[Metricbeat](Etcd-Leader)Followers wont report leader metrics

metricbeat/module/etcd/_meta/test/leaderstats_follower.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"message":"not current leader"}

metricbeat/module/etcd/_meta/test/leaderstats_internalerror.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"message":"random error message"}

metricbeat/module/etcd/leader/leader.go

@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 package leader
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common"
@@ -30,6 +35,10 @@ const (
 	defaultScheme = "http"
 	defaultPath   = "/v2/stats/leader"
 	apiVersion    = "2"
+
+	// returned JSON management
+	msgElement        = "message"
+	msgValueNonLeader = "not current leader"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -71,14 +80,46 @@ func New(base mb.BaseMetricSet) (mb.MetricSet, error) {
 // format. It publishes the event which is then forwarded to the output. In case
 // of an error set the Error field of mb.Event or simply call report.Error().
 func (m *MetricSet) Fetch(reporter mb.ReporterV2) error {
-	content, err := m.http.FetchContent()
+	res, err := m.http.FetchResponse()
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "error fetching response")
+	}
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+
+	content, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "error in http fetch")
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error reading body response")
+	}
+
+	if res.StatusCode == http.StatusOK {
+		reporter.Event(mb.Event{
+			MetricSetFields: eventMapping(content),
+			ModuleFields:    common.MapStr{"api_version": apiVersion},
+		})
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Errors might be reported as {"message":"<error message>"}
+	// let's look for that structure
+	var jsonResponse map[string]interface{}
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(content, &jsonResponse); err == nil {
+		if retMessage := jsonResponse[msgElement]; retMessage != "" {
+			// there is an error message element, let's use it
+
+			// If a 403 is returned and {"message":"not current leader"}
+			// do not consider this an error
+			// do not report events since this is not a leader
+			if res.StatusCode == http.StatusForbidden &&
+				retMessage == msgValueNonLeader {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			return fmt.Errorf("fetching HTTP response returned status code %d: %s",
+				res.StatusCode, retMessage)
+		}
 	}
 
-	reporter.Event(mb.Event{
-		MetricSetFields: eventMapping(content),
-		ModuleFields:    common.MapStr{"api_version": apiVersion},
-	})
-	return nil
+	// no message in the JSON payload, return standard error
+	return fmt.Errorf("fetching HTTP response returned status code %d", res.StatusCode)
+
 }

metricbeat/module/etcd/leader/leader_test.go

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -40,29 +41,94 @@ func TestEventMapping(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestFetchEventContent(t *testing.T) {
-	absPath, err := filepath.Abs("../_meta/test/")
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	response, err := ioutil.ReadFile(absPath + "/leaderstats.json")
-	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		w.WriteHeader(200)
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json;")
-		w.Write([]byte(response))
-	}))
-	defer server.Close()
-
-	config := map[string]interface{}{
-		"module":     "etcd",
-		"metricsets": []string{"leader"},
-		"hosts":      []string{server.URL},
-	}
+	const (
+		module              = "etcd"
+		metricset           = "leader"
+		mockedFetchLocation = "../_meta/test/"
+	)
 
-	f := mbtest.NewReportingMetricSetV2Error(t, config)
-	events, errs := mbtest.ReportingFetchV2Error(f)
-	if len(errs) > 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected 0 error, had %d. %v\n", len(errs), errs)
-	}
-	assert.NotEmpty(t, events)
+	var testcases = []struct {
+		name            string
+		mockedFetchFile string
+		httpCode        int
+
+		expectedFetchErrorRegexp string
+		expectedNumEvents        int
+	}{
+		{
+			name:              "Leader member stats",
+			mockedFetchFile:   "/leaderstats.json",
+			httpCode:          http.StatusOK,
+			expectedNumEvents: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "Follower member",
+			mockedFetchFile:   "/leaderstats_follower.json",
+			httpCode:          http.StatusForbidden,
+			expectedNumEvents: 0,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                     "Simulating credentials issue",
+			mockedFetchFile:          "/leaderstats_empty.json",
+			httpCode:                 http.StatusForbidden,
+			expectedFetchErrorRegexp: "fetching HTTP response returned status code 403",
+			expectedNumEvents:        0,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                     "Simulating failure message",
+			mockedFetchFile:          "/leaderstats_internalerror.json",
+			httpCode:                 http.StatusInternalServerError,
+			expectedFetchErrorRegexp: "fetching HTTP response returned status code 500:.+",
+			expectedNumEvents:        0,
+		}}
+
+	for _, tc := range testcases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+
+			absPath, err := filepath.Abs(mockedFetchLocation + tc.mockedFetchFile)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+			response, err := ioutil.ReadFile(absPath)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	t.Logf("%s/%s event: %+v", f.Module().Name(), f.Name(), events[0])
+			server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				w.WriteHeader(tc.httpCode)
+				w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json;")
+				w.Write([]byte(response))
+			}))
+			defer server.Close()
+
+			config := map[string]interface{}{
+				"module":     module,
+				"metricsets": []string{metricset},
+				"hosts":      []string{server.URL},
+			}
+
+			f := mbtest.NewReportingMetricSetV2Error(t, config)
+			events, errs := mbtest.ReportingFetchV2Error(f)
+
+			if tc.expectedFetchErrorRegexp != "" {
+				for _, err := range errs {
+					if match, _ := regexp.MatchString(tc.expectedFetchErrorRegexp, err.Error()); match {
+						// found expected fetch error, no need for further checks
+						return
+					}
+				}
+				t.Fatalf("Expected fetch error not found:\n Expected:%s\n Got: %+v",
+					tc.expectedFetchErrorRegexp,
+					errs)
+			}
+
+			if len(errs) > 0 {
+				t.Fatalf("Expected 0 error, had %d. %v\n", len(errs), errs)
+			}
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedNumEvents, len(events))
+
+			for i := range events {
+				t.Logf("%s/%s event[%d]: %+v", f.Module().Name(), f.Name(), i, events[i])
+			}
+		})
+	}
 }