Aerospike Metrics

Aerospike Metrics via Telegraf

Configure Telegraf to ship Aerospike 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 stats from aerospike server(s)
[[inputs.aerospike]]
  ## Aerospike servers to connect to (with port)
  ## This plugin will query all namespaces the aerospike
  ## server has configured and get stats for them.
  servers = ["localhost:3000"]
 
  # username = "telegraf"
  # password = "pa$$word"
 
  ## Optional TLS Config
  # enable_tls = false
  # tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
  # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
  # tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
  # tls_name = "tlsname"
  ## If false, skip chain & host verification
  # insecure_skip_verify = true
 
  # Feature Options
  # Add namespace variable to limit the namespaces executed on
  # Leave blank to do all
  # disable_query_namespaces = true # default false
  # namespaces = ["namespace1", "namespace2"]
 
  # Enable set level telemetry
  # query_sets = true # default: false
  # Add namespace set combinations to limit sets executed on
  # Leave blank to do all sets
  # sets = ["namespace1/set1", "namespace1/set2", "namespace3"]
 
  # Histograms
  # enable_ttl_histogram = true # default: false
  # enable_object_size_linear_histogram = true # default: false
 
  # by default, aerospike produces a 100 bucket histogram
  # this is not great for most graphing tools, this will allow
  # the ability to squash this to a smaller number of buckets
  # To have a balanced histogram, the number of buckets chosen
  # should divide evenly into 100.
  # num_histogram_buckets = 100 # default: 10

Read more about how to configure data scraping and configuration options for Aerospike (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

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Telegraf Aerospike Overview

In order to effectively monitor and analyze Aerospike metrics in a distributed environment, it's essential to leverage a powerful and efficient metrics management solution. Telegraf, the open-source server agent for collecting and sending telemetry data, is an ideal choice for this task. It can gather Aerospike metrics from a variety of sources, such as operational Aerospike clusters, databases, and other relevant applications.

Telegraf is equipped with a wide array of input plugins, enabling users to collect metrics from diverse sources including CPU usage, memory utilization, network traffic, and more, all critical to comprehending Aerospike performance. For storing and inspecting these gathered metrics, organizations can use Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit known for its flexible querying language and strong data visualization capabilities.

To transmit Aerospike metrics from Telegraf to Prometheus, organizations need to configure Telegraf to output metrics in the Prometheus format, and then set up Prometheus to scrape these metrics from the Telegraf server. This process involves setting up Telegraf to collect Aerospike metrics, outputting them in the Prometheus format, configuring Prometheus to retrieve these metrics from the Telegraf server, and then visually interpreting the data using Prometheus's dynamic querying and graphical visualization tools.

Once the metrics are successfully integrated into Prometheus, further analysis and visualization can be executed using Grafana. Grafana, a leading open-source platform for monitoring and observability, is fully compatible with Prometheus. It permits users to create dynamic, interactive dashboards for an in-depth look into the metrics data, providing a thorough understanding of performance trends and potential issues in the Aerospike system.

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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