collectd.md

Collectd - System monitoring

Project website: https://collectd.org

Installation

• Install collectd package (as root)

yum -y install collectd

Configuration

• Edit configuration file: /etc/collectd.conf(as root)

Interval     10  
Include "/etc/collectd.d"

• Configure network write plugin: /etc/collectd.d/network.conf in order to push metrics to InfluxDB instance. Replace <influxdb-host> with InfluxDB hostname. (as root)

LoadPlugin network
<Plugin network>
  Server "<influxdb-host>" "25826"
</Plugin>

• Configure cpu module: /etc/collectd.d/cpu.conf (as root)

LoadPlugin cpu 
<Plugin cpu>
  ReportByCpu true
  ReportByState true
  ValuesPercentage true
</Plugin>

• Configure disk plugin: /etc/collectd.d/disk.conf (as root)

LoadPlugin disk
<Plugin disk>
  Disk "/[hs]d[a-f][0-9]?$/"
  IgnoreSelected false
  UseBSDName false
  UdevNameAttr "DEVNAME"
</Plugin>

• Configure interface plugin: /etc/collectd.d/interface.conf (as root)

LoadPlugin interface

• Configure load plugin: /etc/collectd.d/load.conf (as root)

LoadPlugin interface

• Configure memory plugin: /etc/collectd.d/memory.conf (as root)

LoadPlugin memory

• Configure uptime plugin: /etc/collectd.d/uptime.conf (as root)

LoadPlugin uptime

• Start collectd (as root)

systemctl start collectd.service
systemctl enable collectd.service