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collector job from cf/204

The collector will discover the various components on the message bus and query their `/healthz` and `/varz` interfaces. The metric data collected is published to collector plugins such as OpenTSDB, AWS CloudWatch and DataDog.

Github source: 78988a16 or master branch

Properties

collector

aws

access_key_id

AWS access key for CloudWatch access

secret_access_key

AWS secret for CloudWatch access

datadog

api_key

Datadog API key

application_key

Datadog application key

deployment_name

name for this bosh deployment. All metrics will be tagged with deployment:XXX when sending them to CloudWatch, Datadog and Graphite

graphite

address

IP address of Graphite

port

TCP port of Graphite

intervals

discover

the interval in seconds that the collector attempts to discover components

Default
60
healthz

the interval in seconds that healthz is checked

Default
30
local_metrics

the interval in seconds that local_metrics are checked

Default
30
nats_ping

the interval in seconds that the collector pings nats to record latency

Default
30
prune

the interval in seconds that the collector attempts to prune unresponsive components

Default
300
varz

the interval in seconds that varz is checked

Default
30

logging_level

the logging level for the collector

Default
info

opentsdb

address

IP address of OpenTsdb

port

TCP port of OpenTsdb

use_aws_cloudwatch

enable CloudWatch plugin

Default
false

use_datadog

enable Datadog plugin

Default
false

use_graphite

enable Graphite plugin

Default
false

use_tsdb

enable OpenTsdb plugin

Default
false

nats

machines

IP of each NATS cluster member.

password

NATS password

port

NATS TCP port

user

NATS user

networks

apps

Collector network information.

Templates

Templates are rendered and placed onto corresponding instances during the deployment process. This job's templates will be placed into /var/vcap/jobs/collector/ directory (learn more).

  • bin/collector_ctl (from collector_ctl.erb)
  • config/config.yml (from config.yml.erb)

Packages

Packages are compiled and placed onto corresponding instances during the deployment process. Packages will be placed into /var/vcap/packages/ directory.