collectdmon

monitoring daemon wrapper for collectd with auto-restart

TLDR

Start collectd as daemon

$ collectdmon

Start with specific config

$ collectdmon -c [/etc/collectd.conf]

Start in foreground

$ collectdmon -f

Restart collectd on crash

$ collectdmon -P [/var/run/collectd.pid]

collectdmon is a monitoring daemon wrapper for collectd. It monitors the collectd process and automatically restarts it if it terminates unexpectedly.The daemon ensures continuous metric collection by maintaining collectd uptime. It handles signals appropriately, forwarding them to the child collectd process.

PARAMETERS

-c file

Path to collectd configuration file.

-P file

Path to PID file.

-f

Run in foreground (don't daemonize).

-h

Display help information.

CONFIGURATION

/etc/collectd.conf

Configuration file passed to the monitored collectd process.

INSTALL

sudo apt install collectd-core

sudo dnf install collectd

sudo apk add collectd

sudo zypper install collectd

brew install collectd

nix profile install nixpkgs#collectd

CAVEATS

Requires collectd to be installed. Configuration issues in collectd will cause restart loops. PID file location needs proper permissions.

HISTORY

collectdmon is part of the collectd project, a system statistics collection daemon created by Florian Forster in 2005. The monitoring wrapper ensures reliability for production deployments where continuous metric collection is critical.