X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=17b62d890ee2b989ce9e408410aa0e31663b99a4;hb=0a5310ddaae74d0ac98ff30b28d55871fadc8fcb;hp=14e11cf2ac8b0dbbef9d7ad6cb828f482002733b;hpb=07be522384e753b7921213a0dc96a50336c79a66;p=collectd.git diff --git a/README b/README index 14e11cf2..17b62d89 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ Features Retrieves JSON data via cURL and parses it according to user configuration. + - curl_xml + Retrieves XML data via cURL and parses it according to user + configuration. + - dbi Executes SQL statements on various databases and interprets the returned data. @@ -143,6 +147,10 @@ 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'. @@ -200,6 +208,10 @@ 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. @@ -537,6 +549,10 @@ 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. @@ -579,6 +595,11 @@ 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. @@ -629,6 +650,10 @@ 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 ------------------------------------