Run riemann locally

Running a quick clone of riemann locally is great for practice.

git clone riemann

change directory to the directory where riemann is. make sure you lein installed.

lein run

Connect to riemann REPL

in another console tab run

lein repl :connect localhost:5557

Loading a plugin into riemann conf

In the directory you have cloned riemann into edit riemann.config and add just below ; vim: filetype=clojure

(load-plugins)

Now start riemann again with lein run and see that the plugin is loaded in console.