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<Plugin csv>
  DataDir /opt/spm/collectd/logs
  StoreRates true
</Plugin>

 If you are already using Collectd and if the DataDir is already pointed to some other directory, simply symlink the /spm/collectd/logs directory to the directory specified in DataDir, like this:

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languagebash
sudo mkdir -p /opt/spm/collectd  # if needed
sudo ln -s /some/existing/collectd/data/dir /opt/spm/collectd/logs
You will also have to merge the remaining part of the Collectd config required by SPM.

Is there an Ansible Playbook for the SPM client

A: Yes, see the Install and Configure playbooks, with examples.

Is there

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a Puppet Module for the SPM client

 A: Yes Yes, see the Install and Configure module, with examples.

 

Is there a Chef Recipe for the SPM client

A: Yes, see SPM client Chef Recipe example example.

Can hostnames in SPM UI be obfuscated or customized

A: Yes, you can obfuscate or alias hostnames starting with SPM client version 1.17.7. This feature allows you to:

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A: Filters have 1 day granularity, which means that a server will be listed under Hosts filter until 24 hours since it last sent data have passed.  For example, if a server stopped sending data at 1 PM and if at 8 PM you are looking at the last 6 hours of data (for a period from 2 PM until 8 PM) you will not see data from this server on the graph, but you will still see this server listed under the Hosts filter until 1 PM on the following day.  After 1 PM on the following day this server should disappear from the Hosts filter.

I rebooted my server and now I don't see any data in my graphs. What should I check

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I am using SPM for Solr and I don't see any data on Solr and JVM reports, what is the problem

A: You should probably enable JMX in your Solr. Add or uncomment the <jmx /> directive in solrconfig.xml and restart Solr.  See http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrJmx for more info.

I am using SPM for Solr and I don't see any data only in Solr Components or Errors reports, what should I do

A: Most likely you are using standalone variant of Solr monitor. In that case, SPM monitor can't collect metrics which are available only when running in-process. If so, switch to in-process (javaagent) version of SPM monitor.

Elasticsearch Monitoring

Why doesn't the number of documents I see in SPM match the number of documents in my Elasticsearch index

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