telegraf/plugins/statsd/README.md

Telegraf Service Plugin: statsd

Plugin arguments:

• service_address string: Address to listen for statsd UDP packets on
• delete_gauges boolean: Delete gauges on every collection interval
• delete_counters boolean: Delete counters on every collection interval
• delete_sets boolean: Delete set counters on every collection interval
• allowed_pending_messages integer: Number of messages allowed to queue up on the UDP listener before the next flush. NOTE: gauge, counter, and set measurements are aggregated as they arrive, so this is not a straight counter of the number of total messages that the listener can handle between flushes.

Statsd bucket -> InfluxDB Mapping

By default, statsd buckets are converted to measurement names with the rules:

• "." -> "_"
• "-" -> "__"

This plugin also accepts a list of config tables to describe a mapping of a statsd bucket to an InfluxDB measurement name and tags.

Each mapping must specify a match glob pattern. It can optionally take a name for the measurement and a map of bucket indices to tag names.

For example, the following configuration:

    [[statsd.mappings]]
    match = "users.current.*.*"
    name = "current_users"
    [statsd.mappings.tagmap]
    unit = 0
    server = 2
    service = 3

    [[statsd.mappings]]
    match = "deploys.*.*"
    name = "service_deploys"
    [statsd.mappings.tagmap]
    service_type = 1
    service_name = 2

Will map statsd -> influx like so:

users.current.den001.myapp:32|g
=> [server="den001" service="myapp" unit="users"] statsd_current_users_gauge value=32

deploys.test.myservice:1|c
=> [service_name="myservice" service_type="test"] statsd_service_deploys_counter value=1

random.jumping-sheep:10|c
=> [] statsd_random_jumping__sheep_counter value=10

Description

The statsd plugin is a special type of plugin which runs a backgrounded statsd listener service while telegraf is running.

The format of the statsd messages was based on the format described in the original etsy statsd implementation. In short, the telegraf statsd listener will accept:

• Gauges
  • users.current.den001.myapp:32|g <- standard
  • users.current.den001.myapp:+10|g <- additive
  • users.current.den001.myapp:-10|g
• Counters
  • deploys.test.myservice:1|c <- increments by 1
  • deploys.test.myservice:101|c <- increments by 101
  • deploys.test.myservice:1|c|@0.1 <- sample rate, increments by 10
• Sets
  • users.unique:101|s
  • users.unique:101|s
  • users.unique:102|s <- would result in a count of 2 for users.unique
• Timings
  • TODO