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Commit 923be102 authored by Kostas Botsas's avatar Kostas Botsas
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Align exec documentation with v0.10 updates

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...@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ For example, if you have a json-returning command called mycollector, you could ...@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ For example, if you have a json-returning command called mycollector, you could
setup the exec plugin with: setup the exec plugin with:
``` ```
[[exec.commands]] [[inputs.exec]]
command = "/usr/bin/mycollector --output=json" command = "/usr/bin/mycollector --output=json"
name = "mycollector" name_suffix = "_mycollector"
interval = 10 interval = 10
``` ```
The name is used as a prefix for the measurements. The name suffix is appended to exec as "exec_name_suffix" to identify the input stream.
The interval is used to determine how often a particular command should be run. Each The interval is used to determine how often a particular command should be run. Each
time the exec plugin runs, it will only run a particular command if it has been at least time the exec plugin runs, it will only run a particular command if it has been at least
...@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ time the exec plugin runs, it will only run a particular command if it has been ...@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ time the exec plugin runs, it will only run a particular command if it has been
# Sample # Sample
Let's say that we have a command named "mycollector", which gives the following output: Let's say that we have a command with the name_suffix "_mycollector", which gives the following output:
```json ```json
{ {
"a": 0.5, "a": 0.5,
...@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ Let's say that we have a command named "mycollector", which gives the following ...@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ Let's say that we have a command named "mycollector", which gives the following
} }
``` ```
The collected metrics will be: The collected metrics will be stored as field values under the same measurement "exec_mycollector":
``` ```
exec_mycollector_a value=0.5 exec_mycollector a=0.5,b_c="some text",b_d=0.1,b_e=5 1452815002357578567
exec_mycollector_b_d value=0.1
exec_mycollector_b_e value=5
``` ```
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