Get the ifalias of network interfaces

[smutel]

• What Grafana version and what operating system are you using?

8.1.3

• What are you trying to achieve?

Display ifalias label in network traffic graph which is repeated by interface name

• How are you trying to achieve it?

I created a new variable called netvmdevice

The query is (node-exporter):

label_values(node_network_device_id{instance="$node", job="$job"}, device)

I created a new variable called ifalias

The query is (node-exporter):

label_values(node_network_info{device="$netvmdevice"}, ifalias)

• What happened?

When I choose one value for netvmdevice, it is working fine. The ifalias contains the correct value.

But if I choose All, it is not working. The ifalias is None.

• What did you expect to happen?

On each graph (repeated by netvmdevice), the good ifalias in the title.

[mattabrams]

Hi @smutel

Hoping you’re unblocked on this by now. If not, a screenshot of your variable setup page might help here. Thanks!

[smutel]

When we select All as Network device, it’s not possible to get the ifAlias.
If I select a specific port, IfAlias is correctly set.

[fadjar340]

Hi,

Because netvmdevices is using All, you just need to modify the query in the ifalias like below:

label_values(node_network_info{device=~"$netvmdevice"},ifalias)
If the netvmdevice is exact, you don’t need “=~”, if using all, it means like asterisk…

Regards,
Fadjar Tandabawana

[smutel]

Hello,

No it does not work …

[smutel]

Any other suggestion ?