diff --git a/metric-collector.go b/metric-collector.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/collectors"
+	protocol "github.com/influxdata/line-protocol"
+)
+
+var Collectors = map[string]collectors.MetricGetter{
+	"likwid":   &collectors.LikwidCollector{},
+	"loadavg": &collectors.LoadavgCollector{},
+	"memstat":  &collectors.MemstatCollector{},
+	"netstat":  &collectors.NetstatCollector{},
+}
+type GlobalConfig struct {
+	Sink struct {
+		User     string `json:"user"`
+		Password string `json:"password"`
+		Host     string `json:"host"`
+		Port     string `json:"port"`
+	} `json:"sink"`
+	Interval   int      `json:"interval"`
+	Duration   int      `json:"duration"`
+	Collectors []string `json:"collectors"`
+}
+
+
+
+func LoadConfiguration(file string, config *GlobalConfig) error {
+	configFile, err := os.Open(file)
+	defer configFile.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err.Error())
+	}
+	jsonParser := json.NewDecoder(configFile)
+	jsonParser.Decode(config)
+	return err
+}
+
+
+
+func shutdown(wg *sync.WaitGroup, config *GlobalConfig) {
+	sigs := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(sigs, os.Interrupt)
+
+	go func(wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
+		<-sigs
+		log.Print("Shutdown...")
+		for _, c := range config.Collectors {
+			col := Collectors[c]
+			log.Print("Stop ", col.Name())
+			col.Close()
+		}
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+		wg.Done()
+	}(wg)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	var config GlobalConfig
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(1)
+	host, err := os.Hostname()
+    if err != nil {
+        log.Print(err)
+        return
+    }
+    var tags = map[string]string {"host": host}
+
+	LoadConfiguration("config.json", &config)
+	if config.Interval <= 0 || time.Duration(config.Interval) * time.Second <= 0 {
+	    log.Print("Configuration value 'interval' must be greater than zero")
+	    return
+	}
+	if config.Duration <= 0 {
+	    log.Print("Configuration value 'duration' must be greater than zero")
+	    return
+	}
+	shutdown(&wg, &config)
+    serializer := protocol.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
+	serializer.SetPrecision(time.Second)
+	serializer.SetMaxLineBytes(1024)
+	for _, c := range config.Collectors {
+		col := Collectors[c]
+		col.Init()
+		log.Print("Start ", col.Name())
+	}
+	log.Print(config.Interval, time.Duration(config.Interval) * time.Second)
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(config.Interval) * time.Second)
+	done := make(chan bool)
+	node_fields := make(map[string]interface{})
+	slist := collectors.SocketList()
+    sockets_fields := make(map[int]map[string]interface{}, len(slist))
+    for _, s := range slist {
+        sockets_fields[s] = make(map[string]interface{})
+    }
+    clist := collectors.CpuList()
+    cpu_fields := make(map[int]map[string]interface{}, len(clist))
+    for _, s := range clist {
+        cpu_fields[s] = make(map[string]interface{})
+    }
+
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-done:
+				return
+			case t:= <-ticker.C:
+			    
+			    
+			    scount := 0
+			    ccount := 0
+			    for _, c := range config.Collectors {
+			        col := Collectors[c]
+				    col.Read(time.Duration(config.Duration))
+		            for key, val := range col.GetNodeMetric() {
+	                    node_fields[key] = val
+	                }
+                    for sid, socket := range col.GetSocketMetrics() {
+                        for key, val := range socket {
+    	                    sockets_fields[sid][key] = val
+    	                    scount++
+    	                }
+	                }
+	                for cid, cpu := range col.GetCpuMetrics() {
+                        for key, val := range cpu {
+    	                    cpu_fields[cid][key] = val
+    	                    ccount++
+    	                }
+	                }
+				}
+				var CurrentNode protocol.MutableMetric
+				CurrentNode, err = protocol.New("node", tags, node_fields, t)
+				if err != nil {
+			        log.Print(err)
+		        }
+				_, err := serializer.Encode(CurrentNode)
+		        if err != nil {
+			        log.Print(err)
+		        }
+		        if scount > 0 {
+		            for sid, socket := range sockets_fields {
+		                var CurrentSocket protocol.MutableMetric
+		                var stags = map[string]string {"socket": fmt.Sprintf("%d", sid), "host": host}
+		                CurrentSocket, err = protocol.New("socket", stags, socket, t)
+				        if err != nil {
+			                log.Print(err)
+		                }
+		                _, err := serializer.Encode(CurrentSocket)
+		                if err != nil {
+			                log.Print(err)
+		                }
+		            }
+		        }
+		        if ccount > 0 {
+		            for cid, cpu := range cpu_fields {
+		                var CurrentCpu protocol.MutableMetric
+		                var ctags = map[string]string {"host": host, "cpu": fmt.Sprintf("%d", cid)}
+		                CurrentCpu, err = protocol.New("cpu", ctags, cpu, t)
+				        if err != nil {
+			                log.Print(err)
+		                }
+		                _, err := serializer.Encode(CurrentCpu)
+		                if err != nil {
+			                log.Print(err)
+		                }
+		            }
+		        }
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+
+	wg.Wait()
+}