getstats

Documentation

Overview

Command getstats polls a expvar endpoint and dumps values for collectd including memstats, exphttp, exprpcs data entries.

Usage is straightforward with the collectd `exec` plugin:

https://collectd.org/documentation/manpages/collectd-exec.5.shtml

Loading an example exec.conf:

LoadPlugin exec
<Plugin exec>
   Exec "user:group" "/path/to/getstats" "-h" "prod1" "-i main" "-u" "http://127.0.0.1:3000/debug/vars"
</Plugin>