Developer Resources ~ Scout

Developer Resources	Scout's plugin system lets you can quickly build a monitoring solution tailored to your needs. Learn how below.

There are 3 ways to get metrics into Scout.
Pick the method that's easiest for you:

1	Building a Plugin Anatomy of a Plugin \| Best Practices \| Examples Perfect for regularly checking the status of a particular system. Examples: Disk space used, CPU Load, Memory Usage. These are run by the agent every 3 minutes on the server.
2	Using the Ruby API API Overview \| Full Agent API Documentation The easiest way to export metrics/benchmarks from a Ruby application, like benchmarking a method call or tracking user signups. Perfect for exporting metrics as they happen.
3	Using the Scout Agent outside of Ruby Command Line Overview \| Full Command Line Documentation Send commands to the Scout Agent from the command line - interact with the Scout Agent using any programming language.

Building a Plugin

Anatomy of a Plugin | Best Practices | Examples

Perfect for regularly checking the status of a particular system. Examples: Disk space used, CPU Load, Memory Usage. These are run by the agent every 3 minutes on the server.

Using the Ruby API

API Overview | Full Agent API Documentation

The easiest way to export metrics/benchmarks from a Ruby application, like benchmarking a method call or tracking user signups. Perfect for exporting metrics as they happen.

Using the Scout Agent outside of Ruby

Command Line Overview | Full Command Line Documentation

Send commands to the Scout Agent from the command line - interact with the Scout Agent using any programming language.

You can also get data out of Scout.

Learn how to integrate Scout into your existing monitoring systems - creating dashboards, RSS activity feeds, and more.

Scout Plugins on GitHub

Browse existing plugins.

Scout Agent on GitHub

View the Scout Agent code on GitHub.

Google Group

Scout-related discussion and troubleshooting.

Agent API Documentation

The full agent documentation.