Scout Plugins Library
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Scout (http://scoutapp.com) is a hosted monitoring solution. Scout uses open-source plugins (written in Ruby)
to monitor a wide variety of system, OS, and application metrics.
Each folder in this repository represents one Scout plugin.
Gem Dependencies
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This repo contains a Gemfile to use with bunder to install needed Gems for tests and the plugins themselves.
If you don't have Bundler:
gem install bundler
Once Bundler is installed:
bundle install
How to Make your own Scout plugin
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Anyone can create a Scout plugin. Get started by:
1) looking at the examples in this Repository
2) reading the development guide at http://scoutapp.com/info/creating_a_plugin
When you have something working you'd like to share, drop us a note at [email protected].
Or, send us a pull request here on github. Also don't hesitate to contact us before or during
plugin development if you need guidance.
A note on tests
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Plugin tests are key. Read up on plugin testing at http://scoutapp.com/info/creating_a_plugin#test_file.
We prefer test/unit for its ubiquity and simplicity.