CouchDB

Ship your CouchDB Metrics via Telegraf to your Logit.io Stack

Follow the steps below to send your observability data to Logit.io

Metrics

Configure Telegraf to ship CouchDB metrics to your Logit.io stacks via Logstash.

Install Integration

Please click on the Install Integration button to configure your stack for this source.

Install Telegraf

This integration allows you to configure a Telegraf agent to send your metrics, in multiple formats, to Logit.io.

Choose the installation method for your operating system:

When you paste the command below into Powershell it will download the Telegraf zip file. Once that is complete, press Enter again and the zip file will be extracted into C:\Program Files\InfluxData\telegraf\telegraf-1.31.2.

wget https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.31.2_windows_amd64.zip -UseBasicParsing -OutFile telegraf-1.31.2_windows_amd64.zip 
Expand-Archive .\telegraf-1.31.2_windows_amd64.zip -DestinationPath 'C:\Program Files\InfluxData\telegraf'

Configure the Telegraf input plugin

The configuration file below is pre-configured to scrape the system metrics from your hosts, add the following code to the configuration file /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf from the previous step.

# Read CouchDB Stats from one or more servers
[[inputs.couchdb]]
  ## Works with CouchDB stats endpoints out of the box
  ## Multiple Hosts from which to read CouchDB stats:
  hosts = ["http://localhost:8086/_stats"]
 
  ## Use HTTP Basic Authentication.
  # basic_username = "telegraf"
  # basic_password = "p@ssw0rd"

Read more about how to configure data scraping and configuration options for CouchDB (opens in a new tab)

Configure The Output plugin

Once you have generated the configuration file, you need to set up the output plug-in to allow Telegraf to transmit your data to Logit.io in Prometheus format. This can be accomplished by incorporating the following code into your configuration file:

[[outputs.http]]
  url = "https://@metricsUsername:@metricsPassword@@metrics_id-vm.logit.io:@vmAgentPort/api/v1/write"
  data_format = "prometheusremotewrite"
 
  [outputs.http.headers]
    Content-Type = "application/x-protobuf"
    Content-Encoding = "snappy"

Start Telegraf

From the location where Telegraf was installed (C:\Program Files\InfluxData\telegraf\telegraf-1.31.2) run the program providing the chosen configuration file as a parameter:

.\telegraf.exe --config telegraf-demo.conf

Once Telegraf is running you should see output similar to the following, which confirms the inputs, output and basic configuration the application has been started with: Powershell Telegraf information

View your metrics

Data should now have been sent to your Stack.

View My Data

If you don't see take a look at How to diagnose no data in Stack below for how to diagnose common issues.

How to diagnose no data in Stack

If you don't see data appearing in your stack after following this integration, take a look at the troubleshooting guide for steps to diagnose and resolve the problem or contact our support team and we'll be happy to assist.

Telegraf CouchDB metrics Overview

To effectively monitor and analyze CouchDB metrics in a distributed environment, organizations require a reliable and efficient metrics management solution. Telegraf, an open-source metrics collection agent, is the ideal tool for gathering CouchDB metrics from various sources, including CouchDB instances, operating systems, and applications.

With a wide range of input plugins, Telegraf empowers organizations to collect diverse CouchDB metrics, such as database size, document count, read/write operations, latency, and more. These metrics provide valuable insights into the performance and health of CouchDB deployments, enabling organizations to optimize their database operations.

For storing and querying the collected CouchDB metrics, Prometheus, a powerful open-source monitoring and alerting tool, is the preferred choice. Prometheus supports a flexible querying language and graphical visualization capabilities, allowing organizations to gain actionable insights from CouchDB metrics. By configuring Telegraf to output CouchDB metrics in the Prometheus format and setting up Prometheus to scrape the metrics from the Telegraf server, seamless integration is achieved.

This process involves configuring Telegraf to collect CouchDB metrics, formatting them in the Prometheus format, and setting up Prometheus to scrape the metrics from the Telegraf server. Leveraging Prometheus's advanced querying and visualization features, organizations can gain deep insights into CouchDB performance, identify bottlenecks, and troubleshoot issues effectively.

By leveraging Telegraf to ship CouchDB metrics to Prometheus, organizations establish a reliable and efficient metrics management solution for their distributed environments. This empowers them to monitor CouchDB performance, optimize database operations, and make data-driven decisions to ensure optimal system health and performance.

If you need any further assistance with shipping your log data to Logit.io we're here to help you get started. Feel free to get in contact with our support team by sending us a message via live chat & we'll be happy to assist.

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