🔌 Cheap Switch Exporter

Prometheus Exporter for low-cost network switches without SNMP support

📖 Overview

This Prometheus exporter retrieves port statistics from switches that lack SNMP functionality, enabling monitoring through a web-based interface.

🎯 Purpose

Many budget-friendly network switches do not support standard SNMP monitoring. This exporter provides a workaround by scraping port statistics directly from the switch's web interface.

🖥️ Supported Devices

Manufacturer	Model	Status	Contributor
Ampcom	WAMJHJ-8125MNG	✅ Verified	@askainet
Horaco	ZX-SWTGW215AS	✅ Verified	@askainet
Horaco	ZX-SWTGW218AS	✅ Verified	@pvelati
Sodola	SL-SWTG124AS	✅ Verified	@dennyreiter

🚀 Installation

Prerequisites

• Go 1.23+
• Docker (optional)

Direct Installation

1. Clone the repository
2. Download dependencies

go mod download

3. Copy configuration template

cp config.yaml.example config.yaml

4. Edit config.yaml with your switch details and parameters
5. Run the exporter

go run main.go

Docker Deployment

# Build Docker image
docker build -t cheap-switch-exporter .

# Run container
docker run -v "./config.yaml:/config.yaml" -p 8080:8080 cheap-switch-exporter

📝 Configuration

Create a config.yaml with the following structure:

address: "192.168.1.1"           # IP or hostname of the switch
username: "admin"                # Web interface username
password: "password"             # Web interface password
poll_rate_seconds: 10            # Metrics polling interval
timeout_seconds: 5               # Request timeout

📊 Exposed Metrics

• port_state: Port enabled/disabled status
• port_link_status: Port link up/down status
• port_tx_good_pkt: Transmitted good packets
• port_tx_bad_pkt: Transmitted bad packets
• port_rx_good_pkt: Received good packets
• port_rx_bad_pkt: Received bad packets

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch
3. Commit your changes
4. Push to the branch
5. Create a new Pull Request

🚨 Limitations

• Requires web interface access to the switch
• Polling-based metrics collection
• Authentication via web interface credentials
• No TLS

📄 License

MIT License, see LICENSE file.

🐛 Issues

Report issues on the GitHub repository's issue tracker.