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collectd-openstack-plugins/doc/source/usage.rst
Thaynara Silva 8d6804e9db Add separate verbose config options
Add the following to allow plugin verbosity to be configured separately
  - Add COLLECTD_GNOCCHI_VERBOSE
  - Add COLLECTD_AODH_VERBOSE
  - Set both default to the same value of what
    COLLECTD_CEILOMETER_VERBOSE
  - Update documentation
  - Make changes to sample local.conf file

Change-Id: Ie072cdb42f6075860dbcb5fdab96f3f160139ec2
Closes-Bug: #1676489
2017-04-07 13:19:51 +00:00

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Usage
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To use collectd-ceilometer-plugin in collectd::
Python plugin must be enabled in collectd
collectd must be started
(ex: systemctl start collectd)
local.conf settings
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COLLECTD_BRANCH
(<git branch>) Indicates which branch of collectd to checkout before
compiling.
Default: collectd-5.7
COLLECTD_CONF_DIR
(directory) Specify a directory where collectd conf files reside.
This is required if you use a distro other than Ubuntu or Fedora, or if
the config file is in a non default location. This config directory will
be created if it doesn't already exist.
Default: /etc/collectd/collectd.conf.d (Ubuntu) /etc/collectd.d (Fedora)
COLLECTD_DIR
(directory) Destination of the cloned collectd source code.
Default: $DEST/collectd-$COLLECTD_BRANCH/
COLLECTD_INSTALL
(True|False) Indicates whether to install collectd.
Set this to False if you are running a pre-built version of collectd or do
not want to upgrade installed version.
Default: True
COLLECTD_BATCH_SIZE
Set the amount of samples to be buffered before sending.
Default: 1 i.e. no batching/buffering.
CEILOMETER_TIMEOUT
Sets the ceilometer's request timeout. The value is passed in milliseconds.
Default: 1000 i.e. 1 sec.
COLLECTD_LOG_FILE
(file) The path of the collectd log file.
Default: /opt/stack/logs/collectd.log
COLLECTD_LOG_LEVEL
(debug|info|notice|warning|err) All log messages with lower log level than
this are going to be filtered out from the log file.
Default: info
COLLECTD_CEILOMETER_CUSTOM_UNITS
(meter=unit) a comma seperated list of pairs, defining meters and their units.
Allows existing units to be changed and new units to be set for new meters.
The "meter" is generally in the form of "plugin.type", where plugin and
plugin type are attributes of the collectd data.
Example: COLLECTD_CEILOMETER_CUSTOM_UNITS="<meter> <unit>,<meter> <unit>"
COLLECTD_GNOCCHI_CUSTOM_UNITS
(meter=unit) a comma seperated list of pairs, defining meters and their units.
Allows existing units to be changed and new units to be set for new meters.
The "meter" is generally in the form of "plugin.type", where plugin and
plugin type are attributes of the collectd data.
Example: COLLECTD_GNOCCHI_CUSTOM_UNITS="<meter> <unit>,<meter> <unit>"
COLLECTD_CEILOMETER_ENABLED
(True|False) Toggle whether collectd-ceilometer-plugin is enabled.
Default: False
COLLECTD_GNOCCHI_ENABLED
(True|False) Toggles whether collectd-gnocchi-plugin is enabled.
Default: True
COLLECTD_AODH_ENABLED
(True|False) Toggles whether collectd-aodh-plugin is enabled.
Default: False
COLLECTD_CEILOMETER_VERBOSE
(True|False) Set this to True to make collectd-ceilometer debugging messages
visible as info messages. This is useful when running the plugin inside a
collectd compiled without debug message support.
Default: False
COLLECTD_GNOCCHI_VERBOSE
(True|False) Set this to True to make collectd-gnocchi debugging messages
visible as info messages. This is useful when running the plugin inside a
collectd compiled without debug message support.
Default: $COLLECTD_CEILOMETER_VERBOSE
COLLECTD_AODH_VERBOSE
(True|False) Set this to True to make collectd-aodh debugging messages
visible as info messages. This is useful when running the plugin inside
a collectd compiled without debug message support.
Default: $COLLECTD_CEILOMETER_VERBOSE
COLLECTD_INSTALL_TYPE
(source|binary) Specify whether the collectd installation should use the
package manager or install from source.
Default: binary
COLLECTD_REPO
(url) Location of git repo to clone collectd from.
Default: https://github.com/collectd/collectd.git
COLLECTD_PREFIX
(directory) The directory to install collectd under.
Default: /usr/
Authenticating using Identity Server API v3
===========================================
following environment variables are used in this plugin for authentication
to Keystone API v3
OS_IDENTITY_API_VERSION
specifies version of keystone API used, should be set to 3 as 2.0 is
deprecated.
Default: 3
OS_AUTH_URL
url where keystone is listening
Default: based on $KEYSTONE_AUTH_URI/v$IDENTITY_API_VERSION
OS_PASSWORD
password for service tenant used for keystone authentication
Default: based on $SERVICE_PASSWORD
OS_TENANT_NAME
name of service tenant used for keystone authentication
Default: based on $SERVICE_TENANT_NAME