Hi Sean,

For some reason, I cannot see the log files at /var/log location :(
Can we configure this in the telegraf config file?

Cheers!


On Friday, June 17, 2016 at 10:28:29 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Hi Sean,
>
> Sure, I will follow the instructions with the -debug 
> <https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/README.md#how-to-use-it> 
> option 
> as suggested by Robert and get back on this thread.
>
> FYI, the following is the section of the config file where the exec plugin 
> has been enabled:
>
> ===============================================================================
>
> # 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 = ["/collectmetrics_docker.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"
>
>
> ===============================================================================
>
>
> Cheers!
>
>
>
> On Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 7:52:14 PM UTC-7, Sean Beckett wrote:
>>
>> As Robert suggested, use the debugging tools in Telegraf to see what it 
>> is outputting to InfluxDB. (See -debug 
>> <https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/README.md#how-to-use-it>
>> )
>>
>> Do the Telegraf logs indicate any issues with the writes? What about the 
>> InfluxDB logs?
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 8:45 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Sean,
>>>
>>> Sorry for my late reply!!
>>>
>>> Yes, my bad, I had commented these lines related to exec plugin out 
>>> earlier!
>>>
>>> However, after ensuring that its enabled, I do not get any output for 
>>> the following command:
>>> show tag keys from exec_mycollector
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 2:01:58 PM UTC-7, Sean Beckett wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Since the measurement doesn't exist, it seems there's a problem with 
>>>> Telegraf executing the script. Perhaps there's an environment issue? Are 
>>>> you using relative paths in the scripts, for instance?
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Quick Query <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Also, please let me know if there is an alternative way to achieve 
>>>>> this - being able to send metrics via custom scripts?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 8:00:59 AM UTC-7, Quick Query wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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!
>>>>>>>
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