Chapter 3. Installing the client-side tools Before you deploy the overcloud, you need to determine the configuration settings to apply to each client. Copy the example environment files from the heat template collection and modify the files to suit your environment. 3.1. Setting centralized logging client parameters For more information, see Enabling centralized logging with Elasticsearch in the Logging, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting guide. 3.2. Setting monitoring client parameters The monitoring solution collects system information periodically and provides a mechanism to store and monitor the values in a variety of ways using a data collecting agent. Red Hat supports collectd as a collection agent. Collectd-sensubility is an extension of collectd and communicates with Sensu server side through RabbitMQ. You can use Service Telemetry Framework (STF) to store the data, and in turn, monitor systems, find performance bottlenecks, and predict future system load. For more information about Service Telemetry Framework, see the Service Telemetry Framework 1.3 guide. To configure collectd and collectd-sensubility, complete the following steps: Create config.yaml in your home directory, for example, /home/templates/custom , and configure the MetricsQdrConnectors parameter to point to STF server side: MetricsQdrConnectors: - host: qdr-normal-sa-telemetry.apps.remote.tld port: 443 role: inter-router sslProfile: sslProfile verifyHostname: false MetricsQdrSSLProfiles: - name: sslProfile In the config.yaml file, list the plug-ins you want to use under CollectdExtraPlugins . You can also provide parameters in the ExtraConfig section. By default, collectd comes with the cpu , df , disk , hugepages , interface , load , memory , processes , tcpconns , unixsock , and uptime plug-ins. You can add additional plug-ins using the CollectdExtraPlugins parameter. You can also provide additional configuration information for the CollectdExtraPlugins using the ExtraConfig option. For example, to enable the virt plug-in, and configure the connection string and the hostname format, use the following syntax: parameter_defaults: CollectdExtraPlugins: - disk - df - virt ExtraConfig: collectd::plugin::virt::connection: "qemu:///system" collectd::plugin::virt::hostname_format: "hostname uuid" Note Do not remove the unixsock plug-in. Removal results in the permanent marking of the collectd container as unhealthy. Optional: To collect metric and event data through AMQ Interconnect, add the line MetricsQdrExternalEndpoint: true to the config.yaml file: To enable collectd-sensubility, add the following environment configuration to the config.yaml file: parameter_defaults: CollectdEnableSensubility: true # Use this if there is restricted access for your checks by using the sudo command. # The rule will be created in /etc/sudoers.d for sensubility to enable it calling restricted commands via sensubility executor. CollectdSensubilityExecSudoRule: "collectd ALL = NOPASSWD: <some command or ALL for all commands>" # Connection URL to Sensu server side for reporting check results. CollectdSensubilityConnection: "amqp://sensu:sensu@<sensu server side IP>:5672//sensu" # Interval in seconds for sending keepalive messages to Sensu server side. CollectdSensubilityKeepaliveInterval: 20 # Path to temporary directory where the check scripts are created. CollectdSensubilityTmpDir: /var/tmp/collectd-sensubility-checks # Path to shell used for executing check scripts. CollectdSensubilityShellPath: /usr/bin/sh # To improve check execution rate use this parameter and value to change the number of goroutines spawned for executing check scripts. CollectdSensubilityWorkerCount: 2 # JSON-formatted definition of standalone checks to be scheduled on client side. If you need to schedule checks # on overcloud nodes instead of Sensu server, use this parameter. Configuration is compatible with Sensu check definition. # For more information, see https://docs.sensu.io/sensu-core/1.7/reference/checks/#check-definition-specification # There are some configuration options which sensubility ignores such as: extension, publish, cron, stdin, hooks. CollectdSensubilityChecks: example: command: "ping -c1 -W1 8.8.8.8" interval: 30 # The following parameters are used to modify standard, standalone checks for monitoring container health on overcloud nodes. # Do not modify these parameters. # CollectdEnableContainerHealthCheck: true # CollectdContainerHealthCheckCommand: <snip> # CollectdContainerHealthCheckInterval: 10 # The Sensu server side event handler to use for events created by the container health check. # CollectdContainerHealthCheckHandlers: # - handle-container-health-check # CollectdContainerHealthCheckOccurrences: 3 # CollectdContainerHealthCheckRefresh: 90 Deploy the overcloud. Include config.yaml , collectd-write-qdr.yaml , and one of the qdr-*.yaml files in your overcloud deploy command: Optional: To enable overcloud RabbitMQ monitoring, include the collectd-read-rabbitmq.yaml file in the overcloud deploy command. Additional resources For more information about the YAML files, see Section 3.5, "YAML files" . For more information about collectd plug-ins, see Section 3.4, "Collectd plug-in configurations" . For more information about Service Telemetry Framework, see the Service Telemetry Framework 1.3 guide. 3.3. Collecting data through AMQ Interconnect To subscribe to the available AMQ Interconnect addresses for metric and event data consumption, create an environment file to expose AMQ Interconnect for client connections, and deploy the overcloud. Note The Service Telemetry Operator simplifies the deployment of all data ingestion and data storage components for single cloud deployments. To share the data storage domain with multiple clouds, see Configuring multiple clouds in the Service Telemetry Framework 1.3 guide. Warning It is not possible to switch between QDR mesh mode and QDR edge mode, as used by the Service Telemetry Framework (STF). Additionally, it is not possible to use QDR mesh mode if you enable data collection for STF. Procedure Log on to the Red Hat OpenStack Platform undercloud as the stack user. Create a configuration file called data-collection.yaml in the /home/stack directory. To enable external endpoints, add the MetricsQdrExternalEndpoint: true parameter to the data-collection.yaml file: parameter_defaults: MetricsQdrExternalEndpoint: true To enable collectd and AMQ Interconnect, add the following files to your Red Hat OpenStack Platform director deployment: the data-collection.yaml environment file the qdr-form-controller-mesh.yaml file that enables the client side AMQ Interconnect to connect to the external endpoints openstack overcloud deploy <other arguments> --templates /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates \ --environment-file <...other-environment-files...> \ --environment-file /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/metrics/qdr-form-controller-mesh.yaml \ --environment-file /home/stack/data-collection.yaml Optional: To collect Ceilometer and collectd events, include ceilometer-write-qdr.yaml and collectd-write-qdr.yaml file in your overcloud deploy command. Deploy the overcloud. Additional resources For more information about the YAML files, see Section 3.5, "YAML files" . 3.4. Collectd plug-in configurations There are many configuration possibilities of Red Hat OpenStack Platform director. You can configure multiple collectd plug-ins to suit your environment. Each documented plug-in has a description and example configuration. Some plug-ins have a table of metrics that you can query for from Grafana or Prometheus, and a list of options you can configure, if available. Additional resources To view a complete list of collectd plugin options, see collectd plugins in the Service Telemetry Framework guide. 3.5. YAML files You can include the following YAML files in your overcloud deploy command when you configure collectd: collectd-read-rabbitmq.yaml : Enables and configures python-collect-rabbitmq to monitor the overcloud RabbitMQ instance. collectd-write-qdr.yaml : Enables collectd to send telemetry and notification data through AMQ Interconnect. qdr-edge-only.yaml : Enables deployment of AMQ Interconnect. Each overcloud node has one local qdrouterd service running and operating in edge mode. For example, sending received data straight to defined MetricsQdrConnectors . qdr-form-controller-mesh.yaml : Enables deployment of AMQ Interconnect. Each overcloud node has one local qdrouterd service forming a mesh topology. For example, AMQ Interconnect routers on controllers operate in interior router mode, with connections to defined MetricsQdrConnectors , and AMQ Interconnect routers on other node types connect in edge mode to the interior routers running on the controllers. Additional resources For more information about configuring collectd, see Section 3.2, "Setting monitoring client parameters" .

Commands:
MetricsQdrConnectors: - host: qdr-normal-sa-telemetry.apps.remote.tld port: 443 role: inter-router sslProfile: sslProfile verifyHostname: false MetricsQdrSSLProfiles: - name: sslProfile
parameter_defaults: CollectdExtraPlugins: - disk - df - virt ExtraConfig: collectd::plugin::virt::connection: "qemu:///system" collectd::plugin::virt::hostname_format: "hostname uuid"
parameter_defaults: MetricsQdrExternalEndpoint: true
parameter_defaults: CollectdEnableSensubility: true # Use this if there is restricted access for your checks by using the sudo command. # The rule will be created in /etc/sudoers.d for sensubility to enable it calling restricted commands via sensubility executor. CollectdSensubilityExecSudoRule: "collectd ALL = NOPASSWD: <some command or ALL for all commands>" # Connection URL to Sensu server side for reporting check results. CollectdSensubilityConnection: "amqp://sensu:sensu@<sensu server side IP>:5672//sensu" # Interval in seconds for sending keepalive messages to Sensu server side. CollectdSensubilityKeepaliveInterval: 20 # Path to temporary directory where the check scripts are created. CollectdSensubilityTmpDir: /var/tmp/collectd-sensubility-checks # Path to shell used for executing check scripts. CollectdSensubilityShellPath: /usr/bin/sh # To improve check execution rate use this parameter and value to change the number of goroutines spawned for executing check scripts. CollectdSensubilityWorkerCount: 2 # JSON-formatted definition of standalone checks to be scheduled on client side. If you need to schedule checks # on overcloud nodes instead of Sensu server, use this parameter. Configuration is compatible with Sensu check definition. # For more information, see https://docs.sensu.io/sensu-core/1.7/reference/checks/#check-definition-specification # There are some configuration options which sensubility ignores such as: extension, publish, cron, stdin, hooks. CollectdSensubilityChecks: example: command: "ping -c1 -W1 8.8.8.8" interval: 30 # The following parameters are used to modify standard, standalone checks for monitoring container health on overcloud nodes. # Do not modify these parameters. # CollectdEnableContainerHealthCheck: true # CollectdContainerHealthCheckCommand: <snip> # CollectdContainerHealthCheckInterval: 10 # The Sensu server side event handler to use for events created by the container health check. # CollectdContainerHealthCheckHandlers: # - handle-container-health-check # CollectdContainerHealthCheckOccurrences: 3 # CollectdContainerHealthCheckRefresh: 90
openstack overcloud deploy -e /home/templates/custom/config.yaml -e tripleo-heat-templates/environments/metrics/collectd-write-qdr.yaml -e tripleo-heat-templates/environments/metrics/qdr-form-controller-mesh.yaml
parameter_defaults: MetricsQdrExternalEndpoint: true
openstack overcloud deploy <other arguments> --templates /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates --environment-file <...other-environment-files...> --environment-file /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/metrics/qdr-form-controller-mesh.yaml --environment-file /home/stack/data-collection.yaml