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1.7 KiB
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54 lines
1.7 KiB
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# System Input Plugin
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The system plugin gathers general stats on system load, uptime,
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and number of users logged in. It is similar to the unix `uptime` command.
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Number of CPUs is obtained from the /proc/cpuinfo file.
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## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
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In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
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additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
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modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
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See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
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[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md#plugins
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## Configuration
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```toml @sample.conf
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# Read metrics about system load & uptime
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[[inputs.system]]
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# no configuration
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```
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### Permissions
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The `n_users` field requires read access to `/var/run/utmp`, and may require the
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`telegraf` user to be added to the `utmp` group on some systems. If this file
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does not exist `n_users` will be skipped.
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The `n_unique_users` shows the count of unique usernames logged in. This way if
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a user has multiple sessions open/started they would only get counted once. The
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same requirements for `n_users` apply.
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## Metrics
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- system
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- fields:
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- load1 (float)
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- load15 (float)
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- load5 (float)
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- n_users (integer)
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- n_unique_users (integer)
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- n_cpus (integer)
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- uptime (integer, seconds)
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- uptime_format (string, deprecated in 1.10, use `uptime` field)
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## Example Output
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```text
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system,host=tyrion load1=3.72,load5=2.4,load15=2.1,n_users=3i,n_cpus=4i 1483964144000000000
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system,host=tyrion uptime=1249632i 1483964144000000000
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system,host=tyrion uptime_format="14 days, 11:07" 1483964144000000000
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```
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