Hi Sean,
I am getting the following error now on the terminal:
2016/06/18 00:28:30 ERROR in input [exec]: unable to parse '{"a":0.5, "b"
:{"c":0.1, "d":5}}': missing tag key
I have validated the JSON and its valid one.
And, I have now changed the contents of the "/tmp/collectmetrics_docker.sh"
to:
#!/bin/bash
echo -e "{\"a\":0.5, \"b\" :{\"c\":0.1, \"d\":5}}"
Cheers!
On Friday, June 17, 2016 at 4:29:48 PM UTC-7, Sean Beckett wrote:
>
> I believe the log output goes to STDOUT when the process is launched. Are
> you able to capture that?
>
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 4:08 PM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> 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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