collectd-processes.md

collectd/processes

Gathers information about processes running on the host. See https://collectd.org/documentation/manpages/collectd.conf.5.shtml#plugin_processes and https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Plugin:Processes for more information on the configuration options.

Example:

 procPath: /proc
 monitors:
  - type: collectd/processes
    processes:
      - mysql
      - myapp
    processMatch:
      docker: "docker.*"
    collectContextSwitch: true

The above config will send process metrics for processes named mysql and myapp, along with additional metrics on the number of context switches the process has made. Also, all processes that start with docker will have their process metrics aggregated together and sent with a plugin_instance value of docker.

Monitor Type: collectd/processes

Monitor Source Code

Accepts Endpoints: No

Multiple Instances Allowed: No

Configuration

Config option	Required	Type	Description
processes	no	list of strings	A list of process names to match
processMatch	no	map of strings	A map with keys specifying the plugin_instance value to be sent for the values which are regexes that match process names. See example in description.
collectContextSwitch	no	bool	Collect metrics on the number of context switches made by the process (default: false)
procFSPath	no	string	(Deprecated) Please set the agent configuration procPath instead of this monitor configuration option. The path to the proc filesystem -- useful to override if the agent is running in a container.