stackdriver-agent

Warning: This is an early alpha version without commitment for backwards compatibility.

This projects packs the stackdriver agent in a Docker Container with easy to use configuration based on Environment Variables. No other metrics other than those configured through the Environment Variables are collected by the agent.

Environment Variables

Name	Default	Description
STACKDRIVER_API_KEY	-	Stackdrivers API Key, not needed when running on Google Cloud Platform
MONITOR_HOST	false	Monitor host resources like memory, cpu, disk, etc..
NGINX_STATUS_URL	-	URL to the NGINX Status URL
REDIS_#_NODE	-	Name of Redis Node
REDIS_#_HOST	localhost	Address of Redis Node
REDIS_#_PORT	6379	Port of Redis Node
REDIS_#_TIMEOUT	2000	Timeout when connecting to Redis Node
POSTGRESQL_#_DB	-	Database in PostgreSQL instance
POSTGRESQL_#_HOST	localhost	Addres of PostgreSQL database
POSTGRESQL_#_PORT	5432	Port of PostgreSQL database
POSTGRESQL_#_USER	postgres	Username to connect to PostgreSQL database
POSTGRESQL_#_PASSWORD	-	Password to connect to PostgreSQL database

The symbol # represents a continuous number starting at 0

Google Cloud Platform

For authorization information read the official documentation.

Example

# Monitor nginx
docker run -e NGINX_STATUS_URL=http://my-nginx:8080/nginx_status \
           wikiwi/stackdriver-agent

# Monitor host
docker run -e MONITOR_HOST=true -v /proc:/mnt/proc:ro --privileged \
           wikiwi/stackdriver-agent

Running in a Kubernetes Cluster in GKE

To ensure that the agent is running on each one of your nodes in a Kubernetes cluster managed by GKE, deploy the agent as a DaemonSet by adjusting the example stackdriver-agent.yml file to your needs:

## stackdriver-agent.yml ##
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: DaemonSet
metadata:
  name: stackdriver-agent
spec:
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
      app: stackdriver-agent
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: stackdriver-agent
        image: wikiwi/stackdriver-agent
        securityContext:
          privileged: true
        volumeMounts:
        - mountPath: /mnt/proc
          name: procmnt
        env:
          - name: MONITOR_HOST
            value: "true"
      volumes:
      - name: procmnt
        hostPath:
          path: /proc

Where additional parameters (such as redis monitoring) can be enabled / disabled by adding or removing key/value pairs inside the env field.

*Note: If you want to disable host monitoring, remove the respective key/value pair as well as the securityContext, volumeMounts, and volumes fields.