Multiple VCENTREs

[waynemillskidals]

Hello

Its not really a bug as such as im sure there is a way to achieve this but i have multiple vcentres and i only seem to monitor one

Here is my config below

# Global Agent Configuration
[agent]
  hostname = "127.0.0.1"
  flush_interval = "15s"
  interval = "15s"

# Input Plugins
[[inputs.cpu]]
    percpu = true
    totalcpu = true
    collect_cpu_time = false
    report_active = false
[[inputs.disk]]
    ignore_fs = ["tmpfs", "devtmpfs", "devfs"]
[[inputs.io]]
[[inputs.mem]]
[[inputs.net]]
[[inputs.system]]
[[inputs.swap]]
[[inputs.netstat]]
[[inputs.processes]]
[[inputs.kernel]]

# Output Plugin InfluxDB
[[outputs.influxdb]]
  database = "telegraf"
  urls = [ "http://127.0.0.1:8086" ]
  username = "telegraf"
  password = "********!"


# Read metrics from one or many vCenters
[[inputs.vsphere]]
    ## List of vCenter URLs to be monitored. These three lines must be uncommented
  ## and edited for the plugin to work.
  vcenters = [ "https://10.255.0.19/sdk" ]
  username = "root"
  password = "********"

  insecure_skip_verify = true
  force_discover_on_init = true
  ## VMs
  ## Typical VM metrics (if omitted or empty, all metrics are collected)
  # vm_include = [ "/*/vm/**"] # Inventory path to VMs to collect (by default all are collected)
  vm_metric_include = [
    "cpu.demand.average",
    "cpu.idle.summation",
    "cpu.latency.average",
    "cpu.readiness.average",
    "cpu.ready.summation",
    "cpu.run.summation",
    "cpu.usagemhz.average",
    "cpu.used.summation",
    "cpu.wait.summation",
    "mem.active.average",
    "mem.granted.average",
    "mem.latency.average",
    "mem.swapin.average",
    "mem.swapinRate.average",
    "mem.swapout.average",
    "mem.swapoutRate.average",
    "mem.usage.average",
    "mem.vmmemctl.average",
    "net.bytesRx.average",
    "net.bytesTx.average",
    "net.droppedRx.summation",
    "net.droppedTx.summation",
    "net.usage.average",
    "power.power.average",    
    "virtualDisk.numberReadAveraged.average",
    "virtualDisk.numberWriteAveraged.average",
    "virtualDisk.read.average",
    "virtualDisk.readOIO.latest",
    "virtualDisk.throughput.usage.average",
    "virtualDisk.totalReadLatency.average",
    "virtualDisk.totalWriteLatency.average",
    "virtualDisk.write.average",
    "virtualDisk.writeOIO.latest",
    "sys.uptime.latest",
  ]
  # vm_metric_exclude = [] ## Nothing is excluded by default
  # vm_instances = true ## true by default

  ## Hosts 
  ## Typical host metrics (if omitted or empty, all metrics are collected)
  # host_include = [ "/*/host/**"] # Inventory path to hosts to collect (by default all are collected)
  host_metric_include = [
    "cpu.coreUtilization.average",
    "cpu.costop.summation",
    "cpu.demand.average",
    "cpu.idle.summation",
    "cpu.latency.average",
    "cpu.readiness.average",
    "cpu.ready.summation",
    "cpu.swapwait.summation",
    "cpu.usage.average",
    "cpu.usagemhz.average",
    "cpu.used.summation",
    "cpu.utilization.average",
    "cpu.wait.summation",
    "disk.deviceReadLatency.average",
    "disk.deviceWriteLatency.average",
    "disk.kernelReadLatency.average",
    "disk.kernelWriteLatency.average",
    "disk.numberReadAveraged.average",
    "disk.numberWriteAveraged.average",
    "disk.read.average",
    "disk.totalReadLatency.average",
    "disk.totalWriteLatency.average",
    "disk.write.average",
    "mem.active.average",
    "mem.latency.average",
    "mem.state.latest",
    "mem.swapin.average",
    "mem.swapinRate.average",
    "mem.swapout.average",
    "mem.swapoutRate.average",
    "mem.totalCapacity.average",
    "mem.usage.average",
    "mem.vmmemctl.average",
    "net.bytesRx.average",
    "net.bytesTx.average",
    "net.droppedRx.summation",
    "net.droppedTx.summation",
    "net.errorsRx.summation",
    "net.errorsTx.summation",
    "net.usage.average",
    "power.power.average",
    "storageAdapter.numberReadAveraged.average",
    "storageAdapter.numberWriteAveraged.average",
    "storageAdapter.read.average",
    "storageAdapter.write.average",
    "sys.uptime.latest",
  ]
  # host_metric_exclude = [] ## Nothing excluded by default
  # host_instances = true ## true by default

  ## Clusters 
  # cluster_include = [ "/*/host/**"] # Inventory path to clusters to collect (by default all are collected)
  # cluster_metric_include = [] ## if omitted or empty, all metrics are collected
  # cluster_metric_exclude = [] ## Nothing excluded by default
  # cluster_instances = false ## false by default 

  ## Datastores 
  # cluster_include = [ "/*/datastore/**"] # Inventory path to datastores to collect (by default all are collected)
  # datastore_metric_include = [] ## if omitted or empty, all metrics are collected
  # datastore_metric_exclude = [] ## Nothing excluded by default
  # datastore_instances = false ## false by default 

  ## Datacenters
  # datacenter_include = [ "/*/host/**"] # Inventory path to clusters to collect (by default all are collected)
  datacenter_metric_include = [] ## if omitted or empty, all metrics are collected
  datacenter_metric_exclude = [ "*" ] ## Datacenters are not collected by default.
  # datacenter_instances = false ## false by default 

  ## Plugin Settings  
  ## separator character to use for measurement and field names (default: "_")
  # separator = "_"

  ## number of objects to retreive per query for realtime resources (vms and hosts)
  ## set to 64 for vCenter 5.5 and 6.0 (default: 256)
  # max_query_objects = 256

  ## number of metrics to retreive per query for non-realtime resources (clusters and datastores)
  ## set to 64 for vCenter 5.5 and 6.0 (default: 256)
  # max_query_metrics = 256

  ## number of go routines to use for collection and discovery of objects and metrics
  # collect_concurrency = 1
  # discover_concurrency = 1

  ## whether or not to force discovery of new objects on initial gather call before collecting metrics
  ## when true for large environments this may cause errors for time elapsed while collecting metrics
  ## when false (default) the first collection cycle may result in no or limited metrics while objects are discovered
  # force_discover_on_init = false

  ## the interval before (re)discovering objects subject to metrics collection (default: 300s)
  # object_discovery_interval = "300s"

  ## timeout applies to any of the api request made to vcenter
  # timeout = "60s"

  ## Optional SSL Config
  # ssl_ca = "/path/to/cafile"
  # ssl_cert = "/path/to/certfile"
  # ssl_key = "/path/to/keyfile"
  ## Use SSL but skip chain & host verification
  # insecure_skip_verify = false

Im guessing this is the important part where to add vcentres

 ## and edited for the plugin to work.
  vcenters = [ "https://10.255.0.19/sdk" ]
  username = "root"
  password = "********"

this works fine but unsure how to add multiple , ive tried various ways unsuccessfully

My other IPs to add are

https://10.255.0.7/sdk
https://10.255.0.10/sdk

All using the same user / pass as the first one

[glinton]

You would simply add it to the vcenters array:

vcenters = [
  "https://10.255.0.19/sdk",
  "https://10.255.0.7/sdk",
  "https://10.255.0.10/sdk"
]

[tsentekin]

Hi, I have the same problem, tried to add as an array didn't work, (tried to add several ways) is there any syntax error that I'm missing?

[Jbenci]

thanks for the useful info so far, my issue I use have multiple vCenters + different credentials for the different vcenters. how do I go about adding 2 or more vcenters with different credentials?

[danielnelson]

You can define plugins as many times as needed:

[[inputs.vsphere]]
  # options for first vCenter

[[inputs.vsphere]]
  # options for second vCenter