Graphite events

README.md

Graphite annotations

##Using graphite tags

I suggest use of tags like: appname, environment, host, eventtype

So we can search them

Using graphite sets

var uniqueid = extra.zone + '.' + os.hostname()
statsd.unique('myevent', uniqueid);

post.js

var data = {
    what: 'Start myapp',
    tags: 'myapp, start, ' + os.hostname(),
    data: 'start of myapp on ' + os.hostname()
};
var datastring = JSON.stringify(data);
var req = http.request({
    hostname: 'graphite',
    port: 80,
    path: '/events/',
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'Content-Length': datastring.length
    }
}, function (res) {
    logger.info('event response', res.statusCode, res.statusMessage);
});

req.write(datastring);
req.on('error', function (err) {
    logger.error(err);
});
req.end();