librato statsd ubuntu setup

gistfile1.txt

apt-get install nodejs
apt-get install npm
cd /opt
git clone https://github.com/etsy/statsd.git
npm install -g forerver
cd statsd
nano config.js and copy the config file below
npm install statsd-librato-backend
apt-get install upstart monit
nano /etc/init/statsd.conf ( http://zzarbi.tumblr.com/post/43762180430/statsd-and-ubuntu-server-12-10)
nano /etc/monit/conf.d/statsd
/etc/init.d/monit restart


install to opt/statsd

/etc/statsd/config.js
{
  port: 8125
, backends: [ "./backends/console", "statsd-librato-backend" ]
, librato: {
    email:  "MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS",
    token:  "MY_SECURE_TOKEN",
    source: "unique-per-statsd-instance"
  }
}


https://gist.github.com/jgeurts/6142051

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-deploy-node-js-applications-using-systemd-and-nginx

---> /etc/systemd/system/node-statsd.service

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/nodejs /opt/statsd/stats.js /opt/statsd/config.js  >> /var/log/statsd.log 2> /var/log/statsd.error.log
Restart=always
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=node-statsd
User=www-data
Group=www-data
Environment=NODE_ENV=production

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target


Now start the service:

# systemctl enable node-statsd
# systemctl start node-statsd
# systemctl status node-statsd