OpenStack Ceilometer plugin for collectd.

This plugin for collectd publishes telemetry data gathered by collectd to Ceilometer. This enables a more comprehensive telemetry set to be made available to Ceilometer which will enable smarter scheduling and environmental service assurance monitoring.

• Free software: Apache license
• Source: http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/collectd-ceilometer-plugin

• Installation:

  http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/collectd-ceilometer-plugin/tree/doc/source/installation.rst

• Bugs: http://bugs.launchpad.net/collectd-ceilometer-plugin

• Usage:

  http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/collectd-ceilometer-plugin/tree/doc/source/usage.rst

• Contact: E-mail the dev mailing list with the [collectd-ceilometer-plugin] tag

  mailto:openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org?subject=[collectd-ceilometer-plugin]

The following are links to background information, collateral and references to provide a clearer view on the need for this plugin, what it does and how it works:

• An overview of Ceilometer and its architecture:

  http://docs.openstack.org/developer/ceilometer/overview.html http://docs.openstack.org/developer/ceilometer/architecture.html

• Official collectd website:

  https://collectd.org/

• Information on how collectd is enabled for Openstack:

  https://01.org/openstack/blogs/emmalfoley/2016/collectd-enabling-openstack

• Presentation on how collectd, Ceilometer and DPDK work together:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdebhsBFEJs

• Converts from collectd data sources to Ceilometer format
  • Adds units for Ceilometer
• Devstack plugin
  • Configure and deploy plugin