pystatsd installation script

install.sh

apt-get install python-pip

pip install pystatsd

cat > /etc/default/statsd <<EOF
STATSD_PORT=8125        # port to run on (default: 8125)
PCT=90                  # stats pct threshold (default: 90)
GRAPHITE_HOST=localhost # host to connect to graphite on (default: localhost)
GRAPHITE_PORT=2003      # port to connect to graphite on (default: 2003)
USER=nobody             # user to run statsd as
EOF

cat > /etc/init/statsd.conf <<EOF
description "start and stop the statsd server"
version "1.1"
author "Rob Terhaar"

description "statsd server"
respawn limit 15 5
#oom never

start on (local-filesystems
    and net-device-up IFACE!=lo)
stop on shutdown

respawn

pre-start script
  . /etc/default/statsd
end script

script
  . /etc/default/statsd
  exec su -s /bin/sh -c "/usr/local/bin/pystatsd-server \
--port $STATSD_PORT \
--pct $PCT \
--graphite-host $GRAPHITE_HOST \
--graphite-port $GRAPHITE_PORT" $USER
end script

post-stop script
end script
EOF