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collectd + tags

Overview

This check type allows you to run collectd on your hosts and send that data directly to Circonus. Collectd is a lightweight C-based tool that has a variety of plugins available for data collection.

The collectd + tags Check allows you to run collectd in combination with the write_tsdb plugin to submit tagged metrics directly to Circonus.

Configuration

Provided metrics depend on what is submitted by the underlying collectd daemon, and how it’s configured.

This Check requires the write_tsdb plugin be used in combination with collectd.

For additional instructions in using collectd to submit metrics to Circonus, see the collectd documentation.

Metrics

Provided metrics depend on what is submitted by the underlying collectd daemon, and how it’s configured.