cassandra_jmx_trans

create cassandra jmxtrans configuration files with puppet

install jmx

use https://github.com/jmxtrans/jmxtrans to install jmxtrans on your host

class { 'jmxtrans':
  run_interval => 15,
  log_level    => 'info',
  version      => 'installed'
}

generate jmxtrans configuration files for cassandra monitoring

node_metrics{"${::hostname}":}

node_table_metrics{"${::hostname}":}

node_stage_metrics{"${::hostname}":}

# all keyspaces
keyspace_metrics{'<keyspace_name_1>':}
keyspace_metrics{'<keyspace_name_2>':}
keyspace_metrics{'<keyspace_name_n>':}

# all tables
table_metrics{'<keyspace_name_1>.<table_name_1>':
  keyspace => '<keyspace_name_1>',
  table    => '<table_name_1>,
}

table_metrics{'<keyspace_name_1>.<table_name_2>':
  keyspace => '<keyspace_name_1>',
  table    => '<table_name_2>,
}

variables

please replace the following variables with your values or puppet references:

<jmx_port> = cassandra JMX-Port (cassandra-env.sh)
<username> = JMX username (cassandra-env.sh)
<password> = JMX password (cassandra-env.sh)
<graphite_host>:<graphite_port> = hostname or ip address with port from your graphite server