How to install Statsd on Manjaro

Statsd is a tool for collecting and aggregating data from various sources, and sending it to different monitoring systems. In this tutorial, we'll cover the steps required to install Statsd on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you'll need the following:

  • Manjaro installed on your machine
  • Git installed on your machine
  • A terminal emulator

Steps

Here's how to install Statsd on Manjaro:

  1. Open a terminal emulator.

  2. Install Git by running:

sudo pacman -S git
  1. Clone the Statsd repository by running:
git clone https://github.com/etsy/statsd.git
  1. Change to the Statsd directory by running:
cd statsd
  1. Install the required dependencies by running:
sudo pacman -S nodejs npm
npm install
  1. Copy the example configuration file by running:
cp exampleConfig.js config.js

  1. Open the config.js file in a text editor and make any necessary configuration changes.

  2. Start Statsd by running:

node stats.js config.js

You should now have Statsd running on your Manjaro machine. You can test it by sending data to it using a Statsd client, or by monitoring its log output.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we covered the steps required to install Statsd on Manjaro. With Statsd up and running, you can start collecting and aggregating data from various sources, and sending it to different monitoring systems.