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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import hmac
+import json
+import os
+import pprint
+import socket
+import time
+
+import requests
+
+
+hostname = socket.gethostbyaddr(socket.gethostname())[0]
+baseurl = "http://127.0.0.1:5000/"
+
+def report_loadavg():
+    now = time.time()
+    load = os.getloadavg()
+    with open("config.json") as fh:
+        client_config = json.load(fh)
+
+    while True:
+        report = []
+        for i, period in enumerate(("1m", "5m", "15m")):
+            node = hostname
+            timestamp = time.time()
+            msg = (node + " " + str(timestamp)).encode("UTF-8")
+            digest = hmac.new(client_config["key"].encode("UTF-8"), msg, "SHA-256").hexdigest()
+            report.append(
+                {
+                    "description": {
+                        "hostname": hostname,
+                        "measure": "loadavg",
+                        "unit": "processes",
+                        "period": period,
+                    },
+                    "data": [
+                        [ now, load[i] ]
+                    ],
+                    "auth": {
+                        "node": node,
+                        "timestamp": timestamp,
+                        "hmac": digest,
+                    }
+                },
+            )
+        pprint.pp(report)
+        r = requests.post(baseurl + "report", json=report)
+        print(r)
+        return
+
+report_loadavg()