Hi, It is possible to generate these types of custom command line metrics using the "smartagent/exec" receiver. https://docs.splunk.com/observability/en/gdi/monitors-databases/exec-input.html It can be tricky to get the format and approach just right, so here are some tips: 1) Put your command in an external script so it's easier to format the output in an acceptable format and it's also easier to format the call from your receiver. The default format is "influx", so an example of the output you want to generate would look like this: printerqueue,printer=myprinter length=5 That output would generate a metric named "printerqueue.length" with a value of 5 and a tagname of "printer" and a tagvalue of "myprinter". Your external script might look like this: #!/bin/sh
echo printerqueue,printer=myprinter length=$(lpstat -o | wc -l) 2) You'll need to define a receiver in your OTel config (e.g. agent_config.yaml) receivers:
smartagent/exec:
type: telegraf/exec
command: "/PATH/TO/printerqueue_script.sh"
telegrafParser:
dataFormat: "influx" 3) Don't forget to place your new receiver in your metrics pipeline and restart your OTel collector: service:
pipelines:
metrics:
receivers: [hostmetrics, otlp, signalfx, smartagent/signalfx-forwarder, smartagent/exec]
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