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Postfix Input Plugin
The postfix plugin reports metrics on the postfix queues.
For each of the active, hold, incoming, maildrop, and deferred queues (http://www.postfix.org/QSHAPE_README.html#queues), it will report the queue length (number of items), size (bytes used by items), and age (age of oldest item in seconds).
Global configuration options
In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc. See the CONFIGURATION.md for more details.
Configuration
# Measure postfix queue statistics
[[inputs.postfix]]
## Postfix queue directory. If not provided, telegraf will try to use
## 'postconf -h queue_directory' to determine it.
# queue_directory = "/var/spool/postfix"
Permissions
Telegraf will need read access to the files in the queue directory. You may need to alter the permissions of these directories to provide access to the telegraf user.
This can be setup either using standard unix permissions or with Posix ACLs, you will only need to use one method:
Unix permissions:
sudo chgrp -R telegraf /var/spool/postfix/{active,hold,incoming,deferred}
sudo chmod -R g+rXs /var/spool/postfix/{active,hold,incoming,deferred}
sudo usermod -a -G postdrop telegraf
sudo chmod g+r /var/spool/postfix/maildrop
Posix ACL:
sudo setfacl -Rm g:telegraf:rX /var/spool/postfix/
sudo setfacl -dm g:telegraf:rX /var/spool/postfix/
Metrics
- postfix_queue
- tags:
- queue
- fields:
- length (integer)
- size (integer, bytes)
- age (integer, seconds)
- tags:
Example Output
postfix_queue,queue=active length=3,size=12345,age=9
postfix_queue,queue=hold length=0,size=0,age=0
postfix_queue,queue=maildrop length=1,size=2000,age=2
postfix_queue,queue=incoming length=1,size=1020,age=0
postfix_queue,queue=deferred length=400,size=76543210,age=3600
Documentation
Source Files