How to submit adhoc Graphite data
December 5, 2012 Leave a comment
Python
import socket
host = ‘graphite.server.com’
port = 2003
sock = socket.socket()
sock.connect((host,port))
sock.send(data)
sock.close()
Perl
use IO::Socket::INET;
my $sock = new IO::Socket::INET( PeerAddr => ‘graphite.server.com’, PeerPort => ‘2003’, Proto => ‘tcp’);
$sock or die “no socket: $!”;
$sock->send($data);
close($sock);
Where data is
metric.name.object value epochtimestamp (newline)
metric.name.object2 value epochtimestamp (newline)
and that 2 values sent within the same precision will overwrite with the most recent one.
I.E. If your precision is 1 minute and you send
thing.one.count 5 1354216764
And 10 sec later
thing.one.count 2 1354216774
Graphite will report 2 for 1:19 on the day I wrote this (as opposed to 7).
Remember to reach out to your friendly graphite admin before sending any data
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