[collectd] collectd & write_graphite & mikrotik

[Lindsay Holmwood]

On Wednesday, July 16, 2014, Rolf Bartels <rolfbartels at outlook.com> wrote:
>
>
> When collectd pulls the index name I think because the name returns like
> <pppoe-username> when it post the details to graphite the instance because
> of the <> it's posting as a blank.
> How can I get collectd to remove the <> in the instance name before it
> posts to graphite, alternatively maybe someone could recode the
> write_graphite plugin to accept an option like
>
> ReplaceChar ( "tihs, "with tihs")
>

Check out the replace target:

https://collectd.org/documentation/manpages/collectd.conf.5.shtml#built_in_targets

It does pretty much exactly what you want.

Cheers,
Lindsay


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