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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi Suresh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">You can use a filtering chain to set the metadata, Please see:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://collectd.org/documentation/manpages/collectd.conf.5.shtml#filter_configuration">https://collectd.org/documentation/manpages/collectd.conf.5.shtml#filter_configuration</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">BR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_____replyseparator"></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> collectd [mailto:collectd-bounces@verplant.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Suresh Rajagopal<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 13, 2017 10:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> collectd@verplant.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [collectd] Metadata for Splunk Metircs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">I need to add some custom metadata like (region/site) for all metrics from a host. How to achieve that?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">I can in see in write_tsdb or write_riemann,there are direct options available. I don't see anything similar with write_http.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre><span style="color:black"><Plugin write_tsdb><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console"">Suresh Rajagopal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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