This json was taken from the example at this Telegraf
<https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/exec>
documentation.
It still doesnt work for me.
Cheers!
On Saturday, June 18, 2016 at 12:32:31 AM UTC-7, Quick Query wrote:
>
> 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]> 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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