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+# php-fpm_exporter
+
+A prometheus exporter for PHP-FPM.
+The exporter connects directly to PHP-FPM and exports the metrics via HTTP.
+
+A webserver such as NGINX or Apache is **NOT** needed!
+
+## Features
+
+* Export single or multiple pools
+* Export to CLI as text or JSON
+* Connects directly to PHP-FPM via TCP or Socket
+
+## Usage
+
+* php-fpm_exporter get --phpfpm.scrape-uri 127.0.0.1:9000,127.0.0.1:9001,[...]
+* php-fpm_exporter server --phpfpm.scrape-uri 127.0.0.1:9000,127.0.0.1:9001,[...]
+
+## Metrics collected
+
+| Metric | Type |
+|--------|------|
+
+
+
+## TODO
+
+- [ ] Test with unix socket
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