tcollector is a set of scripts for collecting and forwarding metrics to OpenTSDB. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation process of tcollector on OpenBSD.
Before installing tcollector, you need to ensure the following prerequisites are met:
You can install Git using the following command:
sudo pkg_add git
Clone the tcollector repository from the GitHub repository using Git:
git clone https://github.com/OpenTSDB/tcollector.git
Navigate to the tcollector directory and run the install script:
cd tcollector
sudo ./install.sh
This will install tcollector and its dependencies.
The main configuration for tcollector is stored in the conf directory. The collectors directory contains scripts that are used to collect metrics. You can edit these files to add, modify or remove metrics.
To start tcollector, run the following command:
sudo service tcollector start
To test tcollector, you can run the tsdb_plugin_test.py script:
python tsdb_plugin_test.py
This script will send a test metric to OpenTSDB. Check the OpenTSDB dashboard to ensure that the test metric was received.
That's it! You have successfully installed and configured tcollector on OpenBSD. You can now use tcollector to collect and forward metrics to OpenTSDB. For more information on using tcollector, check out the documentation on the OpenTSDB website.
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