NAME
Ganglia::Gmetric::XS - send a metric value to gmond with libganglia C library
SYNOPSIS
use Ganglia::Gmetric::XS;
my $gg = Ganglia::Gmetric::XS->new(config => "/etc/gmond.conf");
$gg->send(name => "db_conn",
value => 32,
type => "uint32",
units => "connection",
);
my $gg = Ganglia::Gmetric::XS->new(
config => "/etc/gmond.conf",
spoof => 'aServer:192.168.1.3'
);
$gg->heartbeat();DESCRIPTION
Ganglia::Gmetric::XS can send a metric value to gmond with libganglia C library.
METHODS
new
$gg = Ganglia::Gmetric::XS->new( %option );This method constructs a new "Ganglia::Gmetric::XS" instance and returns it. %option may have the following keys:
- config
-
Example: "/etc/gmond.conf" - The configuration file to use for finding send channels
- spoof
-
If this object should spoof every metric value sent to gmond, then the spoof IP Address and hostname (colon separated) may be specified here.
send
$gg->send( %param ) or carp "failed to send metric";send a metric value. %param is following:
KEY VALUE
----------------------------
name name of the metric
value value of the metric
type either string|int8|uint8|int16|uint16|int32|uint32|float|double
units unit of measure for the value e.g. "Kilobytes", "Celcius"
group group name of metric. (optional)
desc description of metric. (optional)
title title of metric. (optional)
spoof IP address and hostname (colon separated) of the host to spoof (optional)heartbeat
$gg->heartbeat( %param )If you are spoofing the existence of a host, you will need to periodically send heartbeat messages to tell gmond that the host is up.
send a heartbeat. %param is following:
KEY VALUE
----------------------------
spoof IP address and hostname (colon separated) of the host to spoof (optional)SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
HIROSE Masaaki, <hirose31@gmail.com>
REPOSITORY
http://github.com/hirose31/ganglia-gmetric-xs/tree/master
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-ganglia-gmetric-xs@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.