Example
<#
.DESCRIPTION
Writes the metric out in bosun external collector format which is compatible with scollector external scripts
.PARAMETER metric
Name of the metric (eg : my.metric)
.PARAMETER type
Type of metric (counter, gauge, etc)
.PARAMETER unit
Type of unit (connections, operations, etc)
.PARAMETER desc
Description of the metric
.PARAMETER value
The current value for the metric
#>
function Write-Metric
{
param(
[string]$metric,
[string]$type,
[string]$unit,
[string]$desc,
$value
)
$epoch = New-Object DateTime (1970,1,1)
$obj = @{
metric = $metric
name = "rate"
value = $type
}
Write-Host (ConvertTo-Json $obj -Compress)
$obj.name="unit"
$obj.value=$unit
Write-Host (ConvertTo-Json $obj -Compress)
$obj.name="desc"
$obj.value=$desc
Write-Host (ConvertTo-Json $obj -Compress)
$output = @{
metric = $metric
timestamp= [int]([datetime]::UtcNow.Subtract($epoch).TotalSeconds)
value=$value
tags= @{
host=$env:computername.ToLower()
}
}
Write-Host (ConvertTo-Json $output -Compress)
}
