Take data from salt and "return" it into a carbon receiver
Add the following configuration to the minion configuration file:
carbon.host: <server ip address>
carbon.port: 2003
Errors when trying to convert data to numbers may be ignored by setting
carbon.skip_on_error
to True:
carbon.skip_on_error: True
By default, data will be sent to carbon using the plaintext protocol. To use
the pickle protocol, set carbon.mode
to pickle
:
carbon.mode: pickle
Carbon settings may also be configured as:
carbon:
host: <server IP or hostname>
port: <carbon port>
skip_on_error: True
mode: (pickle|text)
Alternative configuration values can be used by prefacing the configuration. Any values not found in the alternative configuration will be pulled from the default location:
alternative.carbon:
host: <server IP or hostname>
port: <carbon port>
skip_on_error: True
mode: (pickle|text)
To use the carbon returner, append '--return carbon' to the salt command.
salt '*' test.ping --return carbon
To use the alternative configuration, append '--return_config alternative' to the salt command.
New in version 2015.5.0.
salt '*' test.ping --return carbon --return_config alternative
salt.returners.carbon_return.
event_return
(events)¶Return event data to remote carbon server
Provide a list of events to be stored in carbon
salt.returners.carbon_return.
prep_jid
(nocache=False, passed_jid=None)¶Do any work necessary to prepare a JID, including sending a custom id
salt.returners.carbon_return.
returner
(ret)¶Return data to a remote carbon server using the text metric protocol
Each metric will look like:
[module].[function].[minion_id].[metric path [...]].[metric name]