How to Install Diamond on Fedora CoreOS

Diamond is a Python daemon that collects system metrics and forwards them to various data stores. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Diamond on Fedora CoreOS.

Prerequisites

• A terminal or SSH session to the Fedora CoreOS server
• Basic knowledge of the command line
• Python 2.7 must already be installed on the system

Installation Steps

1. First, let's install the necessary dependencies:

   $ sudo dnf install git python2-dev gcc
   

2. Clone the Diamond repository:

   $ git clone https://github.com/python-diamond/Diamond.git
   

3. Navigate to the Diamond directory:

   $ cd Diamond
   

4. Install Diamond:

   $ sudo python setup.py install
   

5. Copy the Diamond configuration file to the appropriate directory:

   $ sudo cp conf/diamond.conf.example /etc/diamond/diamond.conf
   

6. Configure Diamond by editing the diamond.conf file as needed:

   $ sudo nano /etc/diamond/diamond.conf
   

7. Start the Diamond daemon:

   $ sudo diamond
   

8. Verify that Diamond is running and collecting data as expected by checking the log file:

   $ sudo tail -f /var/log/diamond/diamond.log
   

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Diamond on your Fedora CoreOS server. Now, you can collect and forward system metrics to your desired data stores with ease.

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