=back
-=head2 Plugin C<ovs_link>
+=head2 Plugin C<ovs_events>
-The I<ovs_link> plugin monitors the link status of OVS connected interfaces,
-dispatches the values to collectd and send the notification whenever the link
-state change occurs. This plugin uses OVSDB to get a link state change
+The I<ovs_events> plugin monitors the link status of OVS connected interfaces,
+dispatches the values to collectd and sends the notification whenever the link
+state change occurs. This plugin uses OVS DB to get a link state change
notification.
B<Synopsis:>
- <Plugin "ovs_link">
- OvsDbServerUrl "tcp:127.0.0.1:6640"
+ <Plugin "ovs_events">
+ Port "6640"
+ Address "127.0.0.1"
+ Socket "/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock"
Interfaces "br0" "veth0"
SendNotification false
</Plugin>
=over 4
-=item B<OvsDbServerUrl> I<server>
+=item B<Address> I<node>
-The URL is an address of OVS DB server JSON-RPC interface used by the plugin.
-To enable the interface, OVS DB daemon should be running with '--remote=ptcp:'
-or '--remote=punix:' option. See L<ovsdb-server(1)> for more details. The URL
-must take one of the following forms:
+The address of the OVS DB server JSON-RPC interface used by the plugin. To
+enable the interface, OVS DB daemon should be running with '--remote=ptcp:'
+option. See L<ovsdb-server(1)> for more details. The option may be either
+network hostname, IPv4 numbers-and-dots notation or IPv6 hexadecimal string
+format. Defaults to 'localhost'.
-=over 4
-
-=item B<tcp:>I<ip>:I<port>
-
-Connect to the given tcp I<port> on I<ip>, where I<ip> is IPv4 address
-of OVS DB server which is listening on TCP I<port> for incoming
-JSON-RPC client connection.
+=item B<Port> I<service>
-=item B<unix:>I<file>
+TCP-port to connect to. Either a service name or a port number may be given.
+Please note that numerical port numbers must be given as a string. Defaults
+to "6640".
-Connect to the unix domain server socket named I<file> which is
-used by OVS DB for incoming JSON-RPC client connection.
-
-=back
+=item B<Socket> I<path>
-Default: C<tcp:127.0.0.1:6640>
+The UNIX domain socket path of OVS DB server JSON-RPC interface used by the
+plugin. To enable the interface, the OVS DB daemon should be running with
+'--remote=punix:' option. See L<ovsdb-server(1)> for more details. If this
+option is set, B<Address> and B<Port> options are ignored.
=item B<Interfaces> [I<ifname> ...]
-List of interface names to be monitored by this plugin. If this option is missed
-or it's empty then all OVS connected interfaces on all bridges are monitored.
+List of interface names to be monitored by this plugin. If this option is not
+specified or is empty then all OVS connected interfaces on all bridges are
+monitored.
Default: empty (all interfaces on all bridges are monitored)