Install collectd via XML-RPC

Note: This solution is no longer maintained. For the latest information, please visit our Knowledge Base: https://community.exasol.com/t5/environment-management/install-collectd-via-xml-rpc/ta-p/1637 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Upload "Plugin.Monitoring.collectd-5.5.0.pkg" to EXAoperation Login to EXAoperation (User privilege Administrator) Upload pkg Configuration>Software>Versions>Browse>Submit 2. Connect to EXAoperation via XML-RPC (this example uses Python) >>> import xmlrpclib, pprint >>> s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy("http://user:password@license-server/cluster1") 3. Show plugin functions >>> pprint.pprint(s.showPluginFunctions('Monitoring.collectd-5.5.0')) {'DISABLE_ON_BOOT': 'Disable collectd on boot of node (default)', 'ENABLE_ON_BOOT': 'Enable collectd on boot of node', 'GET_CONFIG': 'Get collectd configuration', 'INSTALL': 'Install collectd software', 'PUT_CONFIG': 'Put collectd configuration', 'START': 'Start collectd', 'START_WEBSERVER': 'Start collectd-web on specified IP address/port, e.g. 10.50.1.10:8080', 'STATUS': 'Retrieve status of collectd', 'STATUS_WEBSERVER': 'Retrieve status of webserver', 'STOP': 'Stop collectd', 'STOP_WEBSERVER': 'Stop collectd-web', 'UNINSTALL': 'Uninstall collectd'} 4. Install collectd and check for return code >>> sts, ret = s.callPlugin('Monitoring.collectd-5.5.0','n10','INSTALL') >>> ret 0 5. Upload collectd.conf (Example attached to this SOL) >>> sts, ret = s.callPlugin('Monitoring.collectd-5.5.0', 'n10', 'PUT_CONFIG', file('/home/user/collectd.conf').read()) 6. Start collectd and check status. >>> ret = s.callPlugin('Monitoring.collectd-5.5.0', 'n10', 'START') >>> ret [0, 'Starting collectd: [ OK ]'] >>> ret = s.callPlugin('Monitoring.collectd-5.5.0', 'n10', 'STATUS') >>> ret [0, 'collectdmon (pid 27855) is running...'] 7. Repeat steps 4-6 have for each node.