udp

Reference for the `udp` adapter.

udp · adapter · run nanook doc udp for the same content in your terminal.

Sends metrics as plain text or JSON over UDP.

Options

OptionTypeDefaultDescription
hoststring127.0.0.1target host
portstring9999target port
formatenumplainpayload format (one of: plain, json)

Examples

Plain text to local agent

[[adapters]]
kind = "udp"
[adapters.opts]
host = "127.0.0.1"
port = 9999

JSON format

[[adapters]]
kind = "udp"
[adapters.opts]
host = "metrics.internal"
port = 9999
format = "json"