Creating a policy for statistics collection

Before you can configure a policy to collect performance monitoring data from nodes, you must:
  • create a "node-type" label to identify participating nodes
  • apply that label to one or more nodes to identify them as participating in data collection

Follow this procedure to configure the collection of performance monitoring statistics from one or more managed nodes.

The set of nodes from which statistics are collected is determined by the label you select when configuring this policy, and the nodes to which that label has been applied.

The data to be collected from the nodes is also identified as part of this policy, by selecting a set of statistics from a list of those currently supported.

Note: Policy settings include an "Enable this policy" parameter. Once you create the policy, you can enable or disable data collection by toggling this setting on or off.
  1. From the main menu, select Policies.
  2. Use the Region Selector at the top of the page to select the region in which to create the policy.
  3. Use the Policy drop-down to select the Statistics Collection policy type.
  4. Click + CREATE A POLICY.
  5. Set the following parameters as described in :
    • Policy Name
    • Node Selection by Label
    • Collection Interval
    • Enable this Policy
  6. Set the statistics for collection by this policy:
    1. In the Subscription Paths panel, click ADD.
    2. Optionally, enter text into the Category and/or Path fields to filter the displayed list of available statistics.
    3. Enable the check boxes beside each statistic you want to collect; or, enable the check box above the list to select all displayed statistics.
    4. Click ADD to add the selected statistics to the policy.
  7. Click CREATE to create the policy.