install statsd on ubuntu 12.04

gistfile1.sh

# Install NodeJS

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties git-core
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm

# Install Statsd

git clone https://github.com/etsy/statsd.git
sudo mv statsd/ /opt/
 
# CREATE A CONFIG FILE
cd /opt/statsd
cp exampleConfig.js dConfig.js
# edit config file your settings
sudo vim dConfig.js
sudo vim /opt/statsd/backend/repeater.js change udp6 in udp4 else statsd crashes (fails to resolve hostname) 
# Create an upstart script

sudo vi /etc/init/statsd.conf

description "statsd server"
author      "jayv"

start on filesystem or runlevel [2345]
stop on shutdown

script
    # We found $HOME is needed. Without it, we ran into problems
    export HOME="/ubuntu"
    cd /opt/statsd/
    exec /usr/bin/node stats.js dConfig.js 2>&1 >> /var/log/statsd.log
end script

sudo chmod u+x /etc/init/statsd.conf

sudo start statsd