[Gluster-users] Diamond metrics collector

[Ivan Rossi]

Jumping in...
anyone aware of a similar plugin for collectd? looking at diamond
(mostly because it is python) but I already have collectd  in-place.

PS I know, i could do it myself, but time is a limited resource

2016-03-18 21:39 GMT+01:00 Charles Williams <chuck at itadmins.net>:
> Grant,
>
> Thanks for the reminder. Just forked, uploaded and submitted the PR.
>
> Chuck
>
> On Fr, 2016-03-18 at 10:27 -0700, Grant Ridder wrote:
>> Charles,
>>
>> Thanks for the write-up!  I see near the end you mention "Until the
>> collector is officially accepted into the Diamond project" but i
>> don't see a PR on the GitHub repo for the project.  Can you
>> elaborate on this?
>>
>> -Grant
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 1:24 AM, Charles Williams <chuck at itadmins.net
>> > wrote:
>> > On Mi, 2016-03-16 at 17:42 +0100, Niels de Vos wrote:
>> > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 02:24:00PM +0100, Charles Williams wrote:
>> > > > On Mi, 2016-03-16 at 14:07 +0100, Niels de Vos wrote:
>> > > > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 10:51:52AM +0100, Charles Williams
>> > wrote:
>> > > > > > Hey all,
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Finally took the time to hammer out a Diamond metrics
>> > > > > > collector.
>> > > > > > It's
>> > > > > > currently functional beta (in production on one of our
>> > gluster
>> > > > > > clusters). Would like to get some help testing it a bit.
>> > So if
>> > > > > > you
>> > > > > > have Diamond collecting metrics for you then try it out.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > https://wiki.itadmins.net/filesystems/glusterfs_diamond_metrics
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I'm missing a little detail here. I've never heard of
>> > "Diamond
>> > > > > metrics"
>> > > > > before. A little duckduckgo'ing suggests that it would be
>> > this
>> > > > > project:
>> > > > >
>> > > > >   https://github.com/python-diamond/Diamond
>> > > > >
>> > > > > That sounds very interesting. Monitoring is something every
>> > > > > environment
>> > > > > needs and each one has different requirements. Diamond
>> > support
>> > > > > for
>> > > > > Gluster can definitely use some examples.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Do you think you could write a blog post or wiki article that
>> > > > > contains
>> > > > > screenshots or so? It also may be very helpful to get your
>> > > > > collector
>> > > > > included in the standard Diamond installation. Have you
>> > thought
>> > > > > about
>> > > > > sending it to the python-Diamond project?
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Thanks!
>> > > > > Niels
>> > > >
>> > > > Niels,
>> > > >
>> > > > Anyone needing this collector knows what diamond is already. ;)
>> > > >
>> > > > But I guess I could have added a bit of context for those NOT
>> > in
>> > > > the
>> > > > know. And that is the correct project. It used to belong to
>> > > > BrighCove
>> > > > but they gave it up a while ago.
>> > > >
>> > > > I have to admit, it is a great metrics collection suit. Very
>> > lite-
>> > > > weight, fast and extensible.
>> > > >
>> > > > There isn't a lot to explain but will see if I can clear some
>> > time
>> > > > to
>> > > > write a short something about it. Will also be submitting it
>> > for
>> > > > inclusion in the package as soon as I feel there are no major
>> > > > issues
>> > > > (hence the call for testers).
>> > >
>> > > Great, thanks for explaining! I'm looking forward to see feedback
>> > > from
>> > > users and your progress on inclusion in the main Diamond project.
>> > >
>> > > Niels
>> >
>> > ok peeples,
>> >
>> > here is a quick writeup I did. just touches on a few points and
>> > explains briefly how the install goes.
>> >
>> > https://www.itadmins.net/2016/03/18/getting-useful-metrice-from-glusterfs-into-grafana-using-diamond/#more-678
>> >
>> > enjoy
>> >
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