Examples of Creating Monitors and Recording Metrics in python

monitis_create_monitor.py

create a new monitor

$ ./monitis_create_monitor.py -a <api_key> -s <api_secret> \
 -r "1m:1 Min. Average:processes:4;5m:5 Min. Average:processes:4;15m:15 Min. Average:processes:4"\
 -m loadMonitor  -n "load monitor"
{"status":"ok","data":794}

list existing monitors

$ ./monitis_create_monitor.py -a <api_key> -s <secret_key>  -l
491	loadMonitor	load monitor
793	loginMonitor	login monitor
794	loginMonitor	login monitor

delete a monitor

$ ./monitis_create_monitor.py -a <api_key> -s <api_secret> -d -i 794
{"status":"ok","data":null}

$ ./monitis_create_monitor.py -a <api_key> -s <api_secret>  -l
491	loadMonitor	load monitor
793	loginMonitor	login monitor

record a metric to an existing monitor

$ python ./monitis_record_load.py -a <api_key> -s <api_secret>
{"status":"ok","data":null}