scollector Cookbook

This cookbook downloads and installs scollector for [bosun](bosun.org).

Requirements

• Chef Client 11.x or better

Platforms

Currently tested only on Ubuntu 14.04. Probably works on Debain and may work on other.

Dependent Cookbooks

• runit
• golang

Attributes

• node['scollector']['host'] - Sets bosun server host
• node['scollector']['port'] - Sets bosun server port
• node['scollector']['bin_path'] - Sets path to scollector executable
• node['scollector']['conf_dir'] - Sets dir for scollector config dir
• node['scollector']['log_dir'] - Sets dir for logs dir
• node['scollector']['collectors_dir'] - Sets dir for external collectors (scollector runs all executables every <interval> sec in collectors_dir/<interval>/)
• node['scollector']['config_cookbook'] - Cookbook where template scollector.conf.erb is stored
• node['scollector']['tags'] - Tags to add to metrics, that scollector sends to bosun.

Recipes

This section describes the recipes in the cookbook and how to use them in your environment.

default

Includes the golang::packages and scollector::configure recipes by default.

configure

Configures scollector.conf and enables runit service for scollector.

Usage

You can include scollector::default in your company cookbook and redefine attributes there like

companyname-scollector/attributes/default.rb:

default['scollector']['host'] = '192.168.169.21'
default['scollector']['port'] = 8070

Or you can redefine it in your role or environment.

License & Authors

• Author:: Tony Nyurkin (ptqa.mail@gmail.com)

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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