collectd-kairosdb

A KairosDB plugin for collectd using collectd's Python plugin.

This is based on the collectd-carbon plugin

Install

1. Place kairosdb_writer.py in /usr/lib64/collectd/ (assuming you have collectd installed to /usr/lib64/collectd/).
2. Configure the plugin (see below).
3. Restart collectd.

Configuration

Add the following to your collectd config or use the included kairosdb.conf.

<LoadPlugin "python">
    Globals true
</LoadPlugin>

<Plugin "python">
    ModulePath "/usr/lib64/collectd/"

    Import "kairosdb_writer"

    <Module "kairosdb_writer">
        KairosDBHost "localhost"
        KairosDBPort 4242
        KairosDBProtocol "tcp"
        LowercaseMetricNames true
        TypesDB "/usr/share/collectd/types.db" "/etc/collectd/types/custom.db"
    </Module>
</Plugin>