Add Custom Metrics Manually to CircleCI Server

add_metrics.sh

#!/bin/bash

#
#  This script is a workaround to a Replicated issue in which the configuration sections do not appear in the admin console.
#  It should be run on the services box from a new/clean directory where a backup will be created.
#


if [ ! -f metrics.txt ];then
  echo "Please run this script in a clean directory with a 'metrics.txt' file containing desired telegraf config"
  exit 1
fi


# install JQ, a json manipulation tool (must be version 1.5+)
curl -L https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-1.5/jq-linux64 -o jq
chmod a+x jq
sudo mv jq /usr/bin

jq --version

# backup existing config, augment with metrics, and pipe back into config import
replicatedctl app-config export | tee backup.json | jq --arg metrics "$(<metrics.txt)" '. += {"custom_metrics_enabled": {"value": "1"},"custom_telegraf_config": {"value":$metrics}}' | replicatedctl app-config import

metrics.txt

[[outputs.cloudwatch]]
 region = 'us-east-2'
 namespace = 'eddies-autoscale-metrics'
 namepass = [
      'circle.nomad.server_agent.*'
 ]

[[outputs.datadog]]
 apikey = 'YOURKEY'