Collectd formula

Collectd is a daemon which collects system performance statistics periodically and provides mechanisms to store the values in a variety of ways, for example in RRD files.

Sample pillars

Data writers

Send data over TCP to Graphite Carbon

collectd:
  client:
    enabled: true
    read_interval: 60
    backend:
      carbon_service:
        engine: carbon
        host: carbon1.comain.com
        port: 2003

Send data over AMQP

collectd:
  client:
    enabled: true
    read_interval: 60
    backend:
      amqp_broker:
        engine: amqp
        host: broker1.comain.com
        port: 5672
        user: monitor
        password: amqp-pwd
        virtual_host: '/monitor'

Send data over HTTP

collectd:
  client:
    enabled: true
    read_interval: 60
    backend:
      http_service:
        engine: http
        host: service.comain.com
        port: 8123

Data collectors

Monitor network devices, defined in 'external' dictionary

external:
  network_device:
    MX80-01:
      community: test
      model: Juniper_MX80
      management:
        address: 10.0.0.254
        port: fxp01
        engine: snmp/ssh
      interface:
        xe-0/0/0:
          description: MEMBER-OF-LACP-TO-QFX
          type: 802.3ad
          subinterface:
            xe-0/0/0.0:
              description: MEMBER-OF-LACP-TO-QFX
collectd:
  client:
    enabled: true
    ...

Collecting the SNMP metrics

collectd:
  client:
    data:
      connected_devices:
        type: devices
        values:
        - IF-MIB::ifNumber.0
    host:
      ubiquity:
        address: 10.0.0.1
        community: public
        version: 2
        data:
        - connected_devices

Collecting the cURL response times and codes

collectd:
  client:
    check:
      curl:
        service1:
          url: "https://service.domain.com:443/"
        service2:
          url: "https://service.domain.com:443/"

Collecting the ping response times

collectd:
  client:
    check:
      ping:
        host_label1:
          host: "172.10.31.14"
        host_label2:
          host: "172.10.31.12"

External links

• http://collectd.org/documentation.shtml
• http://www.canopsis.org/2013/02/collectd-graphite/
• http://collectd.org/documentation/manpages/collectd.conf.5.shtml#plugin_libvirt
• http://libvirt.org/uri.html#URI_qemu

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