telegraf/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor/README.md

IPMI Sensor Input Plugin

Get bare metal metrics using the command line utility ipmitool.

If no servers are specified, the plugin will query the local machine sensor stats via the following command:

ipmitool sdr

When one or more servers are specified, the plugin will use the following command to collect remote host sensor stats:

ipmitool -I lan -H SERVER -U USERID -P PASSW0RD sdr

Configuration

# Read metrics from the bare metal servers via IPMI
[[inputs.ipmi_sensor]]
  ## optionally specify the path to the ipmitool executable
  # path = "/usr/bin/ipmitool"
  #
  ## optionally specify one or more servers via a url matching
  ##  [username[:password]@][protocol[(address)]]
  ##  e.g.
  ##    root:passwd@lan(127.0.0.1)
  ##
  ## if no servers are specified, local machine sensor stats will be queried
  ##
  # servers = ["USERID:PASSW0RD@lan(192.168.1.1)"]

  ## Recomended: use metric 'interval' that is a multiple of 'timeout' to avoid
  ## gaps or overlap in pulled data
  interval = "30s"

  ## Timeout for the ipmitool command to complete. Default is 20 seconds.
  timeout = "20s"

Measurements

• ipmi_sensor:
  • tags:
    • name
    • unit
    • server (only when retrieving stats from remote servers)
  • fields:
    • status (int)
    • value (float)

Permissions

When gathering from the local system, Telegraf will need permission to the ipmi device node. When using udev you can create the device node giving rw permissions to the telegraf user by adding the following rule to /etc/udev/rules.d/52-telegraf-ipmi.rules:

KERNEL=="ipmi*", MODE="660", GROUP="telegraf"

Example Output

When retrieving stats from a remote server:

ipmi_sensor,server=10.20.2.203,unit=degrees_c,name=ambient_temp status=1i,value=20 1458488465012559455
ipmi_sensor,server=10.20.2.203,unit=feet,name=altitude status=1i,value=80 1458488465012688613
ipmi_sensor,server=10.20.2.203,unit=watts,name=avg_power status=1i,value=220 1458488465012776511
ipmi_sensor,server=10.20.2.203,unit=volts,name=planar_3.3v status=1i,value=3.28 1458488465012861875
ipmi_sensor,server=10.20.2.203,unit=volts,name=planar_vbat status=1i,value=3.04 1458488465013072508
ipmi_sensor,server=10.20.2.203,unit=rpm,name=fan_1a_tach status=1i,value=2610 1458488465013137932
ipmi_sensor,server=10.20.2.203,unit=rpm,name=fan_1b_tach status=1i,value=1775 1458488465013279896

When retrieving stats from the local machine (no server specified):

ipmi_sensor,unit=degrees_c,name=ambient_temp status=1i,value=20 1458488465012559455
ipmi_sensor,unit=feet,name=altitude status=1i,value=80 1458488465012688613
ipmi_sensor,unit=watts,name=avg_power status=1i,value=220 1458488465012776511
ipmi_sensor,unit=volts,name=planar_3.3v status=1i,value=3.28 1458488465012861875
ipmi_sensor,unit=volts,name=planar_vbat status=1i,value=3.04 1458488465013072508
ipmi_sensor,unit=rpm,name=fan_1a_tach status=1i,value=2610 1458488465013137932
ipmi_sensor,unit=rpm,name=fan_1b_tach status=1i,value=1775 1458488465013279896