/collectd-graphite

chef cookbook to configure collectd to forward stats to carbon/graphite

Primary LanguagePython

Description

installs collectd client/server and configures it to forward to graphite (http://graphite.wikidot.com/)

Requirements

Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise)

  • Opscode "apt" cookbook
  • "collectd" cookbook
  • "collectd-plugins" cookbook
  • "graphite" cookbook

Attributes

Control what network segment the listener listens on

node["collectd"]["services"]["network-listener"]["network"] (default management)

Usage

recipe[collectd-graphite::collectd-listener] will install a collectd server and configure it to forward metrics to graphite for visualisation recipe[collectd-graphite::collectd-client] will install the collectd agent

TODO

This cookbook currently doesn't have very rich topology concepts. It doesn't support multicast, it doesn't support a hierarchical topology, etc.

It should.