Just to add on, as per the InfluxDB documentation <https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/exec>, - "The collected metrics will be stored as fields under the measurement "exec_mycollector":" But, I am not able to view this when I do a "show measurements"!
Cheers! On Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 6:24:53 AM UTC-7, Quick Query wrote: > > Hi Everyone. > > I am trying to use the exec plugin on Telegraf and the script inside just > does an "echo date". > > The Telegraf config is as follows: > > # Read flattened metrics from one or more commands that output JSON to > stdout > > [[inputs.exec]] > > # Shell/commands array > > # Full command line to executable with parameters, or a glob pattern to > run all matching files. > > commands = ["/tmp/test.sh", "/tmp/test2.sh", "/tmp/collect_metrics*.sh"] > > > ## Timeout for each command to complete. > > timeout = "5s" > > > # Data format to consume. > > # NOTE json only reads numerical measurements, strings and booleans are > ignored. > > data_format = "json" > > > # measurement name suffix (for separating different commands) > > name_suffix = "_mycollector" > > The script works locally (from /tmp/collect_metrics.sh), but its not > working for me. > Any help is appreciated. > > Cheers! > > -- Remember to include the InfluxDB version number with all issue reports --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "InfluxDB" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/c91b3208-72b4-420d-96dd-f7c15ab09e13%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
