.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. .. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 .. (c) =================================== OPNFV Barometer User Guide =================================== .. contents:: :depth: 3 :local: Barometer collectd plugins description --------------------------------------- .. Describe the specific features and how it is realised in the scenario in a brief manner .. to ensure the user understand the context for the user guide instructions to follow. collectd is a daemon which collects system performance statistics periodically and provides a variety of mechanisms to publish the collected metrics. It supports more than 90 different input and output plugins. Input plugins retrieve metrics and publish them to the collectd deamon, while output plugins publish the data they receive to an end point. collectd also has infrastructure to support thresholding and notification. Barometer has enabled the following collectd plugins: * *dpdkstat plugin*: A read plugin that retrieve stats from the DPDK extended NIC stats API. * *dpdkevents plugin*: A read plugin that retrieves DPDK link status and DPDK forwarding cores liveliness status (DPDK Keep Alive). * `ceilometer plugin`_: A write plugin that pushes the retrieved stats to Ceilometer. It's capable of pushing any stats read through collectd to Ceilometer, not just the DPDK stats. * *hugepages plugin*: A read plugin that retrieves the number of available and free hugepages on a platform as well as what is available in terms of hugepages per socket. * *Open vSwitch events Plugin*: A read plugin that retrieves events from OVS. * *Open vSwitch stats Plugin*: A read plugin that retrieves flow and interface stats from OVS. * *mcelog plugin*: A read plugin that uses mcelog client protocol to check for memory Machine Check Exceptions and sends the stats for reported exceptions * *RDT plugin*: A read plugin that provides the last level cache utilization and memory bandwidth utilization All the plugins above are available on the collectd master, except for the ceilometer plugin as it's a python based plugin and only C plugins are accepted by the collectd community. The ceilometer plugin lives in the OpenStack repositories. Other plugins existing as a pull request into collectd master: * *SNMP Agent*: A write plugin that will act as a AgentX subagent that receives and handles queries from SNMP master agent and returns the data collected by read plugins. The SNMP Agent plugin handles requests only for OIDs specified in configuration file. To handle SNMP queries the plugin gets data from collectd and translates requested values from collectd's internal format to SNMP format. Supports SNMP: get, getnext and walk requests. * *Legacy/IPMI*: A read plugin that reports platform thermals, voltages, fanspeed, current, flow, power etc. Also, the plugin monitors Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) System Event Log (SEL) and sends the * *virt*: A read plugin that uses virtualization API *libvirt* to gather statistics about virtualized guests on a system directly from the hypervisor, without a need to install collectd instance on the guest. **Plugins included in the Danube release:** * Hugepages * Open vSwitch Events * Ceilometer * Mcelog collectd capabilities and usage ------------------------------------ .. Describe the specific capabilities and usage for feature. .. Provide enough information that a user will be able to operate the feature on a deployed scenario. .. note:: Plugins included in the OPNFV D release will be built-in to the fuel plugin and available in the /opt/opnfv directory on the fuel master. You don't need to clone the barometer/collectd repos to use these, but you can configure them as shown in the examples below. The collectd plugins in OPNFV are configured with reasonable defaults, but can be overridden. Building all Barometer upstreamed plugins from scratch ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The plugins that have been merged to the collectd master branch can all be built and configured through the barometer repository. .. note:: * sudo permissions are required to install collectd. * These are instructions for Ubuntu 16.04 To build and install these dependencies, clone the barometer repo: .. code:: c $ git clone https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/barometer Install the build dependencies .. code:: bash $ ./src/install_build_deps.sh To install collectd as a service and install all it's dependencies: .. code:: bash $ cd barometer/src && sudo make && sudo make install This will install collectd as a service and the base install directory will be /opt/collectd. Sample configuration files can be found in '/opt/collectd/etc/collectd.conf.d' .. note:: - If you plan on using the Exec plugin, the plugin requires non-root user to execute scripts. By default, `collectd_exec` user is used. Barometer scripts do *not* create this user. It needs to be manually added or exec plugin configuration has to be changed to use other, existing user before starting collectd service. - If you don't want to use one of the Barometer plugins, simply remove the sample config file from '/opt/collectd/etc/collectd.conf.d' - If you are using any Open vSwitch plugins you need to run: .. code:: bash $ sudo ovs-vsctl set-manager ptcp:6640 Below is the per plugin installation and configuration guide, if you only want to install some/particular plugins. DPDK plugins ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Repo: https://github.com/collectd/collectd Branch: master Dependencies: DPDK (http://dpdk.org/) .. note:: DPDK statistics plugin requires DPDK version 16.04 or later To build and install DPDK to /usr please see: https://github.com/collectd/collectd/blob/master/docs/BUILD.dpdkstat.md Building and installing collectd: .. code:: bash $ git clone https://github.com/collectd/collectd.git $ cd collectd $ ./build.sh $ ./configure --enable-syslog --enable-logfile --enable-debug $ make $ sudo make install .. note:: If DPDK was installed in a non standard location you will need to specify paths to the header files and libraries using *LIBDPDK_CPPFLAGS* and *LIBDPDK_LDFLAGS*. You will also need to add the DPDK library symbols to the shared library path using *ldconfig*. Note that this update to the shared library path is not persistant (i.e. it will not survive a reboot). Example of specifying custom paths to DPDK headers and libraries: .. code:: bash $ ./configure LIBDPDK_CPPFLAGS="path to DPDK header files" LIBDPDK_LDFLAGS="path to DPDK libraries" This will install collectd to /opt/collectd The collectd configuration file can be found at /opt/collectd/etc To configure the dpdkstats plugin you need to modify the configuration file to include: .. code:: bash LoadPlugin dpdkstat Coremask "0x2" MemoryChannels "4" ProcessType "secondary" FilePrefix "rte" EnabledPortMask 0xffff PortName "interface1" PortName "interface2" To configure the dpdkevents plugin you need to modify the configuration file to include: .. code:: bash LoadPlugin dpdkevents Interval 1 Coremask "0x1" MemoryChannels "4" ProcessType "secondary" FilePrefix "rte" SendEventsOnUpdate true EnabledPortMask 0xffff PortName "interface1" PortName "interface2" SendNotification false SendEventsOnUpdate true LCoreMask "0xf" KeepAliveShmName "/dpdk_keepalive_shm_name" SendNotification false .. note:: Currently, the DPDK library doesn’t support API to de-initialize the DPDK resources allocated on the initialization. It means, the collectd plugin will not be able to release the allocated DPDK resources (locks/memory/pci bindings etc.) correctly on collectd shutdown or reinitialize the DPDK library if primary DPDK process is restarted. The only way to release those resources is to terminate the process itself. For this reason, the plugin forks off a separate collectd process. This child process becomes a secondary DPDK process which can be run on specific CPU cores configured by user through collectd configuration file (“Coremask” EAL configuration option, the hexadecimal bitmask of the cores to run on). For more information on the plugin parameters, please see: https://github.com/collectd/collectd/blob/master/src/collectd.conf.pod .. note:: dpdkstat plugin initialization time depends on read interval. It requires 5 read cycles to set up internal buffers and states. During that time no statistics are submitted. Also if plugin is running and the number of DPDK ports is increased, internal buffers are resized. That requires 3 read cycles and no port statistics are submitted in that time. The Address-Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) security feature in Linux should be disabled, in order for the same hugepage memory mappings to be present in all DPDK multi-process applications. To disable ASLR: .. code:: bash $ sudo echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space To fully enable ASLR: .. code:: bash $ sudo echo 2 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space .. warning:: Disabling Address-Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) may have security implications. It is recommended to be disabled only when absolutely necessary, and only when all implications of this change have been understood. For more information on multi-process support, please see: http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/prog_guide/multi_proc_support.html **DPDK stats plugin limitations:** 1. The DPDK primary process application should use the same version of DPDK that collectd DPDK plugin is using; 2. L2 statistics are only supported; 3. The plugin has been tested on Intel NIC’s only. **DPDK stats known issues:** * DPDK port visibility When network port controlled by Linux is bound to DPDK driver, the port will not be available in the OS. It affects the SNMP write plugin as those ports will not be present in standard IF-MIB. Thus addition work is required to be done to support DPDK ports and statistics. Hugepages Plugin ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Repo: https://github.com/collectd/collectd Branch: master Dependencies: None, but assumes hugepages are configured. To configure some hugepages: .. code:: bash sudo mkdir -p /mnt/huge sudo mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/huge sudo echo 14336 > /sys/devices/system/node/node0/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages Building and installing collectd: .. code:: bash $ git clone https://github.com/collectd/collectd.git $ cd collectd $ ./build.sh $ ./configure --enable-syslog --enable-logfile --enable-hugepages --enable-debug $ make $ sudo make install This will install collectd to /opt/collectd The collectd configuration file can be found at /opt/collectd/etc To configure the hugepages plugin you need to modify the configuration file to include: .. code:: bash LoadPlugin hugepages ReportPerNodeHP true ReportRootHP true ValuesPages true ValuesBytes false ValuesPercentage false For more information on the plugin parameters, please see: https://github.com/collectd/collectd/blob/master/src/collectd.conf.pod Intel RDT Plugin ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Repo: https://github.com/collectd/collectd Branch: master Dependencies: * PQoS/Intel RDT library https://github.com/01org/intel-cmt-cat.git * msr kernel module Building and installing PQoS/Intel RDT library: .. code:: bash $ git clone https://github.com/01org/intel-cmt-cat.git $ cd intel-cmt-cat $ make $ make install PREFIX=/usr You will need to insert the msr kernel module: .. code:: bash $ modprobe msr Building and installing collectd: .. code:: bash $ git clone https://github.com/collectd/collectd.git $ cd collectd $ ./build.sh $ ./configure --enable-syslog --enable-logfile --with-libpqos=/usr/ --enable-debug $ make $ sudo make install This will install collectd to /opt/collectd The collectd configuration file can be found at /opt/collectd/etc To configure the RDT plugin you need to modify the configuration file to include: .. code:: bash Interval 1 Cores "" For more information on the plugin parameters, please see: https://github.com/collectd/collectd/blob/master/src/collectd.conf.pod IPMI Plugin ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Repo: https://github.com/maryamtahhan/collectd Branch: feat_ipmi_events, feat_ipmi_analog Dependencies: OpenIPMI library (http://openipmi.sourceforge.net/) The IPMI plugin is already implemented in the latest collectd and sensors like temperature, voltage, fanspeed, current are already supported there. The list of supported IPMI sensors has been extended and sensors like flow, power are supported now. Also, a System Event Log (SEL) notification feature has been introduced. * The feat_ipmi_events branch includes new SEL feature support in collectd IPMI plugin. If this feature is enabled, the collectd IPMI plugin will dispatch notifications about new events in System Event Log. * The feat_ipmi_analog branch includes the support of extended IPMI sensors in collectd IPMI plugin. **Install dependencies** On Ubuntu, the OpenIPMI library can be installed via apt package manager: .. code:: bash $ sudo apt-get install libopenipmi-dev Anyway, it's recommended to use the latest version of the OpenIPMI library as it includes fixes of known issues which aren't included in standard OpenIPMI library package. The latest version of the library can be found at https://sourceforge.net/p/openipmi/code/ci/master/tree/. Steps to install the library from sources are described below. Remove old version of OpenIPMI library: .. code:: bash $ sudo apt-get remove libopenipmi-dev Download OpenIPMI library sources: .. code:: bash $ git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/openipmi/code openipmi-code $ cd openipmi-code Patch the OpenIPMI pkg-config file to provide correct compilation flags for collectd IPMI plugin: .. code:: diff diff --git a/OpenIPMIpthread.pc.in b/OpenIPMIpthread.pc.in index 59b52e5..fffa0d0 100644 --- a/OpenIPMIpthread.pc.in +++ b/OpenIPMIpthread.pc.in @@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ includedir=@includedir@ Name: OpenIPMIpthread Description: Pthread OS handler for OpenIPMI Version: @VERSION@ -Requires: OpenIPMI pthread +Requires: OpenIPMI Libs: -L${libdir} -lOpenIPMIutils -lOpenIPMIpthread -Cflags: -I${includedir} +Cflags: -I${includedir} -pthread Build and install OpenIPMI library: .. code:: bash $ autoreconf --install $ ./configure --prefix=/usr $ make $ sudo make install Enable IPMI support in the kernel: .. code:: bash $ sudo modprobe ipmi_devintf $ sudo modprobe ipmi_si **Note**: If HW supports IPMI, the ``/dev/ipmi0`` character device will be created. Clone and install the collectd IPMI plugin: .. code:: bash $ git clone https://github.com/maryamtahhan/collectd $ cd collectd $ git checkout $BRANCH $ ./build.sh $ ./configure --enable-syslog --enable-logfile --enable-debug $ make $ sudo make install Where $BRANCH is feat_ipmi_events or feat_ipmi_analog. This will install collectd to default folder ``/opt/collectd``. The collectd configuration file (``collectd.conf``) can be found at ``/opt/collectd/etc``. To configure the IPMI plugin you need to modify the file to include: .. code:: bash LoadPlugin ipmi SELEnabled true # only feat_ipmi_events branch supports this **Note**: By default, IPMI plugin will read all available analog sensor values, dispatch the values to collectd and send SEL notifications. For more information on the IPMI plugin parameters and SEL feature configuration, please see: https://github.com/maryamtahhan/collectd/blob/feat_ipmi_events/src/collectd.conf.pod Extended analog sensors support doesn't require additional configuration. The usual collectd IPMI documentation can be used: - https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Plugin:IPMI - https://collectd.org/documentation/manpages/collectd.conf.5.shtml#plugin_ipmi IPMI documentation: - https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/IPMI.txt - http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/servers/ipmi/ipmi-second-gen-interface-spec-v2-rev1-1.html Mcelog Plugin ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Repo: https://github.com/collectd/collectd Branch: master Dependencies: mcelog Start by installing mcelog. Note: The kernel has to have CONFIG_X86_MCE enabled. For 32bit kernels you need at least a 2.6,30 kernel. On ubuntu: .. code:: bash $ apt-get update && apt-get install mcelog Or build from source .. code:: bash $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/cpu/mce/mcelog.git $ cd mcelog $ make ... become root ... $ make install $ cp mcelog.service /etc/systemd/system/ $ systemctl enable mcelog.service $ systemctl start mcelog.service Verify you got a /dev/mcelog. You can verify the daemon is running completely by running: .. code:: bash $ mcelog --client This should query the information in the running daemon. If it prints nothing that is fine (no errors logged yet). More info @ http://www.mcelog.org/installation.html Modify the mcelog configuration file "/etc/mcelog/mcelog.conf" to include or enable: .. code:: bash socket-path = /var/run/mcelog-client Clone and install the collectd mcelog plugin: .. code:: bash $ git clone https://github.com/maryamtahhan/collectd $ cd collectd $ git checkout feat_ras $ ./build.sh $ ./configure --enable-syslog --enable-logfile --enable-debug $ make $ sudo make install This will install collectd to /opt/collectd The collectd configuration file can be found at /opt/collectd/etc To configure the mcelog plugin you need to modify the configuration file to include: .. code:: bash Interval 1 McelogClientSocket "/var/run/mcelog-client" For more information on the plugin parameters, please see: https://github.com/maryamtahhan/collectd/blob/feat_ras/src/collectd.conf.pod Simulating a Machine Check Exception can be done in one of 3 ways: * Running $make test in the mcelog cloned directory - mcelog test suite * using mce-inject * using mce-test **mcelog test suite:** It is always a good idea to test an error handling mechanism before it is really needed. mcelog includes a test suite. The test suite relies on mce-inject which needs to be installed and in $PATH. You also need the mce-inject kernel module configured (with CONFIG_X86_MCE_INJECT=y), compiled, installed and loaded: .. code:: bash $ modprobe mce-inject Then you can run the mcelog test suite with .. code:: bash $ make test This will inject different classes of errors and check that the mcelog triggers runs. There will be some kernel messages about page offlining attempts. The test will also lose a few pages of memory in your system (not significant) **Note this test will kill any running mcelog, which needs to be restarted manually afterwards**. **mce-inject:** A utility to inject corrected, uncorrected and fatal machine check exceptions .. code:: bash $ git clone https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/cpu/mce/mce-inject.git $ cd mce-inject $ make $ modprobe mce-inject Modify the test/corrected script to include the following: .. code:: bash CPU 0 BANK 0 STATUS 0xcc00008000010090 ADDR 0x0010FFFFFFF Inject the error: .. code:: bash $ ./mce-inject < test/corrected **Note: the uncorrected and fatal scripts under test will cause a platform reset. Only the fatal script generates the memory errors**. In order to quickly emulate uncorrected memory errors and avoid host reboot following test errors from mce-test suite can be injected: .. code:: bash $ mce-inject mce-test/cases/coverage/soft-inj/recoverable_ucr/data/srao_mem_scrub **mce-test:** In addition an more in-depth test of the Linux kernel machine check facilities can be done with the mce-test test suite. mce-test supports testing uncorrected error handling, real error injection, handling of different soft offlining cases, and other tests. **Corrected memory error injection:** To inject corrected memory errors: * Remove sb_edac and edac_core kernel modules: rmmod sb_edac rmmod edac_core * Insert einj module: modprobe einj param_extension=1 * Inject an error by specifying details (last command should be repeated at least two times): .. code:: bash $ APEI_IF=/sys/kernel/debug/apei/einj $ echo 0x8 > $APEI_IF/error_type $ echo 0x01f5591000 > $APEI_IF/param1 $ echo 0xfffffffffffff000 > $APEI_IF/param2 $ echo 1 > $APEI_IF/notrigger $ echo 1 > $APEI_IF/error_inject * Check the MCE statistic: mcelog --client. Check the mcelog log for injected error details: less /var/log/mcelog. Open vSwitch Plugins ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ OvS Plugins Repo: https://github.com/collectd/collectd OvS Plugins Branch: master OvS Events MIBs: The SNMP OVS interface link status is provided by standard IF-MIB (http://www.net-snmp.org/docs/mibs/IF-MIB.txt) Dependencies: Open vSwitch, Yet Another JSON Library (https://github.com/lloyd/yajl) On Ubuntu, install the dependencies: .. code:: bash $ sudo apt-get install libyajl-dev openvswitch-switch Start the Open vSwitch service: .. code:: bash $ sudo service openvswitch-switch start configure the ovsdb-server manager: .. code:: bash $ sudo ovs-vsctl set-manager ptcp:6640 Clone and install the collectd ovs plugin: .. code:: bash $ git clone $REPO $ cd collectd $ git checkout master $ ./build.sh $ ./configure --enable-syslog --enable-logfile --enable-debug $ make $ sudo make install This will install collectd to /opt/collectd. The collectd configuration file can be found at /opt/collectd/etc. To configure the OVS events plugin you need to modify the configuration file to include: .. code:: bash Interval 1 Port 6640 Socket "/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock" Interfaces "br0" "veth0" SendNotification false DispatchValues true To configure the OVS stats plugin you need to modify the configuration file to include: .. code:: bash Interval 1 Port "6640" Address "127.0.0.1" Socket "/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock" Bridges "br0" "br_ext" For more information on the plugin parameters, please see: https://github.com/collectd/collectd/blob/master/src/collectd.conf.pod SNMP Agent Plugin ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Repo: https://github.com/maryamtahhan/collectd/ Branch: feat_snmp Dependencies: NET-SNMP library Start by installing net-snmp and dependencies. On ubuntu: .. code:: bash $ apt-get install snmp snmp-mibs-downloader snmpd libsnmp-dev $ systemctl start snmpd.service Or build from source Become root to install net-snmp dependencies .. code:: bash $ apt-get install libperl-dev Clone and build net-snmp .. code:: bash $ git clone https://github.com/haad/net-snmp.git $ cd net-snmp $ ./configure --with-persistent-directory="/var/net-snmp" --with-systemd --enable-shared --prefix=/usr $ make Become root .. code:: bash $ make install Copy default configuration to persistent folder .. code:: bash $ cp EXAMPLE.conf /usr/share/snmp/snmpd.conf Set library path and default MIB configuration .. code:: bash $ cd ~/ $ echo export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib >> .bashrc $ net-snmp-config --default-mibdirs $ net-snmp-config --snmpconfpath Configure snmpd as a service .. code:: bash $ cd net-snmp $ cp ./dist/snmpd.service /etc/systemd/system/ $ systemctl enable snmpd.service $ systemctl start snmpd.service Add the following line to snmpd.conf configuration file "/usr/share/snmp/snmpd.conf" to make all OID tree visible for SNMP clients: .. code:: bash view systemonly included .1 To verify that SNMP is working you can get IF-MIB table using SNMP client to view the list of Linux interfaces: .. code:: bash $ snmpwalk -v 2c -c public localhost IF-MIB::interfaces Clone and install the collectd snmp_agent plugin: .. code:: bash $ git clone https://github.com/maryamtahhan/collectd $ cd collectd $ git checkout feat_snmp $ ./build.sh $ ./configure --enable-syslog --enable-logfile --enable-debug --enable-snmp --with-libnetsnmp $ make $ sudo make install This will install collectd to /opt/collectd The collectd configuration file can be found at /opt/collectd/etc **SNMP Agent plugin is a generic plugin and cannot work without configuration**. To configure the snmp_agent plugin you need to modify the configuration file to include OIDs mapped to collectd types. The following example maps scalar memAvailReal OID to value represented as free memory type of memory plugin: .. code:: bash LoadPlugin snmp_agent Plugin "memory" Type "memory" TypeInstance "free" OIDs "1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.4.6.0" For more information on the plugin parameters, please see: https://github.com/maryamtahhan/collectd/blob/feat_snmp/src/collectd.conf.pod For more details on AgentX subagent, please see: http://www.net-snmp.org/tutorial/tutorial-5/toolkit/demon/ virt plugin ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Repo: https://github.com/maryamtahhan/collectd Branch: feat_libvirt_upstream Dependencies: libvirt (https://libvirt.org/), libxml2 On Ubuntu, install the dependencies: .. code:: bash $ sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev Install libvirt: libvirt version in package manager might be quite old and offer only limited functionality. Hence, building and installing libvirt from sources is recommended. Detailed instructions can bet found at: https://libvirt.org/compiling.html Certain metrics provided by the plugin have a requirement on a minimal version of the libvirt API. *File system information* statistics require a *Guest Agent (GA)* to be installed and configured in a VM. User must make sure that installed GA version supports retrieving file system information. Number of *Performance monitoring events* metrics depends on running libvirt daemon version. .. note:: Please keep in mind that RDT metrics (part of *Performance monitoring events*) have to be supported by hardware. For more details on hardware support, please see: https://github.com/01org/intel-cmt-cat Additionally perf metrics **cannot** be collected if *Intel RDT* plugin is enabled. libvirt version can be checked with following commands: .. code:: bash $ virsh --version $ libvirtd --version .. table:: Extended statistics requirements +-------------------------------+--------------------------+-------------+ | Statistic | Min. libvirt API version | Requires GA | +===============================+==========================+=============+ | Domain reason | 0.9.2 | No | +-------------------------------+--------------------------+-------------+ | Disk errors | 0.9.10 | No | +-------------------------------+--------------------------+-------------+ | Job statistics | 1.2.9 | No | +-------------------------------+--------------------------+-------------+ | File system information | 1.2.11 | Yes | +-------------------------------+--------------------------+-------------+ | Performance monitoring events | 1.3.3 | No | +-------------------------------+--------------------------+-------------+ Start libvirt daemon: .. code:: bash $ systemctl start libvirtd Create domain (VM) XML configuration file. For more information on domain XML format and examples, please see: https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html .. note:: Installing additional hypervisor dependencies might be required before deploying virtual machine. Create domain, based on created XML file: .. code:: bash $ virsh define DOMAIN_CFG_FILE.xml Start domain: .. code:: bash $ virsh start DOMAIN_NAME Check if domain is running: .. code:: bash $ virsh list Check list of available *Performance monitoring events* and their settings: .. code:: bash $ virsh perf DOMAIN_NAME Enable or disable *Performance monitoring events* for domain: .. code:: bash $ virsh perf DOMAIN_NAME [--enable | --disable] EVENT_NAME --live Clone and install the collectd virt plugin: .. code:: bash $ git clone $REPO $ cd collectd $ git checkout $BRANCH $ ./build.sh $ ./configure --enable-syslog --enable-logfile --enable-debug $ make $ sudo make install Where ``$REPO`` and ``$BRANCH`` are equal to information provided above. This will install collectd to ``/opt/collectd``. The collectd configuration file ``collectd.conf`` can be found at ``/opt/collectd/etc``. To load the virt plugin user needs to modify the configuration file to include: .. code:: bash LoadPlugin virt Additionally, user can specify plugin configuration parameters in this file, such as connection URI, domain name and much more. By default extended virt plugin statistics are disabled. They can be enabled with ``ExtraStats`` option. .. code:: bash RefreshInterval 60 ExtraStats "cpu_util disk disk_err domain_state fs_info job_stats_background pcpu perf vcpupin" For more information on the plugin parameters, please see: https://github.com/maryamtahhan/collectd/blob/feat_libvirt_upstream/src/collectd.conf.pod Installing collectd as a service ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ **NOTE**: In an OPNFV installation, collectd is installed and configured as a service. Collectd service scripts are available in the collectd/contrib directory. To install collectd as a service: .. code:: bash $ sudo cp contrib/systemd.collectd.service /etc/systemd/system/ $ cd /etc/systemd/system/ $ sudo mv systemd.collectd.service collectd.service $ sudo chmod +x collectd.service Modify collectd.service .. code:: bash [Service] ExecStart=/opt/collectd/sbin/collectd EnvironmentFile=-/opt/collectd/etc/ EnvironmentFile=-/opt/collectd/etc/ CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_SETUID CAP_SETGID Reload .. code:: bash $ sudo systemctl daemon-reload $ sudo systemctl start collectd.service $ sudo systemctl status collectd.service should show success Additional useful plugins ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ * **Exec Plugin** : Can be used to show you when notifications are being generated by calling a bash script that dumps notifications to file. (handy for debug). Modify /opt/collectd/etc/collectd.conf: .. code:: bash LoadPlugin exec # Exec "user:group" "/path/to/exec" NotificationExec "user" "/barometer/src/collectd/collectd_sample_configs/write_notification.sh" write_notification.sh (just writes the notification passed from exec through STDIN to a file (/tmp/notifications)): .. code:: bash #!/bin/bash rm -f /tmp/notifications while read x y do echo $x$y >> /tmp/notifications done output to /tmp/notifications should look like: .. code:: bash Severity:WARNING Time:1479991318.806 Host:localhost Plugin:ovs_events PluginInstance:br-ex Type:gauge TypeInstance:link_status uuid:f2aafeec-fa98-4e76-aec5-18ae9fc74589 linkstate of "br-ex" interface has been changed to "DOWN" * **logfile plugin**: Can be used to log collectd activity. Modify /opt/collectd/etc/collectd.conf to include: .. code:: bash LoadPlugin logfile LogLevel info File "/var/log/collectd.log" Timestamp true PrintSeverity false Monitoring Interfaces and Openstack Support ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. Figure:: monitoring_interfaces.png Monitoring Interfaces and Openstack Support The figure above shows the DPDK L2 forwarding application running on a compute node, sending and receiving traffic. collectd is also running on this compute node retrieving the stats periodically from DPDK through the dpdkstat plugin and publishing the retrieved stats to Ceilometer through the ceilometer plugin. To see this demo in action please checkout: `Barometer OPNFV Summit demo`_ References ^^^^^^^^^^^ .. [1] https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Naming_schema .. [2] https://github.com/collectd/collectd/blob/master/src/daemon/plugin.h .. [3] https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Value_list_t .. [4] https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Data_set .. [5] https://collectd.org/documentation/manpages/types.db.5.shtml .. [6] https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Data_source .. [7] https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Meta_Data_Interface .. _Barometer OPNFV Summit demo: https://prezi.com/kjv6o8ixs6se/software-fastpath-service-quality-metrics-demo/ .. _ceilometer plugin: https://github.com/openstack/collectd-ceilometer-plugin/tree/stable/mitaka