A vmware statsfeeder receiver to export the directly into Graphite or InfluxDB.
A detailed config can be found in the directory sample.
<receiver>
<name>graphite</name>
<class>de.synaxon.graphitereceiver.core.MetricsReceiver</class>
<properties>
<!-- Set the file name. Files will be rolled over on the hour -->
<property>
<name>host</name>
<value>graphite server</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>port</name>
<value>2003</value>
</property>
</properties>
</receiver>Make sure you have JDK installed and not just JRE. Maybe with apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmw-tools/statsfeeder/StatsFeeder-4.1.697.zip
mkdir statsfeeder
cd statsfeeder
unzip ../StatsFeeder-4.1.697.zip
cd ..
git clone https://github.com/SYNAXON/GraphiteReceiver.git
cd GraphiteReceiver
mkdir -p ~/.m2/repository/com/vmware/tools/statsfeeder-common/4.1
mkdir -p ~/.m2/repository/com/vmware/tools/statsfeeder-core/4.1
cp ../statsfeeder/lib/statsfeeder-common-4.1.jar ~/.m2/repository/com/vmware/tools/statsfeeder-common/4.1
cp ../statsfeeder/lib/statsfeeder-core-4.1.jar ~/.m2/repository/com/vmware/tools/statsfeeder-core/4.1
Install Maven :) Maybe with
apt-get install maven
mvn package
cp target/GraphiteReceiver-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar ../statsfeeder/lib
cd ../statsfeeder
Run StatsFeeder as you normally would but ../GraphiteReceiver/sampleConfig.xml modified to point at your Graphite (or InfluxDB) serverYou need to install the dependencies into your local mvn repository via mvn install!
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=com.vmware.tools -Dversion=4.1 -Dpackaging=jar -DgeneratePom=true -DartifactId=statsfeeder-common -Dfile=statsfeeder-common-4.1.jar
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=com.vmware.tools -Dversion=4.1 -Dpackaging=jar -DgeneratePom=true -DartifactId=statsfeeder-core -Dfile=statsfeeder-core-4.1.jarStatsFeeder.bat -h vcenter -u user -p password -c config/sampleConfig.xml