Sensu InfluxDB Handler
The Sensu InfluxDB Handler is a Sensu Event Handler that sends metrics to the time series database InfluxDB. Sensu can collect metrics using check output metric extraction or the StatsD listener. Those collected metrics pass through the event pipeline, allowing Sensu to deliver the metrics to the configured metric event handlers. This InfluxDB handler will allow you to store, instrument, and visualize the metric data from Sensu.
Installation
Download the latest version of the sensu-influxdb-handler from releases, or create an executable script from this source.
From the local path of the sensu-influxdb-handler repository:
go build -o /usr/local/bin/sensu-influxdb-handler main.go
Configuration
Example Sensu 2.x handler definition:
{
"name": "influx-db",
"type": "pipe",
"command": "sensu-influxdb-handler --addr '123.4.5.6:8086' --username 'foo' --password 'bar' --db-name 'myDB'"
}
Example Sensu 2.x check definition:
{
"name": "collect-metrics",
"command": "collect.sh",
"interval": 10,
"subscriptions": [
"system"
],
"output_metric_format": "graphite_plaintext",
"output_metric_handlers": [influx-db]
}
That's right, you can collect different types of metrics (ex. Graphite), Sensu will extract and transform them, and this handler will populate them into your InfluxDB.
Usage Examples
Help:
Usage:
sensu-influxdb-handler [flags]
Flags:
-a, --addr string the address of the influx-db server
-d, --db-name string the influx-db to send metrics to
-h, --help help for handler-influx-db
-p, --password string the password for the given db
-u, --username string the username for the given db