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@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ The exec plugin can execute arbitrary commands which output:
### Configuration
In this example a script called ```/tmp/test.sh``` and a script called ```/tmp/test2.sh```
are configured for ```[[inputs.exec]]``` in JSON format.
```
# Read flattened metrics from one or more commands that output JSON to stdout
[[inputs.exec]]
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```
exec_mycollector a=0.5,b_c=0.1,b_d=5 1452815002357578567
```
If using JSON, only numeric values are parsed and turned into floats. Booleans
and strings will be ignored.
### Example 2 - Influx Line-Protocol
In this example an application called ```/usr/bin/line_protocol_collector```
and a script called ```/tmp/test2.sh``` are configured for ```[[inputs.exec]]```
and a script called ```/tmp/test2.sh``` are configured for ```[[inputs.exec]]```
in influx line-protocol format.
#### Configuration
@ -116,6 +122,7 @@ We can also change the data_format to "graphite" to use the metrics collecting s
* Nagios [Mertics Plugins] (https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins)
* Sensu [Mertics Plugins] (https://github.com/sensu-plugins)
#### Configuration
```
# Read flattened metrics from one or more commands that output JSON to stdout
@ -165,25 +172,15 @@ sensu.metric.net.server0.eth0.rx_dropped 0 1444234982
The templates configuration will be used to parse the graphite metrics to support influxdb/opentsdb tagging store engines.
More detail information about templates, please refer to [The graphite Input] (https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/blob/master/services/graphite/README.md)
Graphite understands messages with this format:
> Graphite understands messages with this format:
> ```
```
metric_path value timestamp\n
```
> __metric_path__ is the metric namespace that you want to populate.
> __value__ is the value that you want to assign to the metric at this time.
> __timestamp__ is the unix epoch time.
__metric_path__ is the metric namespace that you want to populate.
__value__ is the value that you want to assign to the metric at this time.
__timestamp__ is the unix epoch time.
If using JSON, only numeric values are parsed and turned into floats. Booleans
and strings will be ignored.
More detail information about templates, please refer to [The graphite Input] (https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/blob/master/services/graphite/README.md)