Add StorageResolution config to CloudWatch output

plugins/outputs/cloudwatch/README.md

@@ -45,4 +45,7 @@ also save AWS API cost. If enable this flag, this plugin would parse the require
 [CloudWatch statistic fields](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-go/api/service/cloudwatch/#StatisticSet) 
 (count, min, max, and sum) and send them to CloudWatch. You could use `basicstats` 
 aggregator to calculate those fields. If not all statistic fields are available, 
-all fields would still be sent as raw metrics.
+all fields would still be sent as raw metrics.
+
+## high_resolution_metrics
+Enable high resolution metrics (1 second precision) instead of standard ones (60 seconds precision)

plugins/outputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go

@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ type CloudWatch struct {
 	Token       string `toml:"token"`
 	EndpointURL string `toml:"endpoint_url"`
 
-	Namespace string `toml:"namespace"` // CloudWatch Metrics Namespace
-	svc       *cloudwatch.CloudWatch
+	Namespace             string `toml:"namespace"` // CloudWatch Metrics Namespace
+	HighResolutionMetrics bool   `toml:"high_resolution_metrics"`
+	svc                   *cloudwatch.CloudWatch
 
 	WriteStatistics bool `toml:"write_statistics"`
 }
@@ -47,11 +48,12 @@ type cloudwatchField interface {
 }
 
 type statisticField struct {
-	metricName string
-	fieldName  string
-	tags       map[string]string
-	values     map[statisticType]float64
-	timestamp  time.Time
+	metricName        string
+	fieldName         string
+	tags              map[string]string
+	values            map[statisticType]float64
+	timestamp         time.Time
+	storageResolution int64
 }
 
 func (f *statisticField) addValue(sType statisticType, value float64) {
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ func (f *statisticField) buildDatum() []*cloudwatch.MetricDatum {
 				Sum:         aws.Float64(sum),
 				SampleCount: aws.Float64(count),
 			},
+			StorageResolution: aws.Int64(f.storageResolution),
 		}
 
 		datums = append(datums, datum)
@@ -126,11 +129,12 @@ func (f *statisticField) hasAllFields() bool {
 }
 
 type valueField struct {
-	metricName string
-	fieldName  string
-	tags       map[string]string
-	value      float64
-	timestamp  time.Time
+	metricName        string
+	fieldName         string
+	tags              map[string]string
+	value             float64
+	timestamp         time.Time
+	storageResolution int64
 }
 
 func (f *valueField) addValue(sType statisticType, value float64) {
@@ -143,10 +147,11 @@ func (f *valueField) buildDatum() []*cloudwatch.MetricDatum {
 
 	return []*cloudwatch.MetricDatum{
 		{
-			MetricName: aws.String(strings.Join([]string{f.metricName, f.fieldName}, "_")),
-			Value:      aws.Float64(f.value),
-			Dimensions: BuildDimensions(f.tags),
-			Timestamp:  aws.Time(f.timestamp),
+			MetricName:        aws.String(strings.Join([]string{f.metricName, f.fieldName}, "_")),
+			Value:             aws.Float64(f.value),
+			Dimensions:        BuildDimensions(f.tags),
+			Timestamp:         aws.Time(f.timestamp),
+			StorageResolution: aws.Int64(f.storageResolution),
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -186,6 +191,9 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   ## You could use basicstats aggregator to calculate those fields. If not all statistic 
   ## fields are available, all fields would still be sent as raw metrics. 
   # write_statistics = false
+
+  ## Enable high resolution metrics of 1 second (standard resolution metrics are 60 seconds)
+  ## high_resolution_metrics = false
 `
 
 func (c *CloudWatch) SampleConfig() string {
@@ -220,7 +228,7 @@ func (c *CloudWatch) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 
 	var datums []*cloudwatch.MetricDatum
 	for _, m := range metrics {
-		d := BuildMetricDatum(c.WriteStatistics, m)
+		d := BuildMetricDatum(c.WriteStatistics, c.HighResolutionMetrics, m)
 		datums = append(datums, d...)
 	}
 
@@ -278,10 +286,14 @@ func PartitionDatums(size int, datums []*cloudwatch.MetricDatum) [][]*cloudwatch
 // Make a MetricDatum from telegraf.Metric. It would check if all required fields of
 // cloudwatch.StatisticSet are available. If so, it would build MetricDatum from statistic values.
 // Otherwise, fields would still been built independently.
-func BuildMetricDatum(buildStatistic bool, point telegraf.Metric) []*cloudwatch.MetricDatum {
+func BuildMetricDatum(buildStatistic bool, highResolutionMetrics bool, point telegraf.Metric) []*cloudwatch.MetricDatum {
 
 	fields := make(map[string]cloudwatchField)
 	tags := point.Tags()
+	storageResolution := int64(60)
+	if highResolutionMetrics {
+		storageResolution = 1
+	}
 
 	for k, v := range point.Fields() {
 
@@ -297,11 +309,12 @@ func BuildMetricDatum(buildStatistic bool, point telegraf.Metric) []*cloudwatch.
 		// If statistic metric is not enabled or non-statistic type, just take current field as a value field.
 		if !buildStatistic || sType == statisticTypeNone {
 			fields[k] = &valueField{
-				metricName: point.Name(),
-				fieldName:  k,
-				tags:       tags,
-				timestamp:  point.Time(),
-				value:      val,
+				metricName:        point.Name(),
+				fieldName:         k,
+				tags:              tags,
+				timestamp:         point.Time(),
+				value:             val,
+				storageResolution: storageResolution,
 			}
 			continue
 		}
@@ -317,6 +330,7 @@ func BuildMetricDatum(buildStatistic bool, point telegraf.Metric) []*cloudwatch.
 				values: map[statisticType]float64{
 					sType: val,
 				},
+				storageResolution: storageResolution,
 			}
 		} else {
 			// Add new statistic value to this field

plugins/outputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_test.go

@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ func TestBuildMetricDatums(t *testing.T) {
 		testutil.TestMetric(float64(1.174272e+108)), // largest should be 1.174271e+108
 	}
 	for _, point := range validMetrics {
-		datums := BuildMetricDatum(false, point)
+		datums := BuildMetricDatum(false, false, point)
 		assert.Equal(1, len(datums), fmt.Sprintf("Valid point should create a Datum {value: %v}", point))
 	}
 	for _, point := range invalidMetrics {
-		datums := BuildMetricDatum(false, point)
+		datums := BuildMetricDatum(false, false, point)
 		assert.Equal(0, len(datums), fmt.Sprintf("Valid point should not create a Datum {value: %v}", point))
 	}
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func TestBuildMetricDatums(t *testing.T) {
 		map[string]interface{}{"value_max": float64(10), "value_min": float64(0), "value_sum": float64(100), "value_count": float64(20)},
 		time.Date(2009, time.November, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 	)
-	datums := BuildMetricDatum(true, statisticMetric)
+	datums := BuildMetricDatum(true, false, statisticMetric)
 	assert.Equal(1, len(datums), fmt.Sprintf("Valid point should create a Datum {value: %v}", statisticMetric))
 
 	multiFieldsMetric, _ := metric.New(
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func TestBuildMetricDatums(t *testing.T) {
 		map[string]interface{}{"valueA": float64(10), "valueB": float64(0), "valueC": float64(100), "valueD": float64(20)},
 		time.Date(2009, time.November, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 	)
-	datums = BuildMetricDatum(true, multiFieldsMetric)
+	datums = BuildMetricDatum(true, false, multiFieldsMetric)
 	assert.Equal(4, len(datums), fmt.Sprintf("Each field should create a Datum {value: %v}", multiFieldsMetric))
 
 	multiStatisticMetric, _ := metric.New(
@@ -112,10 +112,27 @@ func TestBuildMetricDatums(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		time.Date(2009, time.November, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 	)
-	datums = BuildMetricDatum(true, multiStatisticMetric)
+	datums = BuildMetricDatum(true, false, multiStatisticMetric)
 	assert.Equal(7, len(datums), fmt.Sprintf("Valid point should create a Datum {value: %v}", multiStatisticMetric))
 }
 
+func TestMetricDatumResolution(t *testing.T) {
+	const expectedStandardResolutionValue = int64(60)
+	const expectedHighResolutionValue = int64(1)
+
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	metric := testutil.TestMetric(1)
+
+	standardResolutionDatum := BuildMetricDatum(false, false, metric)
+	actualStandardResolutionValue := *standardResolutionDatum[0].StorageResolution
+	assert.Equal(expectedStandardResolutionValue, actualStandardResolutionValue)
+
+	highResolutionDatum := BuildMetricDatum(false, true, metric)
+	actualHighResolutionValue := *highResolutionDatum[0].StorageResolution
+	assert.Equal(expectedHighResolutionValue, actualHighResolutionValue)
+}
+
 func TestBuildMetricDatums_SkipEmptyTags(t *testing.T) {
 	input := testutil.MustMetric(
 		"cpu",
@@ -129,7 +146,7 @@ func TestBuildMetricDatums_SkipEmptyTags(t *testing.T) {
 		time.Unix(0, 0),
 	)
 
-	datums := BuildMetricDatum(true, input)
+	datums := BuildMetricDatum(true, false, input)
 	require.Len(t, datums[0].Dimensions, 1)
 }