Diamond is a Python-based tool that collects and aggregates system metrics and sends them to various data stores. This tutorial explains how to install Diamond on Arch Linux.
Before proceeding with this tutorial, make sure the following prerequisites are met:
Diamond requires several system libraries and Python packages to run correctly. Install these dependencies using the following command:
sudo pacman -S gcc python2 python2-dev python2-pip python-setuptools
Clone the Diamond repository from GitHub using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/python-diamond/Diamond.git
Enter the Diamond directory:
cd Diamond
Install Diamond using Pip:
sudo pip2 install .
Create a directory for Diamond configuration files:
sudo mkdir -p /etc/diamond/
Copy the example configuration files to the configuration directory:
sudo cp conf/diamond.conf.example /etc/diamond/
sudo cp conf/collectors/CPUCollector.conf.example /etc/diamond/collectors/
Run Diamond using the following command:
sudo diamond
You can view the Diamond log file at /var/log/diamond.log to ensure that Diamond is running correctly.
That's it! You have successfully installed Diamond on Arch Linux. You can now configure Diamond to send metrics to various data stores such as Graphite, StatsD, and OpenTSDB. For additional information on configuring Diamond, see the Diamond documentation at https://python-diamond.github.io/.
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