Configuring Plugins

An agent monitor plugin is a component of the Scalyr Agent that is extensible and allows for custom Python scripts to read, store, and stream information. 

You can find a list of prebuilt plugins here. 
You can also build your own Linux plugins using our testing tool here 

You can configure plugins in the agent.json file

cat /etc/scalyr-agent-2/agent.json

{
api_key: "API-KEY",

server_attributes: {
     serverHost: "app-server-3",
},

logs: [
     { path: "/tmp/log", attributes: {parser: "accessLog"} }
],

monitors: [
{
     module: "scalyr_agent.builtin_monitors.mysql_monitor",
     database_socket: "default",
     database_username: "USERNAME",
     database_password: "PASSWORD"
}
]

}

Or as a modular agent.d snippet

cat /etc/scalyr-agent-2/agent.d/monitors.json

{
monitors: [
   {
     module: "scalyr_agent.builtin_monitors.mysql_monitor",
     database_socket: "default",
     database_username: "USERNAME",
     database_password: "PASSWORD"
   }
]

}

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