docker-mackerel-agent

Docker image for mackerel-agent

Usage

Basic usage

To launch mackerel-agent image, run this command. Replace <APIKEY> to your own apikey.

docker run -h `hostname` \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -v /var/lib/mackerel-agent/:/var/lib/mackerel-agent/ \
  -e 'apikey=<APIKEY>' \
  -e 'enable_docker_plugin=1 \
  -e 'opts=-v' \
  --name mackerel-agent \
  -d \
  mackerel/mackerel-agent

Monitor processes in other containers

If you want to monitor processes on other containers, link option can be used.

Here is an example for memcached.

1. Launch memcached container, which named memcached

docker run -d -P \
  --name memcached -p 11211:11211 \
  sylvainlasnier/memcached

2. Prepare a configuration file for a memcached plugin, which specifies the host address. This file should be put on the host.

% cat /etc/mackerel-agent/conf.d/memcached.conf
[plugin.metrics.memcached]
command = "/usr/local/bin/mackerel-plugin-memcached -host=$MEMCACHED_PORT_11211_TCP_ADDR"

3. Launch mackerel-agent container linking to the memcached container. -v and include is to include other configuration files.

docker run -h `hostname` \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -v /var/lib/mackerel-agent/:/var/lib/mackerel-agent/ \
  -e 'apikey=<APIKEY>' \
  -e 'enable_docker_plugin=1 \
  -e 'opts=-v' \
  --link memcached:memcached \
  -v /etc/mackerel-agent/conf.d:/etc/mackerel-agent/conf.d:ro \
  -e 'include=/etc/mackerel-agent/conf.d/*.conf' \
  --name mackerel-agent \
  -d \
  mackerel/mackerel-agent

Retire the host automatically

If you want to retire a host of a mackerel-agent container on Mackerel when the container stops, you should set auto_retirement=1 as an environment variable.

If the variable is set, the retirement API is called while terminate process of the containter. See the entry about auto retirement in detail: http://blog.mackerel.io/entry/2015/08/03/142244 .

docker run -h `hostname` \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -v /var/lib/mackerel-agent/:/var/lib/mackerel-agent/ \
  -e 'apikey=<APIKEY>' \
  -e 'auto_retirement=1 \
  -e 'enable_docker_plugin=1 \
  -e 'opts=-v' \
  -d \
  mackerel/mackerel-agent

Note: replace <APIKEY> to your own apikey.

"False" value in boolean environmental variables

Boolean environmental variables (auto_retirement and enable_docker_plugin) treats empty string and 0 as false, otherwise true. If you'd like to set false for them, pass 0 like -e 'auto_retirement=0' or just omit the -e option for them.