From bbe2b532e80088c212d16b7cca626549a60c1e70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Benjamin=20M=C3=A5rtensson?= <benjamin.martensson@nrk.no>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 11:12:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improved error handling for statsd dial

---
 nixy.go | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nixy.go b/nixy.go
index 38a7a41..dc8bf61 100644
--- a/nixy.go
+++ b/nixy.go
@@ -217,7 +217,13 @@ func main() {
 	if config.Xproxy == "" {
 		config.Xproxy, _ = os.Hostname()
 	}
-	statsd, _ = setupStatsd()
+	statsd, err = setupStatsd()
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+			"error": err.Error(),
+		}).Error("unable to Dial statsd")
+		statsd = g2s.Noop() //fallback to Noop.
+	}
 	mux := mux.NewRouter()
 	mux.HandleFunc("/", nixyVersion)
 	mux.HandleFunc("/v1/reload", nixyReload)