statsd-generator.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

#### StatsD data generator ####

STATSD_PORT=8125
STATSD_HOST=127.0.0.1
METRICS=("someService" "otherService" "foo.bar")

function generate_data {


  for metric in "${METRICS[@]}"; do
    for i in {1..100}; do
      val=$(( ( RANDOM % 100 )  + 1 ))
      echo -ne "Generating Metric data... $metric:$val|c"\\r
      echo "$metric:$val|c" | nc -w0 -u $STATSD_HOST $STATSD_PORT
    done
  done
}

printf "\nRunning continuous metric generation. Ctrl+C to stop...\n"
while true; do 
  generate_data
  
  #Random sleep interval to spread out datapoints
  sleep $(((RANDOM % 5) + 1))
done