Adding whitelist feature to worker.py and settings.py.example

src/horizon/worker.py

@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ def in_skip_list(self, metric_name):
 
         return False
 
+    def in_include_list(self, metric_name):
+        """
+        Check if the metric is in INCLUDE_LIST.
+        """
+        for to_include in settings.INCLUDE_LIST:
+            if to_include in metric_name:
+                return True
+
+        return False
+
     def send_graphite_metric(self, name, value):
         if settings.GRAPHITE_HOST != '':
             sock = socket.socket()
@@ -87,6 +97,9 @@ def run(self):
 
                 for metric in chunk:
 
+                    if settings.INCLUDE_LIST and not self.in_include_list(metric[0]):
+                        continue
+
                     # Check if we should skip it
                     if self.in_skip_list(metric[0]):
                         continue

src/settings.py.example

@@ -217,6 +217,10 @@ SKIP_LIST = [
     #'.count_ps',
     #'.sum',
 ]
+INCLUDE_LIST = [
+    #'some.metric.to.include',
+    # populate this list to selectively include metrics
+]
 
 
 """