Purpose
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We use this version of pistolero's zbx-statsd to send data to zabbix server for monitoring activity in our Django app,
such as page load time, query response time, amount of data updates etc.
Based on (https://github.com/pistolero/zbx-statsd)
Requirements
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1. Python
2. Simplejson (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/simplejson/) configured for use with current Python version
3. Zabbix agent, configured on this machine Usage
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Instruction for Debian:
Put code into wherever directory you like. (Default is /usr/local/zbxstatsd)
Check that first row in server.py leads to corresponding Python executable. (Default is /usr/local/bin/python) Recheck installation directories and change corresponding paths in zabbixstatsd script. Put zabbixstatsd file in /etc/init.d/ directory. Register with update-rc.d zabbixstatsd default. Use just as usual init script.
Embed in code
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Client:
from path.to.client import Client
sc = Client('zabbix-host', 8126, 'zabbix_name_of_this_machine')
sc.timing('some_meaningful_name.time',500)
sc.increment('some_meaningful_name.inc_float')
sc.decrement('some_meaningful_name.decr_float')
#Server: #Seriously, you should consider using a daemon
#	from zbxstatsd import Server
#	srvr = Server(debug=True)
#	srvr.serve()
Zabbix side
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If you already have configured host for a machine on which you are doing all this stuff, you should add one item for each unique metric name, used in your code. E.g.
some_meaningful_name.time
some_meaningful_name.inc_float
some_meaningful_name.decr_float
Use Type = Zabbix agent (active)(necessary) and Type of information Numeric (float)(recommended). Any other configurations are at your discretion.