Collectd Installation
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Ubuntu 14.04 Installation
~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install collectd collectd-utils -y
Configuration
Backup the conf
~$ sudo cp /etc/collectd/collectd.conf /etc/collectd/collectd.conf_backup
Edit the conf
~$ sudo vi /etc/collectd/collectd.conf
Uncomment the network plugin to feed influxdb
LoadPlugin network
Configure the network plugin
<Plugin network> <Server "localhost" "25826"> Username "influx" Password "influxdb" Interface "eth0" </Server> </Plugin>
Update influx db conf
Enable influx db to ingest collectd data
~$ sudo vi /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf [[collectd]] enabled = true bind-address = ":25826" # the bind address database = "collectd" # Name of the database that will be written to retention-policy = "" batch-size = 5000 # will flush if this many points get buffered batch-pending = 10 # number of batches that may be pending in memory batch-timeout = "10s" read-buffer = 0 # UDP read buffer size, 0 means to use OS default typesdb = "/usr/share/collectd/types.db" ~$ sudo service influxdb restart