update network stop command
diff --git a/src/emuvim/api/zerorpc/network.py b/src/emuvim/api/zerorpc/network.py
index ac17e25..8278422 100644
--- a/src/emuvim/api/zerorpc/network.py
+++ b/src/emuvim/api/zerorpc/network.py
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@
 
     # remove the rate measurement for a vnf interface
     def stop_metric(self, vnf_name, vnf_interface, metric):
-        logging.debug("RPC CALL: setup metric")
+        logging.debug("RPC CALL: stop metric")
         try:
-            c = self.net.monitor_agent.remove_metric(vnf_name, vnf_interface, metric)
+            c = self.net.monitor_agent.stop_metric(vnf_name, vnf_interface, metric)
             return c
         except Exception as ex:
             logging.exception("RPC error.")
diff --git a/src/emuvim/cli/monitor.py b/src/emuvim/cli/monitor.py
index 55e08f0..14cce08 100755
--- a/src/emuvim/cli/monitor.py
+++ b/src/emuvim/cli/monitor.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     def stop_metric(self, args):

         vnf_name = self._parse_vnf_name(args.get("vnf_name"))

         vnf_interface = self._parse_vnf_interface(args.get("vnf_name"))

-        r = self.c.remove_metric(

+        r = self.c.stop_metric(

             vnf_name,

             vnf_interface,

             args.get("metric"))

diff --git a/src/emuvim/dcemulator/monitoring.py b/src/emuvim/dcemulator/monitoring.py
index 76f67ba..54e7986 100755
--- a/src/emuvim/dcemulator/monitoring.py
+++ b/src/emuvim/dcemulator/monitoring.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 from mininet.node import  OVSSwitch

 import ast

 import time

-from prometheus_client import start_http_server, Summary, Histogram, Gauge, Counter, REGISTRY

+from prometheus_client import start_http_server, Summary, Histogram, Gauge, Counter, REGISTRY, CollectorRegistry, \

+    pushadd_to_gateway, push_to_gateway, delete_from_gateway

 import threading

 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE

 import os

@@ -25,17 +26,19 @@
         self.REST_api = 'http://{0}:{1}'.format(self.ip,self.port)

 

         # helper variables to calculate the metrics

+        self.pushgateway = 'localhost:9091'

         # Start up the server to expose the metrics to Prometheus.

-        start_http_server(8000)

+        #start_http_server(8000)

         # supported Prometheus metrics

+        self.registry = CollectorRegistry()

         self.prom_tx_packet_count = Gauge('sonemu_tx_count_packets', 'Total number of packets sent',

-                                          ['vnf_name', 'vnf_interface'])

+                                          ['vnf_name', 'vnf_interface'], registry=self.registry)

         self.prom_rx_packet_count = Gauge('sonemu_rx_count_packets', 'Total number of packets received',

-                                          ['vnf_name', 'vnf_interface'])

+                                          ['vnf_name', 'vnf_interface'], registry=self.registry)

         self.prom_tx_byte_count = Gauge('sonemu_tx_count_bytes', 'Total number of bytes sent',

-                                        ['vnf_name', 'vnf_interface'])

+                                        ['vnf_name', 'vnf_interface'], registry=self.registry)

         self.prom_rx_byte_count = Gauge('sonemu_rx_count_bytes', 'Total number of bytes received',

-                                        ['vnf_name', 'vnf_interface'])

+                                        ['vnf_name', 'vnf_interface'], registry=self.registry)

 

         self.prom_metrics={'tx_packets':self.prom_tx_packet_count, 'rx_packets':self.prom_rx_packet_count,

                            'tx_bytes':self.prom_tx_byte_count,'rx_bytes':self.prom_rx_byte_count}

@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@
         mon_port = None

         }

         '''

+        self.monitor_lock = threading.Lock()

         self.network_metrics = []

 

         # start monitoring thread

@@ -122,7 +126,11 @@
             network_metric['switch_dpid'] = int(str(next_node.dpid), 16)

             network_metric['metric_key'] = metric

 

+            self.monitor_lock.acquire()

+

             self.network_metrics.append(network_metric)

+            self.monitor_lock.release()

+

 

             logging.info('Started monitoring: {2} on {0}:{1}'.format(vnf_name, vnf_interface, metric))

             return 'Started monitoring: {2} on {0}:{1}'.format(vnf_name, vnf_interface, metric)

@@ -132,17 +140,48 @@
             return ex.message

 

     def stop_metric(self, vnf_name, vnf_interface, metric):

+

         for metric_dict in self.network_metrics:

             if metric_dict['vnf_name'] == vnf_name and metric_dict['vnf_interface'] == vnf_interface \

                     and metric_dict['metric_key'] == metric:

 

+                self.monitor_lock.acquire()

+

                 self.network_metrics.remove(metric_dict)

 

                 #this removes the complete metric, all labels...

                 #REGISTRY.unregister(self.prom_metrics[metric_dict['metric_key']])

+                #self.registry.unregister(self.prom_metrics[metric_dict['metric_key']])

+

+                for collector in self.registry._collectors :

+                    logging.info('name:{0} labels:{1} metrics:{2}'.format(collector._name, collector._labelnames, collector._metrics))

+                    """

+                    INFO:root:name:sonemu_rx_count_packets

+                    labels:('vnf_name', 'vnf_interface')

+                    metrics:{(u'tsrc', u'output'): < prometheus_client.core.Gauge

+                    object

+                    at

+                    0x7f353447fd10 >}

+                    """

+                    logging.info('{0}'.format(collector._metrics.values()))

+                    #if self.prom_metrics[metric_dict['metric_key']]

+                    if (vnf_name, vnf_interface) in collector._metrics:

+                        logging.info('2 name:{0} labels:{1} metrics:{2}'.format(collector._name, collector._labelnames,

+                                                                              collector._metrics))

+                        #collector._metrics = {}

+                        collector.remove(vnf_name, vnf_interface)

 

                 # set values to NaN, prometheus api currently does not support removal of metrics

-                self.prom_metrics[metric_dict['metric_key']].labels(vnf_name, vnf_interface).set(float('nan'))

+                #self.prom_metrics[metric_dict['metric_key']].labels(vnf_name, vnf_interface).set(float('nan'))

+

+                # this removes the complete metric, all labels...

+                # 1 single monitor job for all metrics of the SDN controller

+                # we can only  remove from the pushgateway grouping keys(labels) which we have defined for the add_to_pushgateway

+                # we can not specify labels from the metrics to be removed

+                # if we need to remove the metrics seperatelty, we need to give them a separate grouping key, and probably a diffferent registry also

+                delete_from_gateway(self.pushgateway, job='sonemu-SDNcontroller')

+

+                self.monitor_lock.release()

 

                 logging.info('Stopped monitoring: {2} on {0}:{1}'.format(vnf_name, vnf_interface, metric))

                 return 'Stopped monitoring: {2} on {0}:{1}'.format(vnf_name, vnf_interface, metric)

@@ -151,6 +190,9 @@
     # get all metrics defined in the list and export it to Prometheus

     def get_network_metrics(self):

         while self.start_monitoring:

+

+            self.monitor_lock.acquire()

+

             # group metrics by dpid to optimize the rest api calls

             dpid_list = [metric_dict['switch_dpid'] for metric_dict in self.network_metrics]

             dpid_set = set(dpid_list)

@@ -167,6 +209,7 @@
                 for metric_dict in metric_list:

                     self.set_network_metric(metric_dict, port_stat_dict)

 

+            self.monitor_lock.release()

             time.sleep(1)

 

     # add metric to the list to export to Prometheus, parse the Ryu port-stats reply

@@ -187,7 +230,14 @@
                 #logging.info('set prom packets:{0} {1}:{2}'.format(this_measurement, vnf_name, vnf_interface))

 

                 # set prometheus metric

-                self.prom_metrics[metric_dict['metric_key']].labels(vnf_name, vnf_interface).set(this_measurement)

+                self.prom_metrics[metric_dict['metric_key']].\

+                    labels({'vnf_name':vnf_name, 'vnf_interface':vnf_interface}).\

+                    set(this_measurement)

+                #push_to_gateway(self.pushgateway, job='SDNcontroller',

+                #                grouping_key={'metric':metric_dict['metric_key']}, registry=self.registry)

+

+                # 1 single monitor job for all metrics of the SDN controller

+                pushadd_to_gateway(self.pushgateway, job='sonemu-SDNcontroller', registry=self.registry)

 

                 if previous_monitor_time <= 0 or previous_monitor_time >= port_uptime:

                     metric_dict['previous_measurement'] = int(port_stat[metric_key])

@@ -195,16 +245,17 @@
                     # do first measurement

                     #logging.info('first measurement')

                     time.sleep(1)

-                    byte_rate = self.get_network_metrics()

-                    return byte_rate

+                    self.monitor_lock.release()

+                    metric_rate = self.get_network_metrics()

+                    return metric_rate

                 else:

                     time_delta = (port_uptime - metric_dict['previous_monitor_time'])

-                    byte_rate = (this_measurement - metric_dict['previous_measurement']) / float(time_delta)

+                    metric_rate = (this_measurement - metric_dict['previous_measurement']) / float(time_delta)

                     # logging.info('uptime:{2} delta:{0} rate:{1}'.format(time_delta,byte_rate,port_uptime))

 

                 metric_dict['previous_measurement'] = this_measurement

                 metric_dict['previous_monitor_time'] = port_uptime

-                return byte_rate

+                return metric_rate

 

         logging.exception('metric {0} not found on {1}:{2}'.format(metric_key, vnf_name, vnf_interface))

         return 'metric {0} not found on {1}:{2}'.format(metric_key, vnf_name, vnf_interface)