+ if(backend_request_formatter == NULL || backend_response_checker == NULL) {
+ error("backend is misconfigured - disabling it.");
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+
+
+ // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ // prepare the charts for monitoring the backend operation
+
+ struct rusage thread;
+
+ collected_number
+ chart_buffered_metrics = 0,
+ chart_lost_metrics = 0,
+ chart_sent_metrics = 0,
+ chart_buffered_bytes = 0,
+ chart_received_bytes = 0,
+ chart_sent_bytes = 0,
+ chart_receptions = 0,
+ chart_transmission_successes = 0,
+ chart_transmission_failures = 0,
+ chart_data_lost_events = 0,
+ chart_lost_bytes = 0,
+ chart_backend_reconnects = 0,
+ chart_backend_latency = 0;
+
+ RRDSET *chart_metrics = rrdset_create_localhost("netdata", "backend_metrics", NULL, "backend", NULL, "Netdata Buffered Metrics", "metrics", 130600, frequency, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+ rrddim_add(chart_metrics, "buffered", NULL, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+ rrddim_add(chart_metrics, "lost", NULL, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+ rrddim_add(chart_metrics, "sent", NULL, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+
+ RRDSET *chart_bytes = rrdset_create_localhost("netdata", "backend_bytes", NULL, "backend", NULL, "Netdata Backend Data Size", "KB", 130610, frequency, RRDSET_TYPE_AREA);
+ rrddim_add(chart_bytes, "buffered", NULL, 1, 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+ rrddim_add(chart_bytes, "lost", NULL, 1, 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+ rrddim_add(chart_bytes, "sent", NULL, 1, 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+ rrddim_add(chart_bytes, "received", NULL, 1, 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+
+ RRDSET *chart_ops = rrdset_create_localhost("netdata", "backend_ops", NULL, "backend", NULL, "Netdata Backend Operations", "operations", 130630, frequency, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+ rrddim_add(chart_ops, "write", NULL, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+ rrddim_add(chart_ops, "discard", NULL, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+ rrddim_add(chart_ops, "reconnect", NULL, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+ rrddim_add(chart_ops, "failure", NULL, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+ rrddim_add(chart_ops, "read", NULL, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+
+ /*
+ * this is misleading - we can only measure the time we need to send data
+ * this time is not related to the time required for the data to travel to
+ * the backend database and the time that server needed to process them
+ *
+ * issue #1432 and https://www.softlab.ntua.gr/facilities/documentation/unix/unix-socket-faq/unix-socket-faq-2.html
+ *
+ RRDSET *chart_latency = rrdset_create_localhost("netdata", "backend_latency", NULL, "backend", NULL, "Netdata Backend Latency", "ms", 130620, frequency, RRDSET_TYPE_AREA);
+ rrddim_add(chart_latency, "latency", NULL, 1, 1000, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
+ */
+
+ RRDSET *chart_rusage = rrdset_create_localhost("netdata", "backend_thread_cpu", NULL, "backend", NULL, "NetData Backend Thread CPU usage", "milliseconds/s", 130630, frequency, RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED);
+ rrddim_add(chart_rusage, "user", NULL, 1, 1000, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+ rrddim_add(chart_rusage, "system", NULL, 1, 1000, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
+
+
+ // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ // prepare the backend main loop
+
+ info("BACKEND configured ('%s' on '%s' sending '%s' data, every %d seconds, as host '%s', with prefix '%s')", type, destination, source, frequency, hostname, prefix);
+
+ usec_t step_ut = frequency * USEC_PER_SEC;
+ time_t after = now_realtime_sec();