statsd_feeding.sh

statsd_feeding.sh

#!/bin/sh

METRIC_NAME='test.metric'
STATSD_HOST='statsd.host'
STATSD_PORT='8125'
DELAY_MCS=100000
# "c" - counter, will aggregate as sum
# "t" - timer, will aggregate as avg
# "g" - gauge, will aggregate as last
AGGREGATION="c"

while true
do
    DATA=`date +%S%1N | sed 's/^0*//'`

    if [[ -z "${DATA}" ]]; then
        DATA="0"
    fi

    echo "${METRIC_NAME}:${DATA}|${AGGREGATION}" | nc -u -w0 "${STATSD_HOST}" "${STATSD_PORT}"
    usleep 100000
done