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Add metric name in OTSDB via API

I am adding data into OTSDB from different sources. But i give metric name for each data points using XML file. Also i dont have any access to OTSDB to create Metric Name via terminal

I have reffered below links :-

API PUT

GitHub Issue

In gitHub issue, i couldn't understand how to use --auto-metirc .

I know how to create metric using Terminal :-

Here i am creating abxcs metirc using terminal.

./tsdb mkmetric abxcs

But How to create metric using API?

FYI :- Please suggest solution using JAVA

Thanks for help in advance.

Solution

  • In order to have metric names auto created on-the-fly, you'll need to set

    tsd.core.auto_create_metrics = true

    in the OpenTSDB configuration file. Ref: http://opentsdb.net/docs/build/html/user_guide/configuration.html

    Whether or not a data point with a new metric will assign a UID to the metric. When false, a data point with a metric that is not in the database will be rejected and an exception will be thrown.

    CLI equivalent of it is to pass --auto-metric switch while starting tsd process.