X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=0f378e56f1c7fc7e4379eeaab363a884a1d30a3a;hb=7feccc9a58e2c75b87f9f2883c9b4b5a0612938e;hp=16640ab14b7537f94207674c3a679348e6b8b3ed;hpb=7f0ab40f34e685128edca1ab489bc36dbbb7bd50;p=collectd.git diff --git a/README b/README index 16640ab1..0f378e56 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ Features hugepages can be found here: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt. + - intel_pmu + The intel_pmu plugin reads performance counters provided by the Linux + kernel perf interface. The plugin uses jevents library to resolve named + events to perf events and access perf interface. + - intel_rdt The intel_rdt plugin collects information provided by monitoring features of Intel Resource Director Technology (Intel(R) RDT) like Cache Monitoring @@ -240,7 +245,7 @@ Features - netapp Plugin to query performance values from a NetApp storage system using the - “Manage ONTAP” SDK provided by NetApp. + “Manage ONTAP” SDK provided by NetApp. - netlink Very detailed Linux network interface and routing statistics. You can get @@ -253,8 +258,7 @@ Features plugin of choice for that. - nfs - NFS Procedures: Which NFS command were called how often. Only NFSv2 and - NFSv3 right now. + NFS Procedures: Which NFS command were called how often. - nginx Collects statistics from `nginx' (speak: engine X), a HTTP and mail @@ -288,13 +292,21 @@ Features - oracle Query data from an Oracle database. - - ovs_link - The plugin monitors the link status of OVS connected interfaces and - dispatches the values through collectd notification mechanism. It - requires YAJL library to be installed. + - ovs_events + The plugin monitors the link status of Open vSwitch (OVS) connected + interfaces, dispatches the values to collectd and sends the notification + whenever the link state change occurs in the OVS database. It requires + YAJL library to be installed. + Detailed instructions for installing and setting up Open vSwitch, see + OVS documentation. + + + - ovs_stats + The plugin collects the statistics of OVS connected bridges and + interfaces. It requires YAJL library to be installed. Detailed instructions for installing and setting up Open vSwitch, see OVS documentation. - + - perl The perl plugin implements a Perl-interpreter into collectd. You can @@ -447,7 +459,11 @@ Features - amqp Sends JSON-encoded data to an Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) - server, such as RabbitMQ. + 0.9.1 server, such as RabbitMQ. + + - amqp1 + Sends JSON-encoded data to an Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) + 1.0 server, such as Qpid Dispatch Router or Apache Artemis Broker. - csv Write to comma separated values (CSV) files. This needs lots of @@ -489,6 +505,13 @@ Features updates to the files and write a bunch of updates at once, which lessens system load a lot. + - snmp_agent + Receives and handles queries from SNMP master agent and returns the data + collected by read plugins. Handles requests only for OIDs specified in + configuration file. To handle SNMP queries the plugin gets data from + collectd and translates requested values from collectd's internal format + to SNMP format. + - unixsock One can query the values from the unixsock plugin whenever they're needed. Please read collectd-unixsock(5) for a description on how that's @@ -771,6 +794,13 @@ Prerequisites For querying iptables counters. + * libjevents (optional) + The jevents library is used by the `intel_pmu' plugin to access the Linux + kernel perf interface. + Note: the library should be build with -fPIC flag to be linked with + intel_pmu shared object correctly. + + * libjvm (optional) Library that encapsulates the `Java Virtual Machine' (JVM). This library is used by the `java' plugin to execute Java bytecode. @@ -816,7 +846,11 @@ Prerequisites This library is part of the “Manage ONTAP SDK” published by NetApp. * libnetsnmp (optional) - For the `snmp' plugin. + For the `snmp' and 'snmp_agent' plugins. + + + * libnetsnmpagent (optional) + Required for the 'snmp_agent' plugin. * libnotify (optional) @@ -872,8 +906,14 @@ Prerequisites are supported. + * libqpid-proton (optional) + Used by the `amqp1' plugin for AMQP 1.0 connections, for example to + Qdrouterd. + + * librabbitmq (optional; also called “rabbitmq-c”) - Used by the `amqp' plugin for AMQP connections, for example to RabbitMQ. + Used by the `amqp' plugin for AMQP 0.9.1 connections, for example to + RabbitMQ. * librdkafka (optional; also called “rdkafka”) @@ -934,8 +974,8 @@ Prerequisites * libyajl (optional) - Parse JSON data. This is needed for the `ceph', `curl_json', 'ovs_link' and - `log_logstash' plugins. + Parse JSON data. This is needed for the `ceph', `curl_json', 'ovs_events', + 'ovs_stats' and `log_logstash' plugins. * libvarnish (optional)