categraf/README.md

Categraf

Categraf is a monitoring agent for nightingale / prometheus / m3db / victoriametrics / thanos / influxdb / tdengine.

Links

• QuickStart
• FAQ
• Github Releases
• Gitlink Releases

Build

# export GO111MODULE=on
# export GOPROXY=https://goproxy.cn
go build

Pack

tar zcvf categraf.tar.gz categraf conf

Run

# test mode: just print metrics to stdout
./categraf --test

# test system and mem plugins
./categraf --test --inputs system:mem

# print usage message
./categraf --help

# run
./categraf

# run with specified config directory
./categraf --configs /path/to/conf-directory

# only enable system and mem plugins
./categraf --inputs system:mem

# use nohup to start categraf
nohup ./categraf &> stdout.log &

Deploy categraf as daemonset, deployment or sidecar

edit k8s/daemonset.yaml, replace NSERVER_SERVICE_WITH_PORT with service ip:port of nserver in your cluster, replace CATEGRAF_NAMESPACE with namespace value, then run:

kubectl apply -n monitoring -f k8s/daemonset.yaml # collect metrics, metrics/cadvisor of node
kubectl apply -n monitoring -f k8s/sidecar.yaml # collect service metrics
kubectl apply -n monitoring -f k8s/deployment.yaml #collect apiserver coredns etc

Notice: k8s/sidecar.yaml is a demo, replace mock with your own image of service.

Scrape like prometheus

see detail here

Plugin

plugin list: https://github.com/flashcatcloud/categraf/tree/main/inputs

Thanks

Categraf is developed on the basis of Telegraf, Exporters and the OpenTelemetry. Thanks to the great open source community.

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