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Consume protobuf messages from Graphite

I'd like to know if I can send data to Graphite using protobuf.

I have an application that sends statistics in protobuf format and I want to start sending those statistics to Graphite.

I searched in google and I just found this https://graphite.readthedocs.io/en/latest/search.html?q=protobuf&check_keywords=yes&area=default# but it's not clear if it's only for graphite internal core usage.

Thanks!

Solution

  • Yes you can, think it is available since version 1.x and up.

    See for an example in Python: https://github.com/graphite-project/carbon/blob/master/examples/example-protobuf-client.py

    You will have to enable the listener in the Carbon configuration: https://github.com/graphite-project/carbon/blob/master/conf/carbon.conf.example#L113-L117