Edge Delta Container Statistics Source

Overview

The Container Statistics source node produces metrics based on the stats collected from the container the Agent is running in. It feeds the ED Metric Destination node, which is used to send metrics to the Metrics Explorer page. It can also send this data to other destinations. It has no configurable parameters.

• outgoing_data_types: metric

Example Configuration

nodes:
  - name: ed_container_stats
    type: ed_container_stats_input
  - name: ed_metrics
    type: ed_metrics_output

links:
  - from: ed_container_stats
    to: ed_metrics

Required Parameters

name

A descriptive name for the node. This is the name that will appear in Visual Pipelines and you can reference this node in the YAML using the name. It must be unique across all nodes. It is a YAML list element so it begins with a - and a space followed by the string. It is a required parameter for all nodes.

nodes:
  - name: <node name>
    type: <node type>

type: ed_container_stats_input

The type parameter specifies the type of node being configured. It is specified as a string from a closed list of node types. It is a required parameter.

nodes:
  - name: <node name>
    type: <node type>

Optional Parameters

report_interval

The report_interval parameter defines the interval at which to report statistics. it is specified as a duration and the default value is 1m. The report_interval parameter is optional.

nodes:
  - name: ed_container_stats
    type: ed_container_stats_input
    report_interval: 2m