cc-metric-collector/sinks/amqpSink.md

amqp sink

The amqp sink publishes all metrics into a RabbitMQ network. The publishing key is the queue name in the configuration file

Configuration structure

{
  "<name>": {
    "type": "amqp",
    "queue_name" : "myqueue",
    "batch_size" : 1000,
    "flush_delay": "4s",
    "publish_timeout": "1s",
    "host": "dbhost.example.com",
    "port": 5672,
    "username": "exampleuser",
    "password" : "examplepw",
    "meta_as_tags" : [],
  }
}

• type: makes the sink an amqp sink, also rabbitmq is allowed as alias
• queue_name: All metrics are published to this queue
• host: Hostname of the RabbitMQ server
• port: Port number of the RabbitMQ server
• username: Username for basic authentication
• password: Password for basic authentication
• meta_as_tags: print all meta information as tags in the output (optional)
• publish_timeout: Timeout for each publication operation (default 1s)
• flush_delay: Group metrics coming in to a single batch (default 4s)
• batch_size: Maximal batch size. If batch_size is reached before the end of flush_delay, the metrics are sent without further delay (default: 1000)