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@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ Features
- load
System load average over the last 1, 5 and 15 minutes.
+ - lpar
+ Detailed CPU statistics of the âLogical Partitionsâ virtualization
+ technique built into IBM's POWER processors.
+
- libvirt
CPU, disk and network I/O statistics from virtual machines.
@@ -147,6 +151,10 @@ Features
Memory utilization: Memory occupied by running processes, page cache,
buffer cache and free.
+ - modbus
+ Reads values from Modbus/TCP enabled devices. Supports reading values
+ from multiple "slaves" so gateway devices can be used.
+
- multimeter
Information provided by serial multimeters, such as the `Metex
M-4650CR'.
@@ -204,6 +212,10 @@ Features
write your own plugins in Perl and return arbitrary values using this
API. See collectd-perl(5).
+ - pinba
+ Receive and dispatch timing values from Pinba, a profiling extension for
+ PHP.
+
- ping
Network latency: Time to reach the default gateway or another given
host.
@@ -227,6 +239,10 @@ Features
collectd without the need to start a heavy interpreter every interval.
See collectd-python(5) for details.
+ - redis
+ The redis plugin gathers information from a redis server, including:
+ uptime, used memory, total connections etc.
+
- routeros
Query interface and wireless registration statistics from RouterOS.
@@ -280,6 +296,9 @@ Features
- users
Users currently logged in.
+ - varnish
+ Various statistics from Varnish, an HTTP accelerator.
+
- vmem
Virtual memory statistics, e. g. the number of page-ins/-outs or the
number of pagefaults.
@@ -297,9 +316,13 @@ Features
- zfs_arc
Statistics for ZFS' âAdaptive Replacement Cacheâ (ARC).
- * Output can be written or send to various destinations by the following
+ * Output can be written or sent to various destinations by the following
plugins:
+ - amqp
+ Sends JSON-encoded data to an Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP)
+ server, such as RabbitMQ.
+
- csv
Write to comma separated values (CSV) files. This needs lots of
diskspace but is extremely portable and can be analysed with almost
@@ -430,7 +453,7 @@ Features
network plugins, makes sure your resources are used efficiently. Also,
since collectd is programmed multithreaded it benefits from hyperthreading
and multicore processors and makes sure that the daemon isn't idle if only
- one plugins waits for an IO-operation to complete.
+ one plugin waits for an IO-operation to complete.
* Once set up, hardly any maintenance is necessary. Setup is kept as easy
as possible and the default values should be okay for most users.
@@ -496,6 +519,10 @@ Prerequisites
* libclntsh (optional)
Used by the `oracle' plugin.
+ * libcredis (optional)
+ Used by the redis plugin. Please note that you require a 0.2.2 version
+ or higher.
+
* libcurl (optional)
If you want to use the `apache', `ascent', `curl', `nginx', or `write_http'
plugin.
@@ -541,11 +568,15 @@ Prerequisites
Used by the `memcachec' plugin to connect to a memcache daemon.
+ * libmodbus (optional)
+ Used by the `modbus' plugin to communicate with Modbus/TCP devices.
+
+
* libmysqlclient (optional)
Unsurprisingly used by the `mysql' plugin.
- * libnatapp (optional)
+ * libnetapp (optional)
Required for the ânetappâ plugin.
This library is part of the âManage ONTAP SDKâ published by NetApp.
@@ -574,6 +605,9 @@ Prerequisites
Used to capture packets by the `dns' plugin.
+ * libperfstat (optional)
+ Used by various plugins to gather statistics under AIX.
+
* libperl (optional)
Obviously used by the `perl' plugin. The library has to be compiled with
ithread support (introduced in Perl 5.6.0).
@@ -583,10 +617,19 @@ Prerequisites
The PostgreSQL C client library used by the `postgresql' plugin.
+ * libprotobuf-c, protoc-c (optional)
+ Used by the `pinba' plugin to generate a parser for the network packets
+ sent by the Pinba PHP extension.
+
+
* libpython (optional)
Used by the `python' plugin. Currently, only 2.3 ⦠Python < 3 is supported.
+ * librabbitmq (optional; also called ârabbitmq-câ)
+ Used by the AMQP plugin for AMQP connections, for example to RabbitMQ.
+
+
* librouteros (optional)
Used by the `routeros' plugin to connect to a device running `RouterOS'.
@@ -633,6 +676,10 @@ Prerequisites
Parse JSON data. This is needed for the `curl_json' plugin.
+ * libvarnish (optional)
+ Fetches statistics from a Varnish instance. This is needed for the Varnish plugin
+
+
Configuring / Compiling / Installing
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