pystats

pystats is a simple and useful program.It is a little tool to collect and format data from log(e.g., nginx log).Data wiil be sent to StatsD backend service.StatsD usually works with graphite together.pystats is a small piece of puzzle to build a monitor system.You can override the Parser class for adapting to your own project.

requires

• python 2.6 or Higher(2.x)
• A POSIX compatible operating system (Linux, OSX, BSD)

install

• server:

  install graphite

  install statsd

• client:

  install pystatsd

• clone the project

• start the pystats:

  python pystats.py -f access.log

usage

Usage: pystats.py [options]

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -f FILE, --file=FILE  file to tail into statsD
  -H HOST, --host=HOST  destination StatsD host server
  -p PORT, --port=PORT  destination StatsD port
  -b BEGIN, --begin=BEGIN
                        where does tail begin, 0 means beginning, 1 means
                        current, 2 means end
  -c CATEGORY, --category=CATEGORY
                        which category of file to collect

reference

Getting Started with Monitoring using Graphite

10 Things I Learned Deploying Graphite