README.md

collectd-opentsdb

collectd writer plugin for OpenTSDB.

Install

# Install collectd.
apt-get install collectd
# Clone the plugin repo.
git clone git://github.com/auxesis/collectd-opentsdb.git
# Compile the plugin
cd collectd-opentsdb
javac -classpath /usr/share/collectd-core/java/collectd-api.jar org/collectd/java/OpenTSDB.java

Insert this into your collectd.conf (likely at /etc/collectd/collectd.conf):

LoadPlugin java
<Plugin java>
  JVMArg "-Djava.class.path=/usr/share/collectd-core/java/collectd-api.jar:/path/to/collectd-opentsdb/"

  LoadPlugin "org.collectd.java.OpenTSDB"
  <Plugin "OpenTSDB">
    Server "localhost" "4242"
  </Plugin>
</Plugin>

Restart collectd.