Using a Python logger SocketHandler to log directly into carbon (graphite)?

I did my best to log metrics directly into carbon through SocketHandler with no luck:

logger.conf:

[loggers]
keys=root,carbon

[handlers]
keys=carbonHandler

[formatters]
keys=carbonFormatter

[logger_carbon]
level=DEBUG
handlers=carbonHandler
qualname=carbon
propagate=0

[logger_root]
level=DEBUG
handlers=carbonHandler

[handler_carbonHandler]
class=logging.handlers.SocketHandler
level=DEBUG
formatter=carbonFormatter
args=('$HOST', 2003)

[formatter_carbonFormatter]
format=%(message)s %(created)i

And then, tying to log with it:

import logging
import logging.config

logging.config.fileConfig('logging.conf')

logger = logging.getLogger('carbon')
logger.info('test.开发者_如何学Pythonpython 42')

And this is a sad fail...

I can talk to carbon using echo "test.metric 42 $(date +'%s')" | nc $HOST 2003

Do you see anything?

Do I try to do something that won't ever work?

Thanks for any help!

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Assuming your config file is exactly as is - replace "$HOST" in your config file with the actual name of the host. What happens then? If that works and you need the name to be environment-dependent, try using

args=(os.environ['HOST'], 2003) 

in the config file.