Problem with defining win_perf_counters input

[czervenyvlk]

Affected Puppet, Ruby, OS and module versions/distributions

• Puppet: 6.4.2
• Ruby: embedded version
• Distribution: Tested on windows2012/2016
• Module version: 3.0.0

How to reproduce (e.g Puppet code you use)

• The NetworkInterface win_perf_counter input is defined with following resource:

telegraf::input { 'NetworkInterface':
plugin_type => 'win_perf_counters.object',
options => [{
'ObjectName' => 'NetworkInterface',
'Instances' => ['*'],
'Counters' => [
'Bytes Received/sec',
'Bytes Sent/sec',
'Packets Received/sec',
'Packets Sent/sec',
],
'Measurement' => 'win_net',
'IncludeTotal' => false,
'tags' => {
'app' => 'metrics',
},
}]
}

What are you seeing

• The resource will produce NetworkInterface.conf file as following but the config is wrong:

[[inputs."win_perf_counters.object"]]
Counters = ["Bytes Received/sec", "Bytes Sent/sec", "Packets Received/sec", "Packets Sent/sec"]
IncludeTotal = false
Instances = ["*"]
Measurement = "win_net"
ObjectName = "NetworkInterface"
[inputs."win_perf_counters.object".tags]
app = "metrics"

What behaviour did you expect instead

• Down below is configuration snippet I'm expecting to see. Note the removed double quotes and tags section.

[[inputs.win_perf_counters.object]]
Counters = ["Bytes Received/sec", "Bytes Sent/sec", "Packets Received/sec", "Packets Sent/sec"]
IncludeTotal = false
Instances = ["*"]
Measurement = "win_net"
ObjectName = "NetworkInterface"
[inputs.win_perf_counters.tags]
app = "metrics"

Thanks for any help

[benh57]

Hey czervenyvlk,

As a workaround, try this setup via hiera as an example. Working for me.

telegraf::inputs:
  cpu:
    - percpu: true
      totalcpu: true
      fielddrop: ["time_*"]
  mem: [{}]
  io: [{}]
  net: [{}]
  disk: [{}]
  swap: [{}]
  system: [{}]
  win_perf_counters:
    - object:
      - ObjectName: "Processor"
        Counters: ["% Idle Time", "% Interrupt Time", "% Privileged Time", "% User Time", "% Processor Time"]
        Instances: ["*"]
        Measurement: "win_cpu"
    - object:
      - ObjectName: "System"
        Counters: [ "System Up Time", "Processes" ]
        Instances: ["*"]
        Measurement: "win_system"
    - object:
      - ObjectName: "LogicalDisk"
        Counters: ["% Idle Time", "% Disk Time","% Disk Read Time", "% Disk Write Time", "% User Time", "Current Disk Queue Length"]
        Instances: ["*"]
        Measurement: "win_disk"
    - object:
      - ObjectName: "TCPv4"
        Counters: ["Connections Established", "Connections Reset"]

        Instances: ["*"]
        Measurement: "win_net"