TrueSight Pulse Forking Rate Plugin

Tracks the fork rate on your server by polling /proc/stat. On a busy production box you can expect a rate of somewhere between 1-10/sec, if there is a rate approaching 100/sec then your server is experiencing issues.

Prerequisites

OS	Linux	Windows	SmartOS	OS X
Supported	v

TrueSight Pulse Meter versions v4.2 or later

To install new meter go to Settings->Installation or see instructions.
To upgrade the meter to the latest version - see instructions.

TrueSight Pulse Meter versions earlier than v4.2

Runtime	node.js	Python	Java
Required	v

How to install node.js?
Requires access to /proc/stat

Plugin Setup

Verify that you are able to get output by running the following:
```
$ cat /proc/stat
```
If there is no output, then this plugin will not work.

Plugin Configuration Fields

All Versions

Field Name	Description
Poll Interval	How often should poll /proc/stat (in milliseconds)

Metrics Collected

Metric Name	Description
Fork Rate / sec	the rate at which processes are growing

Dashboards

None

References

Bitly - 10 Things We Forgot to Monitor

JoeBmc/boundary-plugin-fork-rate