Zookeeper

Ship your Zookeeper 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 Zookeeper 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.

# Reads 'mntr' stats from one or many zookeeper servers
[[inputs.zookeeper]]
  ## An array of address to gather stats about. Specify an ip or hostname
  ## with port. ie localhost:2181, 10.0.0.1:2181, etc.
 
  ## If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.
  ## If no port is specified, 2181 is used
  servers = [":2181"]
 
  ## Timeout for metric collections from all servers.  Minimum timeout is "1s".
  # timeout = "5s"
 
  ## Float Parsing - the initial implementation forced any value unable to be
  ## parsed as an int to be a string. Setting this to "float" will attempt to
  ## parse float values as floats and not strings. This would break existing
  ## metrics and may cause issues if a value switches between a float and int.
  # parse_floats = "string"
 
  ## Optional TLS Config
  # enable_tls = false
  # tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
  # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
  # tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
  ## If false, skip chain & host verification
  # insecure_skip_verify = true

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

ZooKeeper is a reliable and high-performance coordination service for distributed applications. Its ability to provide robust, distributed coordination is pivotal in distributed systems. To maximize its capabilities, effective ZooKeeper monitoring and analysis are crucial. Telegraf, an open-source server monitoring agent, serves as the ideal tool for collecting ZooKeeper metrics and data across various sources, including the ZooKeeper ensemble, operating systems, and databases.

Telegraf's extensive range of plugins allows for comprehensive ZooKeeper monitoring. It gathers a wide array of ZooKeeper metrics, such as outstanding requests, server state, followers, syncs, and connection counts. These metrics are vital in understanding the health and performance of the ZooKeeper ensemble, enabling organizations to enhance their distributed coordination.

Prometheus, an advanced open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit, is the preferred choice for storing and analyzing the collected ZooKeeper metrics. With its flexible query language and data visualization capabilities, Prometheus facilitates deep insights into ZooKeeper operations. By configuring Telegraf to convert ZooKeeper metrics into the Prometheus format, and setting up Prometheus to scrape these metrics from the Telegraf server, seamless integration is ensured.

By using Telegraf for ZooKeeper monitoring and shipping those metrics to Prometheus, businesses establish a reliable and efficient distributed coordination metrics management solution. This process empowers them to closely monitor ZooKeeper performance, optimize their distributed systems, and make informed, 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.

ZFS Account Administration