43 lines
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43 lines
1001 B
Markdown
# Exec Plugin
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The exec plugin can execute arbitrary commands which output JSON. Then it flattens JSON and finds
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all numeric values, treating them as floats.
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For example, if you have a json-returning command called mycollector, you could
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setup the exec plugin with:
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```
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[[exec.commands]]
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command = "/usr/bin/mycollector --output=json"
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name = "mycollector"
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interval = 10
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```
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The name is used as a prefix for the measurements.
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The interval is used to determine how often a particular command should be run. Each
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time the exec plugin runs, it will only run a particular command if it has been at least
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`interval` seconds since the exec plugin last ran the command.
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# Sample
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Let's say that we have a command named "mycollector", which gives the following output:
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```json
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{
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"a": 0.5,
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"b": {
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"c": "some text",
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"d": 0.1,
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"e": 5
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}
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}
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```
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The collected metrics will be:
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```
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exec_mycollector_a value=0.5
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exec_mycollector_b_d value=0.1
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exec_mycollector_b_e value=5
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```
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