Version 1
Community "community_string"
Collect "std_traffic"
- Inverval 120
+ Interval 120
</Host>
<Host "some.server.mydomain.org">
Address "192.168.0.42"
Since the aim of the C<snmp plugin> is to provide a generic interface to SNMP,
it's configuration is not trivial and may take some time.
+Since the C<Net-SNMP> library is used you can use all the environment variables
+that are interpreted by that package. See L<snmpcmd(1)> for more details.
+
There are two types of blocks that can be contained in the
C<E<lt>PluginE<nbsp>snmpE<gt>> block: B<Data> and B<Host>:
collectd's type that is to be used, e.E<nbsp>g. "if_octets" for interface
traffic or "users" for a user count. The types are read from the B<TypesDB>
(see L<collectd.conf(5)>), so you may want to check for which types are
-defined.
+defined. See L<types.db(5)> for a description of the format of this file.
=item B<Table> I<true|false>
setting depends on whether B<Table> is set to I<true> or I<false>:
If B<Table> is set to I<true>, I<Instance> is interpreted as an SNMP-prefix
-that will return a list of strings. Those strings are then used as the actual
+that will return a list of values. Those values are then used as the actual
type-instance. An example would be the C<IF-MIB::ifDescr> subtree.
L<variables(5)> from the SNMP distribution describes the format of OIDs.
+If B<Table> is set to I<true> and B<Instance> is omitted, then "SUBID" will be
+used as the instance.
+
If B<Table> is set to I<false> the actual string configured for I<Instance> is
copied into the value-list. In this case I<Instance> may be empty, i.E<nbsp>e.
"".
+=item B<InstancePrefix> I<String>
+
+If B<Table> is set to I<true>, you may feel the need to add something to the
+instance of the files. If set, I<String> is prepended to the instance as
+determined by querying the agent. When B<Table> is set to I<false> this option
+has no effect.
+
+The C<UPS-MIB> is an example where you need this setting: It has voltages of
+the inlets, outlets and the battery of an UPS. However, it doesn't provide a
+descriptive column for these voltages. In this case having 1, 2,E<nbsp>... as
+instances is not enough, because the inlet voltages and outlet voltages may
+both have the subids 1, 2,E<nbsp>... You can use this setting to distinguish
+between the different voltages.
+
=item B<Values> I<OID> [I<OID> ...]
Configures the values to be queried from the SNMP host. The meaning slightly
=item B<Version> B<1>|B<2>
-Set the SNMP version to use. When giving B<2> version 2c is actually used.
+Set the SNMP version to use. When giving B<2> version C<2c> is actually used.
Version 3 is not supported by this plugin.
=item B<Community> I<Community>
=item B<Interval> I<Seconds>
-Collect data from this host every I<Seconds> seconds. This value needs to be a
-multiple of the global B<Interval> setting and, if it is not, will be rounded
-B<down> to one and a warning is logged in this case. So if your global
-B<Interval> is set to I<10> and you configure I<25> here, it's rounded down to
-I<20>. By default the global B<Interval> setting will be used.
-
-This option is meant for devices with not much CPU power, e.E<nbsp>g. network
-equipment such as switches, embedded devices, rack monitoring systems and so
-on. Since the B<Step> of generated RRD files depends on this setting it's
-wise to select a reasonable value once and never change it.
+Collect data from this host every I<Seconds> seconds. This option is meant for
+devices with not much CPU power, e.E<nbsp>g. network equipment such as
+switches, embedded devices, rack monitoring systems and so on. Since the
+B<Step> of generated RRD files depends on this setting it's wise to select a
+reasonable value once and never change it.
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