=head2 Plugin C<ovs_events>
-The I<ovs_events> 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 OVS DB to get a link state change
-notification.
+The I<ovs_events> plugin monitors the link status of I<Open vSwitch> (OVS)
+connected interfaces, dispatches the values to collectd and sends the
+notification whenever the link state change occurs. This plugin uses OVS
+database to get a link state change notification.
B<Synopsis:>
<Plugin "ovs_events">
- Port "6640"
+ Port 6640
Address "127.0.0.1"
Socket "/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock"
Interfaces "br0" "veth0"
=item B<Address> I<node>
-The 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:' 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'.
+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 C<--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 B<'localhost'>.
=item B<Port> I<service>
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".
+Defaults to B<6640>.
=item B<Socket> I<path>
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
+C<--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)