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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