cc-metric-collector/receivers/httpReceiver.md

http receiver

The http receiver can be used receive metrics through HTTP POST requests.

Configuration structure

{
  "<name>": {
    "type": "http",
    "address" : "",
    "port" : "8080",
    "path" : "/write",
    "idle_timeout": "120s",
    "username": "myUser",
    "password": "myPW"
  }
}

• type: makes the receiver a http receiver
• address: Listen address
• port: Listen port
• path: URL path for the write endpoint
• idle_timeout: Maximum amount of time to wait for the next request when keep-alives are enabled should be larger than the measurement interval to keep the connection open
• username: username for basic authentication
• password: password for basic authentication

The HTTP endpoint listens to http://<address>:<port>/<path>

Debugging

• Install curl

• Use curl to send message to http receiver

  curl http://localhost:8080/write \
  --user "myUser:myPW" \
  --data \
  "myMetric,hostname=myHost,type=hwthread,type-id=0,unit=Hz value=400000i 1694777161164284635
  myMetric,hostname=myHost,type=hwthread,type-id=1,unit=Hz value=400001i 1694777161164284635"