Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of SystemAdministration/Monitoring/collectd


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Timestamp:
01/20/16 13:08:58 (8 years ago)
Author:
Sander Maijers
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ENHANCE: Move technical details out of documentation and into central Git repo.

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  • SystemAdministration/Monitoring/collectd

    v1 v2  
    1 = [https://collectd.org/ collectd]
     1= Introduction
     2[https://collectd.org/ collectd]
    23
    3 == To install on standard CentOS host
    4 {{{
    5 #!sh
    6 
    7 sudo yum install 'collectd' &&
    8 cp -a '/etc/collectd.conf' '/etc/collectd.conf.orig' &&
    9 sudo -e '/etc/collectd.conf' &&
    10 ## <edit /etc/collectd.conf according to the example below>
    11 sudo systemctl enable collectd.service &&
    12 sudo service collectd restart
    13 }}}
    14 
    15 == To configure
    16 {{{
    17 ##############################################################################
    18 # Global                                                                     #
    19 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
    20 # Global settings for the daemon.                                            #
    21 ##############################################################################
    22 
    23 #Hostname    "localhost"
    24 #FQDNLookup   true
    25 #BaseDir     "/var/lib/collectd"
    26 #PIDFile     "/var/run/collectd.pid"
    27 #PluginDir   "/usr/lib64/collectd"
    28 #TypesDB     "/usr/share/collectd/types.db"
    29 
    30 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
    31 # When enabled, plugins are loaded automatically with the default options    #
    32 # when an appropriate <Plugin ...> block is encountered.                     #
    33 # Disabled by default.                                                       #
    34 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
    35 #AutoLoadPlugin false
    36 
    37 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
    38 # Interval at which to query values. This may be overwritten on a per-plugin #
    39 # base by using the 'Interval' option of the LoadPlugin block:               #
    40 #   <LoadPlugin foo>                                                         #
    41 #       Interval 60                                                          #
    42 #   </LoadPlugin>                                                            #
    43 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
    44 Interval     10
    45 
    46 #Timeout      2
    47 #ReadThreads  5
    48 #WriteThreads 5
    49 
    50 # Limit the size of the write queue. Default is no limit. Setting up a limit is
    51 # recommended for servers handling a high volume of traffic.
    52 #WriteQueueLimitHigh 1000000
    53 #WriteQueueLimitLow   800000
    54 
    55 ##############################################################################
    56 # Logging                                                                    #
    57 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
    58 # Plugins which provide logging functions should be loaded first, so log     #
    59 # messages generated when loading or configuring other plugins can be        #
    60 # accessed.                                                                  #
    61 ##############################################################################
    62 
    63 LoadPlugin logfile
    64 <Plugin logfile>
    65         LogLevel info
    66         File "/var/log/collectd/collectd.log"
    67         Timestamp true
    68         PrintSeverity false
    69 </Plugin>
    70 
    71 ##############################################################################
    72 # LoadPlugin section                                                         #
    73 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
    74 # Lines beginning with a single `#' belong to plugins which have been built  #
    75 # but are disabled by default.                                               #
    76 #                                                                            #
    77 # Lines begnning with `##' belong to plugins which have not been built due   #
    78 # to missing dependencies or because they have been deactivated explicitly.  #
    79 ##############################################################################
    80 
    81 LoadPlugin cpu
    82 LoadPlugin df
    83 <Plugin df>
    84        MountPoint "/"
    85        IgnoreSelected false
    86        ReportByDevice false
    87        ReportReserved false
    88        ReportInodes true
    89        ValuesAbsolute true
    90        ValuesPercentage true
    91 </Plugin>
    92 LoadPlugin disk
    93 <Plugin disk>
    94 </Plugin>
    95 LoadPlugin interface
    96 <Plugin interface>
    97        Interface "eth0"
    98        IgnoreSelected false
    99 </Plugin>
    100 LoadPlugin load
    101 LoadPlugin memory
    102 LoadPlugin network
    103 <Plugin network>
    104         Server "metrics.clarin.eu" "25826"
    105 </Plugin>
    106 LoadPlugin processes
    107 LoadPlugin users
    108 
    109 Include "/etc/collectd.d"
    110 }}}
     4= Our policy
     5To install on a standard host, see https://github.com/clarin-eric/default_host_config/blob/master/opt/scripts/collectd.sh