collectd is spamming /var/log/messages

Description

Ever since the rrdcached plugin was added to collectd, if we fail to start rrdcached but start collectd, /var/log/messages is spammed by collectd. It does this at such a violent rate, that we lose access to all /var/log/message* because it rolls them over so quickly.

We need to prevent collectd from spamming at such a high rate.

Messages that fill up the logs are below:

Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)
Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)
Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)
Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)
Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)
Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)
Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)
Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)
Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)
Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)
Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)
Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)
Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)
Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)
Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)
Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)
Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)
Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)
Jan 3 14:04:32 tn21a collectd[39567]: rrdcached plugin: Failed to connect to RRDCacheD at unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock: Unable to connect to rrdcached: No such file or directory (status=2)

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January 7, 2020 at 3:20 PM

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Created January 3, 2020 at 7:07 PM
Updated July 1, 2022 at 4:46 PM
Resolved January 7, 2020 at 3:20 PM