section].get('vsphere_host'):
            request.setResponseCode(500)
            log("No vsphere_host defined")
            request.write('No vsphere_host defined!\n')
            request.finish()
        if self.config[section].get('vsphere_host'):
            vsphere_host = self.config[section].get('vsphere_host')
        else:
            vsphere_host = request.args.get('vsphere_host')[0]
        output = []
        for metric in self.collect(vsphere_host, section):
            output.append('# HELP {0} {1}'.format(
                metric.name,
                metric.documentation.replace('\\', r'\\').replace('\n',
                                                                  r'\n')))
            output.append('\n# TYPE {0} {1}\n'.format(metric.name,
                                                      metric.type))
            for name, labels, value in metric.samples:
                if labels:
                    labelstr = '{{{0}}}'.format(','.join([
                        '{0}="{1}"'.format(
                            k,
                            v.replace('\\', r'\\').replace('\n',
                                                           r'\n').replace(
                                                               '"', r'\"'))
                        for k, v in sorted(labels.items())
                    ]))
                else:
                    labelstr = ''
                if isinstance(value, int):
                    value = float(value)
                if isinstance(value, float):
                    output.append('{0}{1} {2}\n'.format(
                        name, labelstr, _floatToGoString(value)))
        if output != []:
            request.write(''.join(output).encode('utf-8'))
            request.finish()
        else:
            request.setResponseCode(500, message=('cannot connect to vmware'))
            request.finish()
            return

    def collect(self, vsphere_host, section='default'):
        """ collects metrics """
        if section not in self.config.keys():
            log("{} is not a valid section, using default".format(section))
            section = 'default'
        metric_list = {}
        metric_list['vms'] = {
            'vmware_vm_power_state':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_vm_power_state',
                              'VMWare VM Power state (On / Off)',
                              labels=['vm_name', 'host_name']),
            'vmware_vm_boot_timestamp_seconds':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_vm_boot_timestamp_seconds',
                              'VMWare VM boot time in seconds',
                              labels=['vm_name', 'host_name']),
            'vmware_vm_snapshots':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_vm_snapshots',
                              'VMWare current number of existing snapshots',
                              labels=['vm_name']),
            'vmware_vm_snapshot_timestamp_seconds':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_vm_snapshot_timestamp_seconds',
                              'VMWare Snapshot creation time in seconds',
                              labels=['vm_name', 'vm_snapshot_name']),
            'vmware_vm_num_cpu':
            GaugeMetricFamily(
                'vmware_vm_num_cpu',
                'VMWare Number of processors in the virtual machine',
                labels=['vm_name', 'host_name'])
        }
        metric_list['datastores'] = {
            'vmware_datastore_capacity_size':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_datastore_capacity_size',
                              'VMWare Datasore capacity in bytes',
                              labels=['ds_name']),
            'vmware_datastore_freespace_size':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_datastore_freespace_size',
                              'VMWare Datastore freespace in bytes',
                              labels=['ds_name']),
            'vmware_datastore_uncommited_size':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_datastore_uncommited_size',
                              'VMWare Datastore uncommitted in bytes',
                              labels=['ds_name']),
            'vmware_datastore_provisoned_size':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_datastore_provisoned_size',
                              'VMWare Datastore provisoned in bytes',
                              labels=['ds_name']),
            'vmware_datastore_hosts':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_datastore_hosts',
                              'VMWare Hosts number using this datastore',
                              labels=['ds_name']),
            'vmware_datastore_vms':
            GaugeMetricFamily(
                'vmware_datastore_vms',
                'VMWare Virtual Machines number using this datastore',
                labels=['ds_name'])
        }
        metric_list['hosts'] = {
            'vmware_host_power_state':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_host_power_state',
                              'VMWare Host Power state (On / Off)',
                              labels=['host_name']),
            'vmware_host_boot_timestamp_seconds':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_host_boot_timestamp_seconds',
                              'VMWare Host boot time in seconds',
                              labels=['host_name']),
            'vmware_host_cpu_usage':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_host_cpu_usage',
                              'VMWare Host CPU usage in Mhz',
                              labels=['host_name']),
            'vmware_host_cpu_max':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_host_cpu_max',
                              'VMWare Host CPU max availability in Mhz',
                              labels=['host_name']),
            'vmware_host_memory_usage':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_host_memory_usage',
                              'VMWare Host Memory usage in Mbytes',
                              labels=['host_name']),
            'vmware_host_memory_max':
            GaugeMetricFamily('vmware_host_memory_max',
                              'VMWare Host Memory Max availability in Mbytes',
                              labels=['host_name']),
        }

        metrics = {}
        for key, value in self.config[section]['collect_only'].items():
            if value is True:
                metrics.update(metric_list[key])

        log("Start collecting vcenter metrics for {0}".format(vsphere_host))

        self.vmware_connection = self._vmware_connect(vsphere_host, section)
        if not self.vmware_connection:
            log("Cannot connect to vmware")
            return

        content = self.vmware_connection.RetrieveContent()

        if self.config[section]['collect_only']['vms'] is True:
            # Get performance metrics counter information
            counter_info = self._vmware_perf_metrics(content)

            # Fill VM Informations
            log("Starting VM performance metric collection")
            self._vmware_get_vms(content, metrics, counter_info)
            log("Finish starting vm performance vm collection")

            # Fill Snapshots (count and age)
            log("Starting VM snapshot metric collection")
            vm_counts, vm_ages = self._vmware_get_snapshots(content)
            for v in vm_counts:
                metrics['vmware_vm_snapshots'].add_metric([v['vm_name']],
                                                          v['snapshot_count'])
            for vm_age in vm_ages:
                for v in vm_age:
                    metrics['vmware_vm_snapshot_timestamp_seconds'].add_metric(
                        [v['vm_name'], v['vm_snapshot_name']],
                        v['vm_snapshot_timestamp_seconds'])
            log("Finished VM snapshot metric collection")

        # Fill Datastore
        if self.config[section]['collect_only']['datastores'] is True:
            self._vmware_get_datastores(content, metrics)

        # Fill Hosts Informations
        if self.config[section]['collect_only']['hosts'] is True:
            self._vmware_get_hosts(content, metrics)

        log("Stop collecting vcenter metrics for {0}".format(vsphere_host))
        self.threader.join()
        self._vmware_disconnect()

        for _key, metric in metrics.items():
            yield metric

    def _to_epoch(self, my_date):
        """ convert to epoch time """
        return (my_date -
                datetime(1970, 1, 1, tzinfo=pytz.utc)).total_seconds()

    def _vmware_get_obj(self, content, vimtype, name=None):
        """
         Get the vsphere object associated with a given text name
        """
        obj = None
        container = content.viewManager.CreateContainerView(
            content.rootFolder, vimtype, True)
        if name:
            for view in container.view:
                if view.name == name:
                    obj = view
                    return [obj]
        else:
            return container.view

    def _vmware_connect(self, vsphere_host, section):
        """
        Connect to Vcenter and get connection
        """
        vsphere_user = self.config[section].get('vsphere_user')
        vsphere_password = self.config[section].get('vsphere_password')

        context = None
        if self.config[section].get('ignore_ssl') and \
                hasattr(ssl, "_create_unverified_context"):
            context = ssl._create_unverified_context()

        try:
            vmware_connect = connect.Connect(vsphere_host,
                                             443,
                                             vsphere_user,
                                             vsphere_password,
                                             sslContext=context)

            return vmware_connect

        except vmodl.MethodFault as error:
            log("Caught vmodl fault: " + error.msg)
            return None

    def _vmware_disconnect(self):
        """
        Disconnect from Vcenter
        """
        connect.Disconnect(self.vmware_connection)

    def _vmware_perf_metrics(self, content):
        """
        create a mapping from performance stats to their counterIDs
        counter_info: [performance stat => counterId]
        performance stat example: cpu.usagemhz.LATEST
        """
        counter_info = {}
        for counter in content.perfManager.perfCounter:
            prefix = counter.groupInfo.key
            counter_full = "{}.{}.{}".format(prefix, counter.nameInfo.key,
                                             counter.rollupType)
            counter_info[counter_full] = counter.key
        return counter_info

    def _vmware_full_snapshots_list(self, snapshots):
        """
        Get snapshots from a VM list, recursively
        """
        snapshot_data = []
        for snapshot in snapshots:
            snap_timestamp = self._to_epoch(snapshot.createTime)
            snap_info = {
                'vm_snapshot_name': snapshot.name,
                'vm_snapshot_timestamp_seconds': snap_timestamp
            }
            snapshot_data.append(snap_info)
            snapshot_data = snapshot_data + self._vmware_full_snapshots_list(
                snapshot.childSnapshotList)
        return snapshot_data

    def _vmware_get_snapshot_details(self, snapshots_count_table,
                                     snapshots_age_table, virtual_machine):
        """
        Gathers snapshot details
        """
        snapshot_paths = self._vmware_full_snapshots_list(
            virtual_machine.snapshot.rootSnapshotList)
        for snapshot_path in snapshot_paths:
            snapshot_path['vm_name'] = virtual_machine.name
        # Add Snapshot count per VM
        snapshot_count = len(snapshot_paths)
        snapshot_count_info = {
            'vm_name': virtual_machine.name,
            'snapshot_count': snapshot_count
        }
        snapshots_count_table.append(snapshot_count_info)
        snapshots_age_table.append(snapshot_paths)

    def _vmware_get_snapshots(self, content):
        """
        Get snapshots from all VM
        """
        snapshots_count_table = []
        snapshots_age_table = []
        virtual_machines = self._vmware_get_obj(content, [vim.VirtualMachine])
        for virtual_machine in virtual_machines:
            if not virtual_machine or virtual_machine.snapshot is None:
                continue
            else:
                self.threader.thread_it(self._vmware_get_snapshot_details, [
                    snapshots_count_table, snapshots_age_table, virtual_machine
                ])
        return snapshots_count_table, snapshots_age_table

    def _vmware_get_datastores(self, content, ds_metrics):
        """
        Get Datastore information
        """
        log("Starting datastore metric collection")
        datastores = self._vmware_get_obj(content, [vim.Datastore])
        for datastore in datastores:
            # ds.RefreshDatastoreStorageInfo()
            summary = datastore.summary
            self.threader.thread_it(self._vmware_get_datastore_metrics,
                                    [datastore, ds_metrics, summary])
        log("Finished datastore metric collection")

    def _vmware_get_datastore_metrics(self, datastore, ds_metrics, summary):
        """
        Get datastore metrics
        """
        ds_capacity = float(summary.capacity)
        ds_freespace = float(summary.freeSpace)
        ds_uncommitted = float(
            summary.uncommitted) if summary.uncommitted else 0
        ds_provisioned = ds_capacity - ds_freespace + ds_uncommitted

        ds_metrics['vmware_datastore_capacity_size'].add_metric([summary.name],
                                                                ds_capacity)
        ds_metrics['vmware_datastore_freespace_size'].add_metric(
            [summary.name], ds_freespace)
        ds_metrics['vmware_datastore_uncommited_size'].add_metric(
            [summary.name], ds_uncommitted)
        ds_metrics['vmware_datastore_provisoned_size'].add_metric(
            [summary.name], ds_provisioned)
        ds_metrics['vmware_datastore_hosts'].add_metric([summary.name],
                                                        len(datastore.host))
        ds_metrics['vmware_datastore_vms'].add_metric([summary.name],
                                                      len(datastore.vm))

    def _vmware_get_vms(self, content, vm_metrics, counter_info):
        """
        Get VM information
        """

        # List of performance counter we want
        perf_list = [
            'cpu.ready.summation',
            'cpu.usage.average',
            'cpu.usagemhz.average',
            'disk.usage.average',
            'disk.read.average',
            'disk.write.average',
            'mem.usage.average',
            'net.received.average',
            'net.transmitted.average',
        ]

        # Prepare gauges
        for p in perf_list:
            p_metric = 'vmware_vm_' + p.replace('.', '_')
            vm_metrics[p_metric] = GaugeMetricFamily(
                p_metric, p_metric, labels=['vm_name', 'host_name'])

        virtual_machines = self._vmware_get_obj(content, [vim.VirtualMachine])
        log("Total Virtual Machines: {0}".format(len(virtual_machines)))
        for virtual_machine in virtual_machines:
            self.threader.thread_it(self._vmware_get_vm_perf_metrics, [
                content, counter_info, perf_list, virtual_machine, vm_metrics
            ])

    def _vmware_get_vm_perf_metrics(self, content, counter_info, perf_list,
                                    virtual_machine, vm_metrics):
        """
        Loops over metrics in perf_list on vm
        """
        # DEBUG ME: log("Starting VM: " + vm.name)
        summary = virtual_machine.summary

        power_state = 1 if summary.runtime.powerState == 'poweredOn' else 0
        num_cpu = summary.config.numCpu
        vm_host = summary.runtime.host
        vm_host_name = vm_host.name
        vm_metrics['vmware_vm_power_state'].add_metric(
            [virtual_machine.name, vm_host_name], power_state)
        vm_metrics['vmware_vm_num_cpu'].add_metric(
            [virtual_machine.name, vm_host_name], num_cpu)

        # Get metrics for poweredOn vms only
        if power_state:
            if summary.runtime.bootTime:
                vm_metrics['vmware_vm_boot_timestamp_seconds'].add_metric(
                    [virtual_machine.name, vm_host_name],
                    self._to_epoch(summary.runtime.bootTime))

            for p in perf_list:
                self.threader.thread_it(self._vmware_get_vm_perf_metric, [
                    content, counter_info, p, virtual_machine, vm_host_name,
                    vm_metrics
                ])

        # Debug Me. log("Finished VM: " + vm.name)

    def _vmware_get_vm_perf_metric(self, content, counter_info, perf_metric,
                                   virtual_machine, vm_host_name, vm_metrics):
        """
        Get vm perf metric
        """
        perf_metric_name = 'vmware_vm_' + perf_metric.replace('.', '_')
        counter_key = counter_info[perf_metric]
        metric_id = vim.PerformanceManager.MetricId(counterId=counter_key,
                                                    instance='')
        spec = vim.PerformanceManager.QuerySpec(maxSample=1,
                                                entity=virtual_machine,
                                                metricId=[metric_id],
                                                intervalId=20)
        result = content.perfManager.QueryStats(querySpec=[spec])
        # DEBUG ME: log("{0} {1}: {2}".format(vm.name, p, float(sum(result[0].value[0].value))))
        try:
            vm_metrics[perf_metric_name].add_metric(
                [virtual_machine.name, vm_host_name],
                float(sum(result[0].value[0].value)))
        except:  # noqa: E722
            log("Error, cannot get vm metrics {0} for {1}".format(
                perf_metric_name, virtual_machine.name))

    def _vmware_get_hosts(self, content, host_metrics):
        """
        Get Host (ESXi) information
        """
        log("Starting host metric collection")
        hosts = self._vmware_get_obj(content, [vim.HostSystem])
        for host in hosts:
            summary = host.summary
            # Power state
            power_state = 1 if summary.runtime.powerState == 'poweredOn' else 0
            host_metrics['vmware_host_power_state'].add_metric([host.name],
                                                               power_state)

            if power_state:
                self.threader.thread_it(self._vmware_get_host_metrics,
                                        [host, host_metrics, summary])
        log("Finished host metric collection")

    def _vmware_get_host_metrics(self, host, host_metrics, summary):
        """
        Get Host Metrics
        """
        # Uptime
        if summary.runtime.bootTime:
            host_metrics['vmware_host_boot_timestamp_seconds'].add_metric(
                [host.name], self._to_epoch(summary.runtime.bootTime))
        # CPU Usage (in Mhz)
        host_metrics['vmware_host_cpu_usage'].add_metric(
            [host.name], summary.quickStats.overallCpuUsage)
        cpu_core_num = summary.hardware.numCpuCores
        cpu_total = summary.hardware.cpuMhz * cpu_core_num
        host_metrics['vmware_host_cpu_max'].add_metric([host.name], cpu_total)

        # Memory Usage (in MB)
        host_metrics['vmware_host_memory_usage'].add_metric(
            [host.name], summary.quickStats.overallMemoryUsage)
        host_metrics['vmware_host_memory_max'].add_metric(
            [host.name],
            float(summary.hardware.memorySize) / 1024 / 1024)