From 8020f71afd34d7696d7933659df2d763ab05542f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 16:31:17 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 1.37.1. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- exporting/pubsub/README.md | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 exporting/pubsub/README.md (limited to 'exporting/pubsub/README.md') diff --git a/exporting/pubsub/README.md b/exporting/pubsub/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f9ac83 --- /dev/null +++ b/exporting/pubsub/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ + + +# Export metrics to Google Cloud Pub/Sub Service + +## Prerequisites + +To use the Pub/Sub service for metric collecting and processing, you should first +[install](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-cpp/) Google Cloud Platform C++ Client Libraries. +Pub/Sub support is also dependent on the dependencies of those libraries, like `protobuf`, `protoc`, and `grpc`. Next, +Netdata should be re-installed from the source. The installer will detect that the required libraries are now available. + +## Configuration + +To enable data sending to the Pub/Sub service, run `./edit-config exporting.conf` in the Netdata configuration directory +and set the following options: + +```conf +[pubsub:my_instance] + enabled = yes + destination = pubsub.googleapis.com + credentials file = /etc/netdata/google_cloud_credentials.json + project id = my_project + topic id = my_topic +``` + +Set the `destination` option to a Pub/Sub service endpoint. `pubsub.googleapis.com` is the default one. + +Next, create the credentials JSON file by following Google Cloud's [authentication guide](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/getting-started#creating_a_service_account). The user running the Agent +(typically `netdata`) needs read access to `google_cloud_credentials.json`, which you can set with +`chmod 400 google_cloud_credentials.json; chown netdata google_cloud_credentials.json`. Set the `credentials file` +option to the full path of the file. + + -- cgit v1.2.3