Collectd collection3 nginx config for Ubuntu 14.04

README.md

Packages

apt-get install libconfig-general-perl libregexp-common-perl collectd collectd-utils lm-sensors \
libcgi-fast-perl librrds-perl libhtml-parser-perl libjson-perl fcgiwrap nginx

Changing collection3 chart size:

• Edit /usr/share/doc/collectd-core/examples/collection3/etc/collection.conf - change GraphHeight and GraphWidth at the top.

collectd.conf

TypesDB     "/usr/share/collectd/types.db"

LoadPlugin syslog

<Plugin syslog>
        LogLevel info
</Plugin>

LoadPlugin cpu
LoadPlugin cpufreq
LoadPlugin df
LoadPlugin disk
LoadPlugin dns
LoadPlugin entropy
LoadPlugin ethstat
LoadPlugin interface
LoadPlugin ipmi
LoadPlugin irq
LoadPlugin load
LoadPlugin memory
LoadPlugin md
LoadPlugin network
LoadPlugin ntpd
LoadPlugin numa
LoadPlugin processes
LoadPlugin rrdtool
LoadPlugin sensors
LoadPlugin swap
LoadPlugin thermal
LoadPlugin uptime
LoadPlugin users
LoadPlugin vmem

<Plugin df>

        FSType rootfs
        FSType sysfs
        FSType proc
        FSType devtmpfs
        FSType devpts
        FSType tmpfs
        FSType fusectl
        FSType cgroup
        IgnoreSelected true

</Plugin>

<Plugin "rrdtool">
  DataDir "/var/lib/collectd/rrd"
  CacheFlush 120
  WritesPerSecond 50
</Plugin>


Include "/etc/collectd/collectd.conf.d"

nginx-collection3.conf

        # This section of nginx config is designed to make collectd charts accessible via http://host/collection3/ 
        # rather than the URL root (http://host/).

        location ~ .cgi$ {
                root /usr/share/doc/collectd-core/examples/;
                if (!-e $request_filename) { rewrite / /collection3/bin/index.cgi last; }
                expires off;
                fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/fcgiwrap.socket;
                fastcgi_index index.cgi;
                fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
                fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
                include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
        }

        location /collection3/share {
                alias /usr/share/doc/collectd-core/examples/collection3/share;
        }

        location /collection3 {
                root   /usr/share/doc/collectd-core/examples/;
                index  bin/index.cgi;

        }