Apache Aurora Server Metrics via Telegraf
Ship your Apache Aurora Server Metrics via Telegraf to your Logit.io Stack
Configure Telegraf to ship Apache Aurora Server metrics to your Logit.io stacks via Logstash.
Follow this step by step guide to get 'logs' from your system to Logit.io:
Step 1 - Install Telegraf
This integration allows you to configure a Telegraf agent to send your metrics, in multiple formats, to Logit.io.
Telegraf is a flexible server agent equipped with plug-in support, useful for sending metrics and events from data sources like web servers, APIs, application logs, and cloud services.
To ship your metrics to Logit.io, we will integrate the relevant input and outputs.http plug-in into your Telegraf configuration file.
Choose the install for your operating system below to get started:
Windows
wget https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.19.2_windows_amd64.zip
Download and extract to: C:\Program Files\Logitio\telegraf\
Configuration file: C:\Program Files\Logitio\telegraf\
MacOS
brew install telegraf
Configuration file x86_64 Intel: /usr/local/etc/telegraf.conf
Configuration file ARM (Apple Silicon): /opt/homebrew/etc/telegraf.conf
Ubuntu/Debian
wget -q https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdata-archive_compat.key
echo '393e8779c89ac8d958f81f942f9ad7fb82a25e133faddaf92e15b16e6ac9ce4c influxdata-archive_compat.key' | sha256sum -c && cat influxdata-archive_compat.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/influxdata-archive_compat.gpg > /dev/null
echo 'deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/influxdata-archive_compat.gpg] https://repos.influxdata.com/debian stable main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/influxdata.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install telegraf
Configuration file: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf
RedHat and CentOS
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/influxdata.repo
[influxdata]
name = InfluxData Repository - Stable
baseurl = https://repos.influxdata.com/stable/\$basearch/main
enabled = 1
gpgcheck = 1
gpgkey = https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdata-archive_compat.key
EOF
sudo yum install telegraf
Configuration file: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf
SLES & openSUSE
zypper ar -f obs://devel:languages:go/ go
zypper in telegraf
Configuration file: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf
FreeBSD/PC-BSD
sudo pkg install telegraf
Configuration file: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf
Step 2 - Configure the Telegraf input plugin
The configuration file below is pre-configured to scrape the system metrics from your hosts, add the following code to the configuration file /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf
from the previous step.
# Read Apache status information (mod_status)
[[inputs.apache]]
## An array of URLs to gather from, must be directed at the machine
## readable version of the mod_status page including the auto query string.
## Default is "http://localhost/server-status?auto".
urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
## Credentials for basic HTTP authentication.
# username = "myuser"
# password = "mypassword"
## Maximum time to receive response.
# response_timeout = "5s"
## Optional TLS Config
# tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
# tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
# tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
## Use TLS but skip chain & host verification
# insecure_skip_verify = false
Step 3 - Configure the output plugin
Once you have generated the configuration file, you need to set up the output plug-in to allow Telegraf to transmit your data to Logit.io in Prometheus format. This can be accomplished by incorporating the following code into your configuration file:
[[outputs.http]]
url = "https://<your-metrics-username>:<your-metrics-password>@<your-metrics-stack-id>-vm.logit.io:0/api/v1/write"
data_format = "prometheusremotewrite"
[outputs.http.headers]
Content-Type = "application/x-protobuf"
Content-Encoding = "snappy"
Step 4 - Start Telegraf
Windows
telegraf.exe --service start
MacOS
telegraf --config telegraf.conf
Linux
sudo service telegraf start
for systemd installations
systemctl start telegraf
Step 5 - View your metrics
Data should now have been sent to your Stack.
If you don't see metrics take a look at How to diagnose no data in Stack below for how to diagnose common issues.
Step 6 - How to diagnose no data in Stack
If you don't see data appearing in your Stack after following the steps, visit the Help Centre guide for steps to diagnose no data appearing in your Stack or Chat to support now.
Step 7 - Telegraf Apache Aurora Server Overview
For effective monitoring and analyzing Apache HTTP metrics in a distributed environment, it's crucial to have a dependable and capable metrics management solution. Telegraf, an open-source agent for collecting and transmitting metrics, is an ideal choice for gathering Apache HTTP metrics from numerous sources, such as live Apache servers, databases, and other applications.
Telegraf provides a broad spectrum of input plugins, allowing the collection of metrics from diverse sources including CPU usage, memory consumption, network activity, and more. To store and query these accumulated metrics, organizations can leverage Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting system that supports a flexible querying language and graphic data visualization.
To ship Apache metrics from Telegraf to Prometheus, organizations need to configure Telegraf to output metrics in the Prometheus format, then utilize Prometheus to scrape these metrics from the Telegraf server. This procedure involves setting up Telegraf to gather Apache metrics and output them in the Prometheus format, configuring Prometheus to extract these metrics from the Telegraf server, and then analyzing and visualizing the data using Prometheus's flexible querying capabilities.
Once the metrics are in Prometheus, they can be further analyzed and visualized using Grafana. Grafana is an open-source platform for monitoring and observability, and it's perfectly compatible with Prometheus. It provides users with the ability to create dynamic and interactive dashboards to drill down into the metrics data. This integration provides organizations with a powerful toolset to gain valuable insights into Apache performance, enabling them to optimize and troubleshoot their distributed Apache systems effectively.
Using Telegraf to ship Apache metrics to Prometheus, followed by analysis and visualization with Grafana, is a reliable and efficient method for managing metrics in distributed environments. This strategy equips organizations with the ability to optimize their distributed systems and promptly address any arising issues.
If you need any further assistance with shipping your log data to Logit.io we're here to help you get started. Feel free to get in contact with our support team by sending us a message via live chat & we'll be happy to assist.