[pkg-go] Bug#1061119: RFP: prometheus-script-exporter -- Prometheus exporter to execute scripts and collect metrics from the output or the exit status

[Antoine Beaupre]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: pkg-go-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org

* Package name    : prometheus-script-exporter
  Version         : 2.17.0
  Upstream Contact: https://github.com/ricoberger
* URL             : https://github.com/ricoberger/script_exporter
* License         : MIT
  Programming Lang: Golang
  Description     : Prometheus exporter to execute scripts and collect metrics from the output or the exit status

The script_exporter is a Prometheus exporter to execute scripts and
collect metrics from the output or the exit status. The scripts to be
executed are defined via a configuration file. In the configuration
file several scripts can be specified. The script which should be
executed is indicated by a parameter in the scrap configuration. The
output of the script is captured and is provided for Prometheus. Even
if the script does not produce any output, the exit status and the
duration of the execution are provided.

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I often use the node exporter textfile collector to do this kind of
thing:

    exporter | sponge /var/lib/prometheus/node_exporter/exporter.prom

... but i often have issues where i don't quite know *when* to run the
script. It would be nice to run the script when prometheus scrapes...

I don't have time to package this right now.