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@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ Features
- conntrack
Number of nf_conntrack entries.
+ - contextswitch
+ Number of context switches done by the operating system.
+
- cpu
CPU utilization: Time spent in the system, user, nice, idle, and related
states.
@@ -177,7 +180,7 @@ Features
Network UPS tools: UPS current, voltage, power, charge, utilisation,
temperature, etc. See upsd(8).
- - olsr
+ - olsrd
Queries routing information from the âOptimized Link State Routingâ
daemon.
@@ -214,6 +217,15 @@ Features
- protocols
Counts various aspects of network protocols such as IP, TCP, UDP, etc.
+ - python
+ The python plugin implements a Python interpreter into collectd. This
+ makes it possible to write plugins in Python which are executed by
+ collectd without the need to start a heavy interpreter every interval.
+ See collectd-python(5) for details.
+
+ - routeros
+ Query interface and wireless registration statistics from RouterOS.
+
- rrdcached
RRDtool caching daemon (RRDcacheD) statistics.
@@ -298,6 +310,10 @@ Features
you can easily do weird stuff with the plugins we didn't dare think of
;) See collectd-perl(5).
+ - python
+ It's possible to implement write plugins in Python using the python
+ plugin. See collectd-python(5) for details.
+
- rrdcached
Output to round-robin-database (RRD) files using the RRDtool caching
daemon (RRDcacheD) - see rrdcached(1). That daemon provides a general
@@ -330,6 +346,10 @@ Features
Log messages are propagated to plugins written in Perl as well.
See collectd-perl(5).
+ - python
+ It's possible to implement log plugins in Python using the python plugin.
+ See collectd-python(5) for details.
+
- syslog
Logs to the standard UNIX logging mechanism, syslog.
@@ -359,12 +379,19 @@ Features
Notifications are propagated to plugins written in Perl as well.
See collectd-perl(5).
+ - python
+ It's possible to implement notification plugins in Python using the
+ python plugin. See collectd-python(5) for details.
+
* Value processing can be controlled using the "filter chain" infrastructure
and "matches" and "targets". The following plugins are available:
- match_empty_counter
Match counter values which are currently zero.
+ - match_hashed
+ Match values using a hash function of the hostname.
+
- match_regex
Match values by their identifier based on regular expressions.
@@ -380,6 +407,9 @@ Features
- target_replace
Replace parts of an identifier using regular expressions.
+ - target_scale
+ Scale (multiply) values by an arbitrary value.
+
- target_set
Set (overwrite) entire parts of an identifier.
@@ -477,9 +507,11 @@ Prerequisites
* libganglia (optional)
Used by the `gmond' plugin to process data received from Ganglia.
+
* libgcrypt (optional)
Used by the `network' plugin for encryption and authentication.
+
* libhal (optional)
If present, the uuid plugin will check for UUID from HAL.
@@ -499,15 +531,17 @@ Prerequisites
Library that encapsulates the `Java Virtual Machine' (JVM). This library is
used by the Java plugin to execute Java bytecode. See âConfiguring with
libjvmâ below.
+ (and others)
* libmemcached (optional)
Used by the `memcachec' plugin to connect to a memcache daemon.
+
* 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.
@@ -545,6 +579,14 @@ Prerequisites
The PostgreSQL C client library used by the `postgresql' plugin.
+ * libpython (optional)
+ Used by the `python' plugin. Currently, only 2.3 ⦠Python < 3 is supported.
+
+
+ * librouteros (optional)
+ Used by the `routeros' plugin to connect to a device running `RouterOS'.
+
+
* librrd (optional)
Used by the `rrdtool' and `rrdcached' plugins. The latter requires RRDtool
client support which was added after version 1.3 of RRDtool. Versions 1.0,
@@ -564,6 +606,10 @@ Prerequisites
and/or Solaris.
+ * libtokyotyrant (optional)
+ Used by the tokyotyrant plugin.
+
+
* libupsclient/nut (optional)
For the `nut' plugin which queries nut's `upsd'.