Collectd

Installing and configuring collectd

1.
Install collectd on your system. It’s usually available via your normal package manager, e.g. apt-get install collectd
2.
From the Hosted Graphite Add-ons page, select collectd and download the appropriate configuration file. Version 5.4 works with most versions of collectd
3.
Copy the downloaded configuration file to /etc/collect/collectd.conf. If you want to keep the original configuration file, rename it to collectd.conf.old
4.
Restart collectd so that it uses the new configuration file: sudo service collectd restart

Generating and viewing the collectd dashboard

Once collectd is up and running, you can automatically generate a dashboard from our dashboard library. Go to the Add-ons page and scroll down to the Dashboards section.