Glossary

Snap is simple in scope and it becomes more simple when you know the terminology we use throughout the project. Here they are:

• Glossary
  • Config: Global Config
  • Config: Global Options
  • Config: Metric Config
  • Config: Plugin Config
  • Metric Catalog
  • Metric: Dynamic
  • Metric: Namespace
  • Metric Namespace: Dynamic Element
  • Metric Namespace: Static Element
  • Plugin
  • Plugin Status
  • Plugin Type: Collector
  • Plugin Type: Processor
  • Plugin Type: Publisher
  • Snap
  • Snap Telemetry
  • snaptel
  • snapteld
  • Task
  • Task Manifest
  • Tribe
  • Workflow
  • Workflow: Distributed
  • Workflow Manifest

Config: Global Config

• Values loaded at runtime of the daemon (reference)

Config: Global Options

• Values passed as command-line parameters or environmental variables (reference)

Config: Metric Config

• key/value pairs shared by collector namespace in a Task Manifest (example)

Config: Plugin Config

• key/value pairs stored in the config block within a Task Manifest (example)

Metric Catalog

• List of all available metrics exposed by a running instance of the Snap daemon (reference)

Metric: Dynamic

• A metric is described as dynamic when it includes one or more wildcards in its namespace (reference)

Metric: Namespace

• Namespaces are a series of namespace elements that uniquely identify a metric in Snap (reference)

Metric: Dynamic Namespace Element

• An element of a metric whose value is set at runtime (reference)

Metric: Static Namespace Element

• An element of a metric whose value is set at load time (reference)

Plugin

• An independent binary that is compatible with Snap (see Plugin Lifecycle)

Plugin Status

• An indicator of whether a plugin meets the maintainer's recommendations for best practices (see Plugin Status)

Plugin Type: Collector

• Gathers data and presents as a dynamically-generated namespaced metric catalog (reference)

Plugin Type: Processor

• Extends or filters collected metrics (reference)

Plugin Type: Publisher

• Persists metrics into a target endpoint (reference)

Snap

• The project name, focused on the Snap daemon and the plugins that power its collection, processing and publishing of telemetry

Snap Telemetry

• The full name of the Snap project, used mostly for easy searching (like snap-telemetry.io) or hashtag (#SnapTelemetry)

'snaptel'

• The command-line interface (CLI) for Snap, released as a binary

'snapteld'

• The daemon process for Snap, released as a binary

Task

• A job running within Snap, including the API version, schedule and workflow (all documented here)

Task Manifest

• A file that includes the API version, schedule and workflow of a Task in a declarative form (reference)

Tribe

• The clustering feature of Snap, documented here

Workflow

• The explicit map of how collectors, processors and publishers are used in Snap (reference)

Workflow: Distributed

• A workflow where one or more steps have a remote target specified (reference)

Workflow Manifest

• A file that describes only the workflow of a Task (example at the bottom)