Meter Plugin Contents

A meter plugin consists of the following artifacts in a (GitHub)[github.md] repository:

plugin.json

Meter plugin manifest that contains metadata and configuration information about the plugin. See Manifest for details.

metrics.json

Metric definitions used by the meter plugin. Details on the contents and how to configure plugin metrics are described in Metrics

README.md

Contains a description and configuration information about the meter plugin. Recommendations on what to include in the read me is in Documentation.

icon.png

Icon that is used by Pulse Web Interface to graphically represent a meter plugin in the user interface. See Manifest.

script or program

Script or program that is responsible for collecting measurements from a service or application and then sends to standard out in the Measurement format.

param.json

Runtime configuration provided by the plugin manager to meter plugin.