Linux Process Monitoring Using Statsd and Graphite

Question

I would like to monitor linux processes (log cpu and ram usage statistics and display them graphically over a period of time) using statsd and graphite. I have configured statsd and graphite to run as services.

How can I send linux resource usage statistics (namely CPU and RAM) to statsd so that they can be graphically viewed from the graphite web UI?

Thanks.

Answer 1

We use collectd (collectd.org) to get our OS-level metrics into Graphite. We don't go through stated, but collectd has its own summarizing functionality.