Tcollector is a data collector utility that can be used to monitor various metrics from your system and applications. In this tutorial, we will be installing tcollector on macOS.
Before starting the installation process, make sure the following prerequisites are met:
Follow the steps below to install tcollector on macOS:
Open the terminal on your macOS system.
Clone the tcollector repository to your local machine by running the following command:
git clone git://github.com/OpenTSDB/tcollector.git
Change the working directory to the cloned tcollector folder:
cd tcollector
Install tcollector by running the following command:
sudo python setup.py install
Verify the installation by running the following command:
tcollector --version
This command should display the version of tcollector installed on your system.
Start the tcollector daemon by running the following command:
tcollector start
To stop the tcollector daemon, run the following command:
tcollector stop
That's it! You have successfully installed tcollector on your macOS system.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install and configure tcollector on macOS. You can now use tcollector to collect various metrics from your system and applications.
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