Tutorial: How to Install tcollector on Fedora Server Latest

tcollector is a lightweight, open-source monitoring agent that can collect metrics from various sources and send them to OpenTSDB. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing tcollector on Fedora Server Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you should have:

  • A server running Fedora Server Latest with sudo privileges
  • Basic knowledge of the command line interface

Installation Steps

  1. Update System Packages
sudo dnf update -y
  1. Install Required Packages

tcollector requires several packages to be installed. Use the following command to install them:

sudo dnf install -y python3-pip make gcc openssl-devel
  1. Install tcollector

Use the following command to install tcollector using pip:

sudo pip3 install tcollector
  1. Configure tcollector

To configure tcollector, create a configuration file at /etc/tcollector.conf using the following command:

sudo nano /etc/tcollector.conf

Add the following values to the configuration file:

{
    "host": "<your-tcollector-host>",
    "interval": 60,
    "collectors": [
        {
            "module": "cpu",
            "path": "/proc/cpuinfo",
            "args": "",
            "timeout": 3,
            "enabled": true
        },
        {
            "module": "loadavg",
            "path": "/proc/loadavg",
            "args": "",
            "timeout": 3,
            "enabled": true
        },
        {
            "module": "meminfo",
            "path": "/proc/meminfo",
            "args": "",
            "timeout": 3,
            "enabled": true
        }
    ]
}

In this example configuration file, three collectors are being used to collect CPU, Load Average, and Memory information. You can add or remove collectors as per your requirements.

  1. Start tcollector

Use the following command to start tcollector:

sudo service tcollector start

You can check the status of tcollector using the following command:

sudo service tcollector status

The output of this command should show that tcollector is running.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured tcollector on Fedora Server Latest. You can now use it to collect and send metrics to OpenTSDB.