RKNPU Exporter

Prometheus exporter for Rockchip NPU load metrics, written in Rust.

How it works

The Rockchip NPU load is available by this command:

sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/rknpu/load
# output
NPU load:  Core0:  0%, Core1:  0%, Core2:  0%,

With a little help of Rocket and client_rust, the load metrics could be parsed and exported for Prometheus.

Prerequisites

To run the exporter natively:

• RK3588 SoC
• Debian 11

To develop:

• rustc 1.89.0 (29483883e 2025-08-04)

Install

1. Download the executable binary file from the Release page and extract the content.

2. Create a configuration file named Rocket.toml in the same directory, and fill it with your custom settings.

   # Example setup.
   [release]
   address = "0.0.0.0"
   port = 9102

That's all.

Notes

• The exporter only makes the NPU load metrics available for scraping. A working stack of Prometheus and Grafana is required for visual inspecting. Please refer to their official documents for installation.

• For full configuration options: https://rocket.rs/v0.5-rc/guide/configuration/

Run

In the directory where the binary file located

sudo ./rknpu-exporter

A message looks like 🚀 Rocket has launched from http://127.0.0.1:8000 will be printed, then the exporter is ready.

Quick test

Open a browser and visit 127.0.0.1:9102/metrics, you shall see the raw metrics.

# HELP rockchip_npu_load Rockchip NPU Load.
# TYPE rockchip_npu_load gauge
rockchip_npu_load{manufacturer="rockchip",device="npu",id="1"} 0
rockchip_npu_load{manufacturer="rockchip",device="npu",id="2"} 0
rockchip_npu_load{manufacturer="rockchip",device="npu",id="0"} 28
# EOF

If you are running the exporter in a remote machine, replace 127.0.0.1 with actual IP address.

Run as a systemd service

Consider using a systemd service file.

Modify the following sample so the executable file and the config file locations are correct. Name this service file as you wish (rkxporter.service as an example) and put it in directory /etc/systemd/system.

# File name: rkxporter.service
# This is a sample file. Please modify before using.
[Unit]
Description=Rockchip NPU Exporter
After=network.target
Before=shutdown.target

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/npuexporter
ExecStart=/usr/local/npuexporter/bin/rknpu-exporter
Type=simple
Restart=always
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Then start it with systemd command.

sudo systemctl start rkxporter

Run as a Docker container

The Dockerfile is meant to build for/on aarch64. I don't think it would make sense to build this for other architectures.

Make sure to mount /sys/kernel/debug/rknpu/load into your container.

License

See LICENSE for more information.

Authors

Yin Guobing (尹国冰) - yinguobing