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chef_install_configure_collectd (22) Versions 0.1.0

Use this cookbook to install the SignalFx collectd agent and collectd plugins.

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cookbook 'chef_install_configure_collectd', '= 0.1.0'
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chef_install_configure_collectd

DESCRIPTION

  • Install the collectd of SignalFx monitoring daemon.
  • Configure the basic plugins of collected.
  • Configure the write_http plugin of collectd which can send metrics to SignalFx Inc.

REQUIREMENTS

This cookbook has been tested on
Centos 5, 6, 7;
Amazon Linux 1409, 1503;
Ubuntu 1504, 1410, 1404

Attributes

  • attributes/default.rb - Basic attributes for collectd write_http plugin.
  • attributes/SignalFx_rpm_repo.rb - SignalFx rpms names and links for centos and amazon linux.

Templates

  • templates/default/collectd.conf.erb - Template to configure the collectd.conf file.
  • templates/default/10-write_http-plugin.conf.erb - Template to configure the write_http plugin of collectd.
  • templates/default/10-aggregation-cpu.conf.erb - Template to configure the CPU aggregation.

USAGE

Three main recipes are provided:

  • chef_install_configure_collectd - Install the SignalFx.rpm and newest release collectd of SignalFx Inc.
  • chef_install_configure_collectd::config-collectd - Set up collectd.conf file.
  • chef_install_configure_collectd::config-write_http - Configure the write_http plugin for collectd.

Install collectd of SignalFx Inc.

  • Run chef_install_configure_collectd::default recipe which can check the operation system and install collectd packages.

Configure the collectd

  • Run the chef_install_configure_collectd::config-collectd recipe which can set up collectd.conf file.

Configure to send the metrics to SignalFx

  • Run the chef_install_configure_collectd::config-write_http recipe.
  • Users can use the default attributes in attributes/default.rb. The collectd will use the default Ingest_host URL to send metrics to SignalFx Inc, but users have to fill your API TOKEN.
  • If users want use your own ingest host URL or ingest host parameters, you should rewrite attributes/default.rb defines their attributes. Example:
   default["write_http"]["set_aws_instanceId"] = true
   default["write_http"]["Ingest_host"] = "YOUR_INGEST_HOST"
   default["write_http"]["API_TOKEN"] = "YOUR_API_TOKEN"
   default["write_http"]["Ingest_host_parameters"]["YOUR_KEY1"] = "YOUR_VALUE1"
   default["write_http"]["Ingest_host_parameters"]["YOUR_KEY2"] = "YOUR_VALUE2"
  • The attribute default["write_http"]["set_aws_instanceId"] means if user want to integerate by AWS.
  • All of the other attributes are to configure the 10-write_http-plugin.conf file. If you use the attributes above, the configuration file (10-write_http-plugin.conf) is like:
LoadPlugin write_http
<Plugin "write_http">
  <URL "YOUR_INGEST_HOST&sfxdim_InstanceId=YOUR_AWS_INSTANCE_ID&sfxdim_YOUR_KEY1=YOUR_VALUE1&sfxdim_YOUR_KEY2=YOUR_VALUE2">
    User "auth"
    Password "YOUR_API_TOKEN"
    Format "JSON"
  </URL>
</Plugin>

LICENSE & AUTHOR

Author:: Wentao Du (wentao@signalfx.com)

Copyright::2015, SignalFx, Inc.

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FC001: Use strings in preference to symbols to access node attributes: /tmp/cook/521cbd782cc61c85289be127/chef_install_configure_collectd/recipes/config-collectd.rb:1
FC001: Use strings in preference to symbols to access node attributes: /tmp/cook/521cbd782cc61c85289be127/chef_install_configure_collectd/recipes/config-collectd.rb:9
FC001: Use strings in preference to symbols to access node attributes: /tmp/cook/521cbd782cc61c85289be127/chef_install_configure_collectd/recipes/default.rb:52
FC002: Avoid string interpolation where not required: /tmp/cook/521cbd782cc61c85289be127/chef_install_configure_collectd/recipes/default.rb:17
FC013: Use file_cache_path rather than hard-coding tmp paths: /tmp/cook/521cbd782cc61c85289be127/chef_install_configure_collectd/recipes/default.rb:13
FC019: Access node attributes in a consistent manner: /tmp/cook/521cbd782cc61c85289be127/chef_install_configure_collectd/recipes/config-collectd.rb:1
FC019: Access node attributes in a consistent manner: /tmp/cook/521cbd782cc61c85289be127/chef_install_configure_collectd/recipes/config-collectd.rb:9
FC019: Access node attributes in a consistent manner: /tmp/cook/521cbd782cc61c85289be127/chef_install_configure_collectd/recipes/default.rb:52