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Snap collector plugin - use

This plugin supports collecting utilization, saturation and error metrics from GNU/Linux OS.

1. Getting Started

• System Requirements
• Installation
• Configuration and Usage

2. Documentation

• Collected Metrics
• Examples
• Roadmap

3. Community Support
4. Contributing
5. License
6. Acknowledgements

Getting Started

System Requirements

• golang 1.7+ - needed only for building
• This Plugin compatible with kernel > 2.6
• Linux/x86_64

Operating systems

• Linux/amd64

Installation

Download the plugin binary:

You can get the pre-built binaries for your OS and architecture under the plugin's release page. For Snap, check here.

To build the plugin binary:

Fork https://github.com/intelsdi-x/snap-plugin-collector-use Clone repo into $GOPATH/src/github.com/intelsdi-x/:

$ git clone https://github.com/<yourGithubID>/snap-plugin-collector-use.git

Build the snap use plugin by running make within the cloned repo:

$ make

This builds the plugin in ./build/

Configuration and Usage

Set up the snap framework.

Load the plugin and create a task, see example in Examples.

Documentation

The Utilization Saturation and Errors (USE) Method is a methodology for analyzing the performance of any system. It directs the construction of a checklist, which for server analysis can be used for quickly identifying resource bottlenecks or errors. It begins by posing questions, and then seeks answers, instead of beginning with given metrics (partial answers) and trying to work backwards (1). Brendan D. Gregg is an author of USE methodology.

Collected Metrics

List of collected metrics is described in METRICS.md.

Examples

Example of running snap use collector and writing data to file.

Ensure snap daemon is running:

• initd: service snap-telemetry start
• systemd: systemctl start snap-telemetry
• command line: snapteld -l 1 -t 0 &

Download and load snap plugins:

$ wget http://snap.ci.snap-telemetry.io/plugins/snap-plugin-collector-use/latest/linux/x86_64/snap-plugin-collector-use
$ wget http://snap.ci.snap-telemetry.io/plugins/snap-plugin-publisher-file/latest/linux/x86_64/snap-plugin-publisher-file
$ chmod 755 snap-plugin-*
$ snaptel plugin load snap-plugin-collector-use
$ snaptel plugin load snap-plugin-publisher-file

Create a task manifest file (exemplary files in [examples/tasks/] (examples/tasks/)):

--- 
schedule: 
  interval: 1s
  type: simple
version: 1
workflow: 
  collect: 
    metrics: 
      /intel/use/compute/saturation: {}
      /intel/use/compute/utilization: {}
      /intel/use/memory/saturation: {}
      /intel/use/memory/utilization: {}
      /intel/use/network/eth0/saturation: {}
      /intel/use/network/eth0/utilization: {}
      /intel/use/storage/sda/saturation: {}
      /intel/use/storage/sda/utilization: {}
    publish: 
      - 
        plugin_name: file
        config: 
          file: /tmp/use_metrics

Download an example task file and load it:

$ curl -sfLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intelsdi-x/snap-plugin-collector-use/master/examples/tasks/use-file.yml
$ snaptel task create -t use-file.yml
Using task manifest to create task
Task created
ID: 480323af-15b0-4af8-a526-eb2ca6d8ae67
Name: Task-480323af-15b0-4af8-a526-eb2ca6d8ae67
State: Running

See realtime output from snaptel task watch <task_id> (CTRL+C to exit)

$ snaptel task watch 480323af-15b0-4af8-a526-eb2ca6d8ae67

This data is published to a file /tmp/use_metrics per task specification

Stop task:

$ snaptel task stop 480323af-15b0-4af8-a526-eb2ca6d8ae67
Task stopped:
ID: 480323af-15b0-4af8-a526-eb2ca6d8ae67

Roadmap

There isn't a current roadmap for this plugin, but it is in active development. As we launch this plugin, we do not have any outstanding requirements for the next release.

If you have a feature request, please add it as an issue and/or submit a pull request.

Community Support

This repository is one of many plugins in snap, a powerful telemetry framework. See the full project at http://github.com/intelsdi-x/snap.

To reach out to other users, head to the main framework or visit Slack.

Contributing

We love contributions!

There's more than one way to give back, from examples to blogs to code updates. See our recommended process in CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

Snap, along with this plugin, is an Open Source software released under the Apache 2.0 License.

Acknowledgements

This is Open Source software released under the Apache 2.0 License. Please see the LICENSE file for full license details.

• Author: Marcin Spoczynski

Thank You

And thank you! Your contribution, through code and participation, is incredibly important to us.

(1) http://www.brendangregg.com/usemethod.html

This software has been contributed by MIKELANGELO, a Horizon 2020 project co-funded by the European Union. https://www.mikelangelo-project.eu/

Thank You

And thank you! Your contribution, through code and participation, is incredibly important to us.