Deprecate python-monitor monitor

Author: atoulme

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 - (Splunk) Deprecate cloudfoundry monitor ([#5495](https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/pull/5495))
 - (Splunk) Deprecate the heroku observer. Use the [resource detection observer with heroku detector](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor#heroku) instead. ([#5496](https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/pull/5496))
-
+- (Splunk) Deprecate python-monitor monitor ([#](https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/pull/))
 ## v0.111.0
 
 

internal/signalfx-agent/pkg/monitors/subproc/messages.go

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ const (
 	MessageTypeNone            MessageType = 0
 	MessageTypeConfigure       MessageType = 1
 	MessageTypeConfigureResult MessageType = 2
-	MessageTypeShutdown        MessageType = 3
 	MessageTypeLog             MessageType = 4
 )
 

internal/signalfx-agent/pkg/monitors/subproc/signalfx/python/metadata.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 monitors:
 - monitorType: python-monitor
   doc: |
+    **This monitor is deprecated and will be removed soon.**
     This monitor allows you to generate metrics from a Python script.
 
     Your Python code should be Python 2.7+ *AND* 3.0+ compatible.  The Python

internal/signalfx-agent/pkg/monitors/subproc/signalfx/python/signalfx.go

@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ package python
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"github.com/signalfx/signalfx-agent/pkg/utils"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/signalfx/signalfx-agent/pkg/core/config"
 	"github.com/signalfx/signalfx-agent/pkg/monitors"
@@ -88,6 +91,8 @@ type PyMonitor struct {
 // Configure starts the subprocess and configures the plugin
 func (m *PyMonitor) Configure(conf *Config) error {
 	runtimeConf := subproc.DefaultPythonRuntimeConfig(conf.BundleDir, "sfxmonitor")
+	logger := utils.NewThrottledLogger(log.WithFields(log.Fields{"monitorType": monitorType, "monitorID": conf.MonitorID}), 30*time.Second)
+	logger.Warn("python-monitor is deprecated and will be removed soon.")
 	if conf.PythonBinary != "" {
 		runtimeConf.Binary = conf.PythonBinary
 		runtimeConf.Env = os.Environ()