Boundary Forking Rate Plugin

Tracks the fork rate on your server by polling /proc/stat. On a busy production box you can expect a rate of somewhere between 1-10/sec, if there is a rate approaching 100/sec then your server is experiencing issues.

Prerequisites

OS	Linux	Windows	SmartOS	OS X
Supported	v

Boundary Meter Versions V4.0 Or Later

• To install new meter go to Settings->Installation or [see instructons|https://help.boundary.com/hc/en-us/sections/200634331-Installation].
• To upgrade the meter to the latest version - [see instructons|https://help.boundary.com/hc/en-us/articles/201573102-Upgrading-the-Boundary-Meter].

Runtime	node.js	Python	Java
Required

Boundary Meter Versions Less Than V4.0

Runtime	node.js	Python	Java
Required	v

• OS: Tested to work on Debian-based Linux distributions (although any Linux OS should work)
• How to install node.js?
• Requires access to /proc/stat

Plugin Setup

All Versions

1. Verify that you are able to get output by running the following:

   $ cat /proc/stat

2. If there is no output, then this plugin will not work.

Plugin Configuration Fields

All Versions

Field Name	Description
Poll Seconds	How often should the plugin poll /proc/stat

Metrics Collected

All Versions

Metric Name	Description
Fork Rate / sec	the rate at which processes are growing

References

Bitly - 10 Things We Forgot to Monitor