Sample Configurations

If you do not use the helper script, you must provide specific configurations required on the end point to post metrics to cloud proxy. Based on whether the vCenter Server VM is managed or unmanaged, the following configurations must be provided for open source Telegraf.You must provide correct values for the variables enclosed in <>.

If you do not use the helper script, you must download mandatory_tags.sh or mandatory_tags.bat and provide the path to the script that you have downloaded and the path to the Telegraf executable. For example, in the following code, you must provide the following: <Path to mandatory_tags.sh/bat> <path to telegraf executable>.

For Linux, download the mandatory_tags.sh from cloud proxy located at https://<CP_IP>/downloads/salt/mandatory_tags.sh.

For Windows, download the mandatory_tags.ps1 from cloud proxy located at https://<CP_IP>/downloads/salt/mandatory_tags.ps1.

Note: For Windows and Linux, use the relevant cloud proxy IP address/FQDN for <CP_IP> in the preceding commands and location specified. For application monitoring high availability activated collector groups, provide the virtual IP

Managed vCenter Server VM

[agent]
  interval = "300s"
  round_interval = true
  metric_batch_size = 1000
  metric_buffer_limit = 2000
  collection_jitter = "0s"
  flush_interval = "60s"
  flush_jitter = "0s"
  precision = ""
  debug = false
  quiet = false
  logfile = ""
  hostname = "<VM_NAME/HOSTNAME>"
  omit_hostname = false

# Configuration for HTTP server to send metrics to
[[outputs.http]]
   url = "https://<CP_IP_or_FQDN>:8443/opensource/default/metric"
   timeout = "5s"
   method = "POST"
   insecure_skip_verify = true
   data_format = "wavefront"
   ## Additional HTTP headers
   [outputs.http.headers]
     Content-Type = "text/plain; charset=utf-8"
     vmId = "<VM_MOR>"
     vcid = "<VC_ID>"
     hostname = "<VM_NAME/HOSTNAME>"
     uuid = ""
[[inputs.exec]]
  commands = ["/bin/bash <Path to mandatory_tags.sh/bat> <path to telegraf executable>"]
  timeout = "5s"
  data_format = "influx"

Unmanaged vCenter Server VMs

[agent]
  interval = "300s"
  round_interval = true
  metric_batch_size = 1000
  metric_buffer_limit = 2000
  collection_jitter = "0s"
  flush_interval = "60s"
  flush_jitter = "0s"
  precision = ""
  debug = false
  quiet = false
  logfile = ""
  hostname = "<VM_NAME/HOSTNAME>"
  omit_hostname = false

# Configuration for HTTP server to send metrics to
[[outputs.http]]
   url = "https://<CP_IP_or_FQDN>:8443/opensource/default/metric"
   timeout = "5s"
   method = "POST"
   insecure_skip_verify = true
   data_format = "wavefront"
   ## Additional HTTP headers
   [outputs.http.headers]
     Content-Type = "text/plain; charset=utf-8"
     uuid = "<UUID>"
     ip = "<IP_ADDRESS>"
     hostname = "<VM_NAME/HOSTNAME>"
[[inputs.exec]]
  commands = ["/bin/bash <Path to mandatory_tags.sh/bat> <path to telegraf executable>"]
  timeout = "5s"
  data_format = "influx"