customcmd collector

customcmd collector

  "customcmd": {
    "exclude_metrics": [
      "mymetric"
    ],
    "files" : [
      "/var/run/myapp.metrics"
    ],
    "commands" : [
      "/usr/local/bin/getmetrics.pl"
    ]
  }

The customcmd collector reads data from files and the output of executed commands. The files and commands can output multiple metrics (separated by newline) but the have to be in the InfluxDB line protocol. If a metric is not parsable, it is skipped. If a metric is not required, it can be excluded from forwarding it to the sink.