TrueSight Pulse UDP Metric Plugin

Example plugin written using the meter plugin SDK for C.

Collects meterics from example application that presents metrics via a UDP interface called metric-daemon

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TrueSight Pulse Meter Plugin SDK for C
metric-daemon running on a host that is reachable from the host that is running the plugin.

Install the Metric Daemon according to the instructions here.

For this plugin to run the TrueSight Pulse Meter Plugin SDK for C must be installed on the same host where the plugin is running.

Download plugin distribution to the target platform:

$ wget https://github.com/boundary/meter-plugin-udp/releases/download/v1.0.0/meter-plugin-udp-1.0.0.tar.gz

Extract distribution:
```
$ tar xvf meter-plugin-udp-1.0.0.tar.gz
```
Change directory to extracted plugin distribution:
```
$ cd meter-plugin-udp-1.0.0
```
Configure plugin for compilation:
```
$ ./configure
```
Compile meter plugin executable:
```
$ make
```
Install meter plugin executable:
```
$ sudo make install
```

Field Name	Description
Host	Host running the metric daemon
Port	Listening port of the metric daemon
Source	Label to display in the legend for the measurement.
Interval	How often should the plugin poll for metrics.

Metric Name	Description
EXAMPLE_BYTECOUNT	A metric to track counts of bytes.
EXAMPLE_DURATION	A metric to track a duration of time
EXAMPLE_NUMBER	A metric to track a number value
EXAMPLE_PERCENT	A metric to track a percentage value

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