diff --git a/agent-local/rrdcached b/agent-local/rrdcached
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import socket
+import sys
+import os
+
+# Unix socket
+server_address = '/var/run/rrdcached.sock'
+
+# TCP socket
+#server_address = 'localhost:42217'
+
+sock = None
+try:
+    if os.path.exists(server_address):
+        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    else:
+        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        if ':' in server_address:
+            split = server_address.rsplit(':', 1)
+            server_address = (split[0],int(split[1]))
+        else:
+            server_address = (server_address, 42217)
+
+    sock.connect(server_address)
+except socket.error as e:
+    sys.stderr.write(str(e) + ': ' + str(server_address) + '\n')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+buffer = ''
+max = -1
+try:
+    sock.settimeout(5)
+    sock.sendall('STATS\n'.encode())
+    while max == -1 or len(buffer.split('\n')) < max:
+        buffer += sock.recv(1024).decode()
+        if max == -1:
+            # the first line contains the number of following lines
+            max = int(buffer.split(' ')[0]) + 1
+except socket.error as e:
+    sys.stderr.write(str(e) + '\n')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+sock.close()
+print('<<<rrdcached>>>')
+print(buffer.rstrip('\n'))