Uses https://github.com/saltstack-formulas/collectd-formula to set up collectd with whale.io

0-whaleio-with-saltstack.md

Will do the following

1. Create whale-heartbeat script in /usr/local/bin with correct uuid.
2. Set up collectd with network plugin pointed at whale.io

File structure

pillar/
  whale.sls
salt/
  whale.sls
  files/scripts/whale-heartbeat

pillar-whale.sls

whale:
  {% if '<hostname>' %}
  uuid: <uuid-hostname>
  {% endif %}

collectd:
  FQDNLookup: true
  TypesDB: ['/usr/share/collectd/types.db']
  plugins:
    default: [cpu, entropy, load, memory, swap, load]
    enable: false
    syslog:
      LogLevel: info
    network:
      host: 'whale.io'
      port: 25826

salt-files-scripts-whale-heartbeat

#!/bin/sh
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"uuid": "{{ pillar['whale']['uuid'] }}"}' https://whale.io/api/clientlistener/keepalive > /dev/null 2>&1

salt-whale.sls

include:
  - collectd
  - collectd.network
  - collectd.syslog

/usr/local/bin/whale-heartbeat:
  file.managed:
    - source: salt://files/scripts/whale-heartbeat
    - user: root
    - group: root
    - mode: 755
    - template: jinja
  cron.present:
    - user: root