How to Install tcollector on Elementary OS Latest

Tcollector is a data collector for OpenTSDB, an open-source distributed time series database. Tcollector collects various metrics and streams them to OpenTSDB. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing tcollector on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

A user account with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Install Python2.7

Tcollector uses Python2.7, which may not be pre-installed on your system. Run the following command to install Python2.7:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python2.7

Step 2: Install Git

Git is a version control system that is required to clone tcollector from the GitHub repository. Run the following command to install Git:

sudo apt-get install git

Step 3: Clone the tcollector GitHub repository

Clone the tcollector repository from the GitHub using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/OpenTSDB/tcollector.git

Step 4: Install tcollector

Change directory to the cloned tcollector repository:

cd tcollector

Now, run the following commands to install tcollector:

sudo ./setup.sh
sudo make install

Step 5: Configure tcollector

To configure tcollector, you need to create a configuration file /etc/tcollector.conf. Run the following command to create the configuration file:

sudo vi /etc/tcollector.conf

Add the following configuration to the file:

# TCollector Configuration
tsd.core.auto_create_metric = true
tsd.network.timeout = 15000
tsd.core.flush_interval = 100
tsd.http.request.max_chunk = 268435456
tsd.http.request.max_initial_line = 4096
tsd.http.request.max_header_size = 8192
tsd.http.request.max_total_size = 536870912
tsd.http.request.max_known_size = 100

Save and exit the file.

Step 6: Start tcollector

To start tcollector, run the following command:

sudo /etc/init.d/tcollector start

Now tcollector is up and running on your system.

Conclusion

Now you have successfully installed tcollector on your Elementary OS Latest system. You can configure tcollector to collect metrics and stream them to OpenTSDB according to your needs.