Add a collectd/web-service role for monitoring site latency.

roles/collectd/web-service/templates/web-service-collectd.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+""" monitor website request times for collectd """
+
+import time
+import urllib
+
+
+hostname = socket.gethostname()  # Use FQDN, I guess..
+
+
+def get_loadtime(url):
+    start = time.time()
+    _ = urllib.urlopen(url)
+    return time.time() - start
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    site = "{{ site }}"
+    url = "{{ url }}"
+    interval = int("{{ interval }}")
+
+    try:
+        loadtime = get_loadtime(url)
+        timestamp = int(time.time())
+        print "PUTVAL %s/%s/delay-%s interval=%i %i:%i" % (
+            hostname, 'web', site, interval, timestamp, loadtime)
+        sleep(interval)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        pass