Apache Tomcat

Ship your Apache Tomcat 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 Apache Tomcat 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.

# Gather metrics from the Tomcat server status page.
[[inputs.tomcat]]
  ## URL of the Tomcat server status
  # url = "http://127.0.0.1:8080/manager/status/all?XML=true"
 
  ## HTTP Basic Auth Credentials
  # username = "tomcat"
  # password = "s3cret"
 
  ## Request timeout
  # timeout = "5s"
 
  ## Optional TLS Config
  # tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
  # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
  # tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
  ## Use TLS but skip chain & host verification
  # insecure_skip_verify = false

Read more about how to configure data scraping and configuration options for Apache Tomcat (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 Apache Tomcat metrics Overview

In order to efficiently monitor and analyze Apache Tomcat metrics in a distributed environment, it's essential to utilize a reliable and efficient metrics management solution. Telegraf, an open-source metrics collection agent, is a perfect choice for this, as it can collect Apache Tomcat metrics from a range of sources, including operational Apache Tomcat servers, databases, and other relevant applications.

Telegraf provides a broad array of input plugins, enabling users to amass metrics from diverse sources such as CPU usage, memory consumption, network activity, and more. To store and query these collected metrics, organizations can employ Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting system that is celebrated for its flexible querying language and powerful graphical data visualization capabilities.

To ship Apache Tomcat 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 procedure involves configuring Telegraf to collect Apache Tomcat metrics and output them in the Prometheus format, setting up Prometheus to retrieve these metrics from the Telegraf server, and then visually analyzing the data using Prometheus's flexible querying and graphical visualization capabilities.

Once the metrics are successfully loaded into Prometheus, further analysis and visualization can be conducted using Grafana. Grafana is an open-source platform well-known for its monitoring and observability capabilities, and is fully compatible with Prometheus. It allows users to create dynamic, interactive dashboards for a deeper dive into the metrics data, offering a more comprehensive understanding of performance trends and potential issues.

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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