The tool was not able to gather info from the datacenters in nested folders under the root folder - fixed, added config parameter to specify prefix for measurement, cleaned up logging formatting

.gitignore

@@ -1,13 +1 @@
-### Basic ignore file
+*.swp
-
-# Binaries for programs and plugins
-vsphere-influxdb
-
-# Test binary, build with `go test -c`
-*.test
-
-# Output of the go coverage tool, specifically when used with LiteIDE
-*.out
-
-# Configuration file
-vsphere-influxdb.json

vsphere-influxdb.go

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ type InfluxDB struct {
   Username string
   Password string
   Database string
+  Prefix   string
 }
 
 // VCenter for VMware vCenter connections
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ func (vcenter *VCenter) Connect() error {
   ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
   defer cancel()
 
-	stdlog.Println("connecting to vcenter: " + vcenter.Hostname)
+  stdlog.Println("Connecting to vcenter:", vcenter.Hostname)
   u, err := url.Parse("https://" + vcenter.Username + ":" + vcenter.Password + "@" + vcenter.Hostname + "/sdk")
   if err != nil {
     errlog.Println("Could not parse vcenter url:", vcenter.Hostname)
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ func (vcenter *VCenter) Disconnect() error {
 
   if vcenter.client != nil {
     if err := vcenter.client.Logout(ctx); err != nil {
-			errlog.Println("Could not disconnect properly from vcenter", vcenter.Hostname, err)
+      errlog.Println("Could not disconnect properly from vcenter:", vcenter.Hostname, err)
       return err
     }
   }
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ func (vcenter *VCenter) Query(config Configuration, InfluxDBClient influxclient.
   var viewManager mo.ViewManager
   err := client.RetrieveOne(ctx, *client.ServiceContent.ViewManager, nil, &viewManager)
   if err != nil {
-		errlog.Println("Could not get view manager from vcenter: " + vcenter.Hostname)
+    errlog.Println("Could not get view manager from vcenter:", vcenter.Hostname)
     errlog.Println("Error: ", err)
     return
   }
@@ -209,16 +210,16 @@ func (vcenter *VCenter) Query(config Configuration, InfluxDBClient influxclient.
   var rootFolder mo.Folder
   err = client.RetrieveOne(ctx, client.ServiceContent.RootFolder, nil, &rootFolder)
   if err != nil {
-		errlog.Println("Could not get root folder from vcenter: " + vcenter.Hostname)
+    errlog.Println("Could not get root folder from vcenter:", vcenter.Hostname)
     errlog.Println("Error:", err)
     return
   }
 
   datacenters := []types.ManagedObjectReference{}
   for _, child := range rootFolder.ChildEntity {
-		if child.Type == "Datacenter" {
+    //if child.Type == "Datacenter" {
       datacenters = append(datacenters, child)
-		}
+    //}
   }
   // Get intresting object types from specified queries
   objectTypes := []string{}
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ func (vcenter *VCenter) Query(config Configuration, InfluxDBClient influxclient.
     req := types.CreateContainerView{This: viewManager.Reference(), Container: datacenter, Type: objectTypes, Recursive: true}
     res, err := methods.CreateContainerView(ctx, client.RoundTripper, &req)
     if err != nil {
-			errlog.Println("Could not create container view from vcenter: " + vcenter.Hostname)
+      errlog.Println("Could not create container view from vcenter:", vcenter.Hostname)
       errlog.Println("Error:", err)
       continue
     }
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ func (vcenter *VCenter) Query(config Configuration, InfluxDBClient influxclient.
     var containerView mo.ContainerView
     err = client.RetrieveOne(ctx, res.Returnval, nil, &containerView)
     if err != nil {
-			errlog.Println("Could not get container view from vcenter: " + vcenter.Hostname)
+      errlog.Println("Could not get container view from vcenter:", vcenter.Hostname)
       errlog.Println("Error:", err)
       continue
     }
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ func (vcenter *VCenter) Query(config Configuration, InfluxDBClient influxclient.
   // Retrieve properties for ResourcePools
   if len(respoolRefs) > 0 {
     if debug {
-			stdlog.Println("going inside ResourcePools")
+      stdlog.Println("Going inside ResourcePools")
     }
     err = pc.Retrieve(ctx, respoolRefs, []string{"name", "config", "vm"}, &respool)
     if err != nil {
@@ -352,11 +353,11 @@ func (vcenter *VCenter) Query(config Configuration, InfluxDBClient influxclient.
       return
     }
     for _, pool := range respool {
-			stdlog.Println(pool.Config.MemoryAllocation.GetResourceAllocationInfo().Limit)
-			stdlog.Println(pool.Config.CpuAllocation.GetResourceAllocationInfo().Limit)
       if debug {
         stdlog.Println("---resourcepool name - you should see every resourcepool here (+VMs inside)----")
         stdlog.Println(pool.Name)
+        stdlog.Println(pool.Config.MemoryAllocation.GetResourceAllocationInfo().Limit)
+        stdlog.Println(pool.Config.CpuAllocation.GetResourceAllocationInfo().Limit)
       }
       for _, vm := range pool.Vm {
         if debug {
@@ -377,7 +378,7 @@ func (vcenter *VCenter) Query(config Configuration, InfluxDBClient influxclient.
   // Retrieve properties for clusters, if any
   if len(clusterRefs) > 0 {
     if debug {
-			stdlog.Println("going inside clusters")
+      stdlog.Println("Going inside clusters")
     }
 
     // Step 1 : Get ObjectContents and Host info for VM
@@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ func (vcenter *VCenter) Query(config Configuration, InfluxDBClient influxclient.
   propreq := types.RetrieveProperties{SpecSet: []types.PropertyFilterSpec{{ObjectSet: objectSet, PropSet: []types.PropertySpec{*propSpec}}}}
   propres, err := client.PropertyCollector().RetrieveProperties(ctx, propreq)
   if err != nil {
-		errlog.Println("Could not retrieve object names from vcenter: " + vcenter.Hostname)
+    errlog.Println("Could not retrieve object names from vcenter:", vcenter.Hostname)
     errlog.Println("Error:", err)
     return
   }
@@ -476,7 +477,7 @@ func (vcenter *VCenter) Query(config Configuration, InfluxDBClient influxclient.
   //load retrieved properties
   err = mo.LoadRetrievePropertiesResponse(propres, &objects)
   if err != nil {
-		errlog.Println("Could not retrieve object names from vcenter: " + vcenter.Hostname)
+    errlog.Println("Could not retrieve object names from vcenter:", vcenter.Hostname)
     errlog.Println("Error:", err)
     return
   }
@@ -524,7 +525,7 @@ func (vcenter *VCenter) Query(config Configuration, InfluxDBClient influxclient.
   perfreq := types.QueryPerf{This: *client.ServiceContent.PerfManager, QuerySpec: queries}
   perfres, err := methods.QueryPerf(ctx, client.RoundTripper, &perfreq)
   if err != nil {
-		errlog.Println("Could not request perfs from vcenter: " + vcenter.Hostname)
+    errlog.Println("Could not request perfs from vcenter:", vcenter.Hostname)
     errlog.Println("Error:", err)
     return
   }
@@ -635,7 +636,7 @@ func (vcenter *VCenter) Query(config Configuration, InfluxDBClient influxclient.
     }
 
     //create InfluxDB points
-		pt, err := influxclient.NewPoint(entityName, tags, fields, nowTime)
+    pt, err := influxclient.NewPoint(config.InfluxDB.Prefix + entityName, tags, fields, nowTime)
     if err != nil {
       errlog.Println(err)
       continue
@@ -645,7 +646,7 @@ func (vcenter *VCenter) Query(config Configuration, InfluxDBClient influxclient.
     for measurement, v := range specialFields {
       for name, metric := range v {
         for instance, value := range metric {
-					pt2, err := influxclient.NewPoint(measurement, specialTags[measurement][name][instance], value, time.Now())
+          pt2, err := influxclient.NewPoint(config.InfluxDB.Prefix + measurement, specialTags[measurement][name][instance], value, time.Now())
           if err != nil {
             errlog.Println(err)
             continue
@@ -668,7 +669,7 @@ func (vcenter *VCenter) Query(config Configuration, InfluxDBClient influxclient.
         "memory_limit": pool.Config.MemoryAllocation.GetResourceAllocationInfo().Limit,
       }
       respoolTags := map[string]string{"pool_name": pool.Name}
-			pt3, err := influxclient.NewPoint("resourcepool", respoolTags, respoolFields, time.Now())
+      pt3, err := influxclient.NewPoint(config.InfluxDB.Prefix + "resourcepool", respoolTags, respoolFields, time.Now())
       if err != nil {
         errlog.Println(err)
         continue
@@ -682,7 +683,7 @@ func (vcenter *VCenter) Query(config Configuration, InfluxDBClient influxclient.
         "free_space": datastore.Summary.FreeSpace,
       }
       datastoreTags := map[string]string{"ds_name": datastore.Summary.Name, "host": vcName}
-			pt4, err := influxclient.NewPoint("datastore", datastoreTags, datastoreFields, time.Now())
+      pt4, err := influxclient.NewPoint(config.InfluxDB.Prefix + "datastore", datastoreTags, datastoreFields, time.Now())
       if err != nil {
         errlog.Println(err)
         continue
@@ -699,7 +700,7 @@ func (vcenter *VCenter) Query(config Configuration, InfluxDBClient influxclient.
     return
   }
 
-	stdlog.Println("sent data to Influxdb")
+  stdlog.Println("Sent data to Influxdb from:", vcenter.Hostname)
 }
 
 func min(n ...int64) int64 {
@@ -785,7 +786,7 @@ func main() {
 
   flag.BoolVar(&debug, "debug", false, "Debug mode")
   workerCount := flag.Int("workers", 4, "Number of concurrent workers to query vcenters")
-	cfgFile := flag.String("config", "/etc/"+baseName+".json", "Config file to use. Default is /etc/"+baseName+".json")
+  cfgFile := flag.String("config", "/etc/"+baseName+".json", "Config file to use")
   flag.Parse()
 
   stdlog.Println("Starting", baseName, "with config file", *cfgFile)

vsphere-influxdb.json.sample

@@ -6,14 +6,16 @@
     { "Username": "monitoring", "Password": "monixx", "Hostname": "vcenter-01.dc-02.lab" },
     { "Username": "monitoring", "Password": "monixx", "Hostname": "vcenter-02.dc-02.lab" },
     { "Username": "monitoring", "Password": "monixx", "Hostname": "vcenter-01.home.lab" }
-
   ],
+
   "InfluxDB": {
+    "Prefix": "vsphere_",
     "Hostname": "http://influxdb-01.dc-01.lab:8086",
     "Username": "vm",
     "Password": "vmware334",
     "Database": "vmware_performance"
   },
+
   "Metrics": [
     { 
       "ObjectType": [ "VirtualMachine", "HostSystem" ], 
@@ -50,12 +52,14 @@
         { "Metric": "cpu.corecount.provisioned.average", "Instances": "*" }
       ]
     },
+
     { 
       "ObjectType": [ "VirtualMachine" ], 
       "Definition": [
       { "Metric": "datastore.datastoreVMObservedLatency.latest", "Instances": "*" }
       ]
     },
+
     { 
       "ObjectType": [ "HostSystem" ], 
       "Definition": [
@@ -65,6 +69,7 @@
         { "Metric": "net.throughput.contention.summation", "Instances": "*" }
       ]
     },
+
     {
       "ObjectType": [ "Datastore" ],
       "Definition": [