Collectd
collectd is a daemon which collects system performance statistics periodically and can store values in many ways, including Hosted Graphite.
Host "carbon.hostedgraphite.com"
Port "2003"
Prefix "your-api-key.collectd."
Review the write_graphite plugin documentation for details of the other write_graphite plugin settings.
You can download a configuration file for collectd, pre-filled with your Hosted Graphite account details, on our Add-Ons page. These configurations are compatible with multiple versions of collectd but we provide v5.2 and v5.4 for the purpose of keeping the config file as close to the default one as possible.
We have a number of collectd plugins enabled. These include CPU, DF (file system usage), disk, entropy, interface, load, memory, processes, rrdtool, swap, users, and as previously mentioned write_graphite.
Once downloaded, you can place this file in /etc/collectd/ (or where ever you’ve configured collectd to store its config file). Then restart the daemon and wait to see your metrics arrive.
Your collectd metrics will arrive under the “collect.*” metric pattern.
There are two similar collectd dashboards available, one for collectd version 5.2 and one for version 5.4, which you can enable in our Dashboard Library.
Both of these dashboards aim to provide an overview of the default plugins provided by collectd. If you have enabled collectd dashboards without all of the plugins listed above, some of the graphs defined on these automatic dashboards might not populate.
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