Diamond is an open-source Python daemon that collects system metrics and publish them to various sources. It supports many collectors and different output mechanisms.
Here's how you can install Diamond on MXLinux latest:
Diamond is developed in Python, so it needs a Python interpreter to run. MXLinux comes with Python pre-installed, but if you want to be sure that you have the latest version, type the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install python
Diamond requires some additional packages to work correctly. To install those packages, type the following command:
sudo apt-get install python-dev python-setuptools git-core
The easiest way to install Diamond is to clone the Github repository. To do this, type the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/python-diamond/Diamond.git
Once you have cloned the Diamond repository, navigate to the repository directory and install Diamond using the following command:
cd Diamond
sudo python setup.py install
This will install Diamond on your system.
Diamond uses a configuration file to determine which collectors to run and how to publish the collected metrics. The configuration file is located in /etc/diamond/diamond.conf.
You can edit this file to set up Diamond to work with your system.
To start Diamond, use the following command:
/etc/init.d/diamond start
Now that Diamond has been installed and configured, you can start monitoring your system's metrics. Check the official documentation to learn more about how Diamond works and how to use it.
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