README.md

redis-collectd-plugin

A Redis plugin for collectd using collectd's Python plugin.

Data captured includes:

• Memory used
• Commands processed per second
• Number of connected clients and slaves
• Number of blocked clients
• Number of keys stored (per database)
• Uptime
• Changes since last save

Install

1. Place redis_info.py in /opt/collectd/lib/collectd/plugins/python (assuming you have collectd installed to /opt/collectd).
2. Configure the plugin (see below).
3. Restart collectd.

Configuration

Add the following to your collectd config or use the included redis.conf.

<LoadPlugin python>
  Globals true
</LoadPlugin>

<Plugin python>
  ModulePath "/opt/collectd/lib/collectd/plugins/python"
  Import "redis_info"

  <Module redis_info>
    Host "localhost"
    Port 6379
    Verbose false
  </Module>
</Plugin>

Graph examples

These graphs were created using collectd's rrdtool plugin and drraw.

Requirements

• collectd 4.9+