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Collectd df (deprecated) 🔗

Note

This integration is deprecated in favor of Free disk space (filesystems).

The Splunk Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector uses the Smart Agent receiver with the Collectd df monitor type to track free disk space on the host using the collectd df plugin.

This integration is only available on Linux. Note a file system must be mounted in the same file system namespace that the agent is running in for this monitor to be able to collect statistics about that file system. This might be an issue when running the agent in a container.

Benefits 🔗

After you configure the integration, you can access these features:

Installation 🔗

Follow these steps to deploy this integration:

  1. Deploy the Splunk Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector to your host or container platform:

  2. Configure the monitor, as described in the Configuration section.

  3. Restart the Splunk Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector.

Configuration 🔗

To use this integration of a Smart Agent monitor with the Collector:

  1. Include the Smart Agent receiver in your configuration file.

  2. Add the monitor type to the Collector configuration, both in the receiver and pipelines sections.

Example 🔗

To activate this integration, add the following to your Collector configuration:

receivers:
  smartagent/collectd/df:
    type: collectd/df
    ... # Additional config

Next, add the monitor to the service.pipelines.metrics.receivers section of your configuration file:

service:
  pipelines:
    metrics:
      receivers: [smartagent/collectd/df]

Configuration settings 🔗

The following table shows the configuration options for the collectd/df monitor:

Option

Required

Type

Description

hostFSPath

no

string
Path to the root of the host file system. Useful when running in

a container and the host filesystem is mounted in some subdirectory under /.

ignoreSelected

no

bool
If true, the file systems selected by fsTypes and

mountPoints are excluded, and all others are included. The default value is true.

fsTypes

no

list of strings
The file system types to include or exclude. The default values

is [aufs overlay tmpfs proc sysfs nsfs cgroup devpts selinuxfs devtmpfs debugfs mqueue hugetlbfs securityfs pstore binfmt_misc autofs].

mountPoints

no

list of strings
The mount paths to include or exclude, interpreted as a regular

expression if surrounded by /. Note that you need to include the full path as the agent sees it, irrespective of the hostFSPath option. The default value is [/^/var/lib/docker/ /^/var/lib/rkt/pods/ /^/net// /^/smb//].

reportByDevice

no

bool

The default value is false.

reportInodes

no

bool

The default value is false.

valuesPercentage

no

bool
Whether true percent based metrics are reported. The default

value is false.

Troubleshooting 🔗

If you are a Splunk Observability Cloud customer and are not able to see your data in Splunk Observability Cloud, you can get help in the following ways.

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  • Ask a question and get answers through community support at Splunk Answers .

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This page was last updated on Sep 18, 2024.