telegraf/plugins/inputs/exec

Exec Input Plugin

The exec plugin can execute arbitrary commands which output:

• JSON
• InfluxDB line-protocol
• Graphite graphite-protocol

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.


If using JSON, only numeric values are parsed and turned into floats. Booleans
and strings will be ignored.

### Configuration

Read flattened metrics from one or more commands that output JSON to stdout

inputs.exec

Shell/commands array

commands = ["/tmp/test.sh", "/tmp/test2.sh"]

Data format to consume. This can be "json", "influx" or "graphite" (line-protocol)

NOTE json only reads numerical measurements, strings and booleans are ignored.

data_format = "json"

measurement name suffix (for separating different commands)

name_suffix = "_mycollector"

Below configuration will be used for data_format = "graphite", can be ignored for other data_format

If matching multiple measurement files, this string will be used to join the matched values.

#separator = "."

Each template line requires a template pattern. It can have an optional

filter before the template and separated by spaces. It can also have optional extra

tags following the template. Multiple tags should be separated by commas and no spaces

similar to the line protocol format. The can be only one default template.

Templates support below format:

1. filter + template

2. filter + template + extra tag

3. filter + template with field key

4. default template

#templates = [

"*.app env.service.resource.measurement",

"stats.* .host.measurement* region=us-west,agent=sensu",

"stats2.* .host.measurement.field",

"measurement*"

#]

Other options for modifying the measurement names are:

name_prefix = "prefix_"

### Example 1

Let's say that we have the above configuration, and mycollector outputs the
following JSON:

```json
{
    "a": 0.5,
    "b": {
        "c": 0.1,
        "d": 5
    }
}

The collected metrics will be stored as fields under the measurement "exec_mycollector":

exec_mycollector a=0.5,b_c=0.1,b_d=5 1452815002357578567

Example 2

Now let's say we have the following configuration:

[[inputs.exec]]
  # Shell/commands array
  # compatible with old version
  # we can still use the old command configuration
  # command = "/usr/bin/line_protocol_collector"
  commands = ["/usr/bin/line_protocol_collector","/tmp/test2.sh"]

  # Data format to consume. This can be "json" or "influx" (line-protocol)
  # NOTE json only reads numerical measurements, strings and booleans are ignored.
  data_format = "influx"

And line_protocol_collector outputs the following line protocol:

cpu,cpu=cpu0,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
cpu,cpu=cpu1,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
cpu,cpu=cpu2,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
cpu,cpu=cpu3,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
cpu,cpu=cpu4,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
cpu,cpu=cpu5,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
cpu,cpu=cpu6,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1

You will get data in InfluxDB exactly as it is defined above, tags are cpu=cpuN, host=foo, and datacenter=us-east with fields usage_idle and usage_busy. They will receive a timestamp at collection time.

Example 3

We can also change the data_format to "graphite" to use the metrics collecting scripts such as (compatible with graphite):

• 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
[[inputs.exec]]
  # Shell/commands array
  commands = ["/tmp/test.sh","/tmp/test2.sh"]

  # Data format to consume. This can be "json", "influx" or "graphite" (line-protocol)
  # NOTE json only reads numerical measurements, strings and booleans are ignored.
  data_format = "graphite"

  # measurement name suffix (for separating different commands)
  name_suffix = "_mycollector"

  ## Below configuration will be used for data_format = "graphite", can be ignored for other data_format
  ## If matching multiple measurement files, this string will be used to join the matched values.
  separator = "."

  ## Each template line requires a template pattern.  It can have an optional
  ## filter before the template and separated by spaces.  It can also have optional extra
  ## tags following the template.  Multiple tags should be separated by commas and no spaces
  ## similar to the line protocol format.  The can be only one default template.
  ## Templates support below format:
  ## 1. filter + template
  ## 2. filter + template + extra tag
  ## 3. filter + template with field key
  ## 4. default template
  templates = [
    "*.app env.service.resource.measurement",
    "stats.* .host.measurement* region=us-west,agent=sensu",
    "stats2.* .host.measurement.field",
    "measurement*"
  ]

And test.sh/test2.sh will output:

sensu.metric.net.server0.eth0.rx_packets 461295119435 1444234982
sensu.metric.net.server0.eth0.tx_bytes 1093086493388480 1444234982
sensu.metric.net.server0.eth0.rx_bytes 1015633926034834 1444234982
sensu.metric.net.server0.eth0.tx_errors 0 1444234982
sensu.metric.net.server0.eth0.rx_errors 0 1444234982
sensu.metric.net.server0.eth0.tx_dropped 0 1444234982
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)