Installation

Dependencies

Core

• CentOS or Ubuntu
• Python 2.7
• python-configobj
• python-setuptools
• make
• Python Psutil for non linux system metrics

Unit Test

• Mock 0.8

Installation From Package

RHEL / CentOS

$ yum install make rpm-build python-configobj python-setuptools
$ git clone https://github.com/python-diamond/Diamond
$ cd Diamond
$ make buildrpm

Then use the package you built like this:

$ yum localinstall --nogpgcheck dist/diamond-4.0.449-0.noarch.rpm
$ cp /etc/diamond/{diamond.conf.example,diamond.conf}
$ $EDITOR /etc/diamond/diamond.conf
# Start Diamond service via service manager.

Debian / Ubuntu

$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install make pbuilder python-mock python-configobj python-support cdbs devscripts build-essential
$ git clone https://github.com/python-diamond/Diamond
$ cd Diamond
$ make builddeb

Then use the package you built like this:

$ dpkg -i dist/diamond_3.5.8_all.deb #(check version number properly)
$ cp /etc/diamond/{diamond.conf.example,diamond.conf}
$ $EDITOR /etc/diamond/diamond.conf
# Start Diamond service via service manager.

Installation From Source

To install diamond:

$ make install

To unit test diamond:

$ make test

For testing, diamond can also be started directly in debug mode without installing:

$ cp conf/diamond.conf.example conf/diamond.conf
$ $EDITOR conf/diamond.conf
$ make run