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OpenStack Telemetry module
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The Telemetry module performs the following functions:
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- Efficiently polls metering data related to OpenStack services.
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- Collects event and metering data by monitoring notifications sent
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from services.
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- Publishes collected data to various targets including data stores and
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message queues.
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- Creates alarms when collected data breaks defined rules.
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The Telemetry module consists of the following components:
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A compute agent (``ceilometer-agent-compute``)
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Runs on each compute node and polls for resource utilization
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statistics. There may be other types of agents in the future, but
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for now our focus is creating the compute agent.
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A central agent (``ceilometer-agent-central``)
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Runs on a central management server to poll for resource utilization
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statistics for resources not tied to instances or compute nodes.
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Multiple agents can be started to scale service horizontally.
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A notification agent (``ceilometer-agent-notification``)
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Runs on a central management server(s) and consumes messages from
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the message queue(s) to build event and metering data.
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A collector (``ceilometer-collector``)
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Runs on central management server(s) and dispatches collected
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telemetry data to a data store or external consumer without
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modification.
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An alarm evaluator (``ceilometer-alarm-evaluator``)
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Runs on one or more central management servers to determine when
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alarms fire due to the associated statistic trend crossing a
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threshold over a sliding time window.
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An alarm notifier (``ceilometer-alarm-notifier``)
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Runs on one or more central management servers to allow alarms to be
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set based on the threshold evaluation for a collection of samples.
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An API server (``ceilometer-api``)
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Runs on one or more central management servers to provide data
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access from the data store.
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These services communicate by using the OpenStack messaging bus. Only
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the collector and API server have access to the data store.
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