import logging
import boto
from Queue import Queue
from threading import Thread
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
def get_queue(app):
"""
Returns a queue to a new CloudWatchSender.
access_key = app.config['CLOUDWATCH_AWS_ACCESS_KEY']
secret_key = app.config['CLOUDWATCH_AWS_SECRET_KEY']
queue = Queue()
sender = CloudWatchSender(queue, access_key, secret_key)
sender.start()
return queue
class CloudWatchSender(Thread):
CloudWatchSender loops indefinitely and pulls metrics off of a queue then sends it to CloudWatch.
def __init__(self, request_queue, aws_access_key, aws_secret_key):
Thread.__init__(self)
self.daemon = True
self._aws_access_key = aws_access_key
self._aws_secret_key = aws_secret_key
self._put_metrics_queue = request_queue
def run(self):
try:
logger.debug('Starting CloudWatch sender process.')
connection = boto.connect_cloudwatch(self._aws_access_key, self._aws_secret_key)
except:
logger.exception('Failed to connect to CloudWatch.')
while True:
put_metric_args, kwargs = self._put_metrics_queue.get()
logger.debug('Got queued put metrics request.')
connection.put_metric_data(*put_metric_args, **kwargs)
logger.exception('Failed to write to CloudWatch')