dockerfiles/statsd/README.md

statsd

StatsD is a network daemon that runs on the Node.js platform and listens for statistics, like counters and timers, sent over UDP or TCP and sends aggregates to one or more pluggable backend services (e.g., Graphite).

docker-compose.yml

statsd:
  image: vimagick/statsd
  ports:
    - "8125:8125/udp"
    - "8126:8126/tcp"
  external_links:
    - graphite_graphite_1:graphite
  restart: always

python client

$ pip install statsd

import statsd
c = statsd.StatsClient('localhost', 8125)
c.incr('foo')  # Increment the 'foo' counter.
c.timing('stats.timed', 320)  # Record a 320ms 'stats.timed'.