opentsdb-firehose-nozzle

Summary

The opentsdb-firehose-nozzle is a CF component which forwards metrics from the Loggregator Firehose to an [Opentsdb] deployment

Configure CloudFoundry UAA for Firehose Nozzle

The opentsdb firehose nozzle requires a UAA user who is authorized to access the loggregator firehose. You can add a user by editing your CloudFoundry manifest to include the details about this user under the properties.uaa.clients section. For example to add a user opentsdb-firehose-nozzle:

properties:
  uaa:
    clients:
      opentsdb-firehose-nozzle:
        access-token-validity: 1209600
        authorized-grant-types: client_credentials,refresh_token
        override: true
        secret: <password>
        scope: openid,oauth.approvals,doppler.firehose
        authorities: oauth.login,doppler.firehose

Running

The opentsdb nozzle uses a configuration file to obtain the firehose URL, and other configuration parameters. The firehose and the opentsdb servers both require authentication -- the firehose requires a valid username/password and opentsdb requires a valid API key.

You can start the firehose nozzle by executing:

go run main.go -config config/opentsdb-firehose-nozzle.json

Batching

The configuration file specifies the interval at which the nozzle will flush metrics to opentsdb. By default this is set to 15 seconds.

Tests

You need ginkgo and go 1.5+ to run the tests. The tests can be executed by:

go build
ginkgo -r