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+======
+Statsd
+======
+
+Simple daemon for easy stats aggregation.
+
+Sample pillars
+==============
+
+Standalone Statsd server with Graphite/carbon backend
+
+ statsd:
+ server:
+ enabled: true
+ bind:
+ port: 8125
+ address: 0.0.0.0
+ backend:
+ engine: carbon
+ host: metrics1.domain.com
+ port: 2003
+
+Standalone Statsd server with Graphite/AMQP backend
+
+ statsd:
+ server:
+ enabled: true
+ bind:
+ port: 8125
+ address: 0.0.0.0
+ backend:
+ engine: amqp
+ host: metrics1.domain.com
+ port: 2003
+
+Standalone Statsd server with OpenTSDB backend
+
+ statsd:
+ server:
+ enabled: true
+ bind:
+ port: 8125
+ address: 0.0.0.0
+ backend:
+ engine: amqp
+ host: metrics1.domain.com
+ port: 2003
+
+Read more
+=========
+
+* https://github.com/etsy/statsd/
+* https://github.com/mrtazz/statsd-amqp-backend
+* https://github.com/danslimmon/statsd-opentsdb-backend