2 * /usr/share/doc/collectd/examples/myplugin.c
4 * A plugin template for collectd.
6 * Written by Sebastian Harl <sh@tokkee.org>
8 * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
9 * the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
10 * Software Foundation; only version 2 of the License is applicable.
15 * - plugins are executed in parallel, thus, thread-safe
16 * functions need to be used
17 * - each of the functions below (except module_register)
27 #ifndef __USE_ISOC99 /* required for NAN */
28 # define DISABLE_ISOC99 1
29 # define __USE_ISOC99 1
30 #endif /* !defined(__USE_ISOC99) */
33 # undef DISABLE_ISOC99
35 #endif /* DISABLE_ISOC99 */
39 #endif /* ! HAVE_CONFIG */
41 #include <collectd/collectd.h>
42 #include <collectd/common.h>
43 #include <collectd/plugin.h>
46 * data source definition:
47 * - name of the data source
48 * - type of the data source (DS_TYPE_GAUGE, DS_TYPE_COUNTER)
49 * - minimum allowed value
50 * - maximum allowed value
52 static data_source_t dsrc[1] =
54 { "my_ds", DS_TYPE_GAUGE, 0, NAN }
58 * data set definition:
59 * - name of the data set
60 * - number of data sources
61 * - list of data sources
63 * NOTE: If you're defining a custom data-set, you have to make that known to
64 * any servers as well. Else, the server is not able to store values using the
65 * type defined by that data-set.
66 * It is strongly recommended to use one of the types and data-sets
67 * pre-defined in the types.db file.
69 static data_set_t ds =
71 "myplugin", STATIC_ARRAY_SIZE (dsrc), dsrc
75 * This function is called once upon startup to initialize the plugin.
77 static int my_init (void)
79 /* open sockets, initialize data structures, ... */
81 /* A return value != 0 indicates an error and causes the plugin to be
84 } /* static int my_init (void) */
87 * This function is called in regular intervalls to collect the data.
89 static int my_read (void)
91 value_t values[1]; /* the size of this list should equal the number of
93 value_list_t vl = VALUE_LIST_INIT;
95 /* do the magic to read the data */
96 values[0].gauge = random ();
100 vl.time = time (NULL);
101 sstrncpy (vl.host, hostname_g, sizeof (vl.host));
102 sstrncpy (vl.plugin, "myplugin", sizeof (vl.plugin));
103 /* optionally set vl.plugin_instance and vl.type_instance to reasonable
104 * values (default: "") */
106 /* dispatch the values to collectd which passes them on to all registered
107 * write functions - the first argument is used to lookup the data set
108 * definition (it is strongly recommended to use a type defined in the
110 plugin_dispatch_values ("myplugin", &vl);
112 /* A return value != 0 indicates an error and the plugin will be skipped
113 * for an increasing amount of time. */
115 } /* static int my_read (void) */
118 * This function is called after values have been dispatched to collectd.
120 static int my_write (const data_set_t *ds, const value_list_t *vl)
122 char name[1024] = "";
125 if (ds->ds_num != vl->values_len) {
126 plugin_log (LOG_WARNING, "DS number does not match values length");
130 /* get the default base filename for the output file - depending on the
131 * provided values this will be something like
132 * <host>/<plugin>[-<plugin_type>]/<instance>[-<instance_type>] */
133 if (0 != format_name (name, 1024, vl->host, vl->plugin,
134 vl->plugin_instance, ds->type, vl->type_instance))
137 for (i = 0; i < ds->ds_num; ++i) {
138 /* do the magic to output the data */
139 printf ("%s (%s) at %i: ", name,
140 (ds->ds->type == DS_TYPE_GAUGE) ? "GAUGE" : "COUNTER",
143 if (ds->ds->type == DS_TYPE_GAUGE)
144 printf ("%f\n", vl->values[i].gauge);
146 printf ("%lld\n", vl->values[i].counter);
149 } /* static int my_write (data_set_t *, value_list_t *) */
152 * This function is called when plugin_log () has been used.
154 static void my_log (int severity, const char *msg)
156 printf ("LOG: %i - %s\n", severity, msg);
158 } /* static void my_log (int, const char *) */
161 * This function is called when plugin_dispatch_notification () has been used.
163 static int my_notify (const notification_t *notif)
165 char time_str[32] = "";
166 struct tm *tm = NULL;
170 if (NULL == (tm = localtime (¬if->time)))
173 n = strftime (time_str, 32, "%F %T", tm);
177 printf ("NOTIF (%s): %i - ", time_str, notif->severity);
179 if ('\0' != *notif->host)
180 printf ("%s: ", notif->host);
182 if ('\0' != *notif->plugin)
183 printf ("%s: ", notif->plugin);
185 if ('\0' != *notif->plugin_instance)
186 printf ("%s: ", notif->plugin_instance);
188 if ('\0' != *notif->type)
189 printf ("%s: ", notif->type);
191 if ('\0' != *notif->type_instance)
192 printf ("%s: ", notif->type_instance);
194 printf ("%s\n", notif->message);
196 } /* static int my_notify (notification_t *) */
199 * This function is called before shutting down collectd.
201 static int my_shutdown (void)
203 /* close sockets, free data structures, ... */
205 } /* static int my_shutdown (void) */
208 * This function is called after loading the plugin to register it with
211 void module_register (void)
213 plugin_register_log ("myplugin", my_log);
214 plugin_register_notification ("myplugin", my_notify);
215 plugin_register_data_set (&ds);
216 plugin_register_read ("myplugin", my_read);
217 plugin_register_init ("myplugin", my_init);
218 plugin_register_write ("myplugin", my_write);
219 plugin_register_shutdown ("myplugin", my_shutdown);
221 } /* void module_register (void) */