X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=34caa85d6cd31e0017dea3c668e251a44e7093e2;hb=c6da31fb30c2fb1d131f92efcde0b3ec9a010b2c;hp=1dd09df43f877dc91080c0564008860095a9b66f;hpb=9dcf9ea610f35d88927ff17dcd07b6ae0aaaeba6;p=collectd.git diff --git a/README b/README index 1dd09df4..34caa85d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -208,6 +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. @@ -301,7 +305,7 @@ Features - zfs_arc Statistics for ZFS' “Adaptive Replacement Cache” (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: - csv @@ -434,7 +438,7 @@ 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. @@ -546,14 +550,16 @@ Prerequisites * libmodbus (optional) - Used by the `modbus' plugin to communicate with Modbus/TCP devices. - + Used by the “modbus” plugin to communicate with Modbus/TCP devices. The + “modbus” plugin works with version 2.0.3 of the library – due to frequent + API changes other versions may or may not compile cleanly. + * libmysqlclient (optional) Unsurprisingly used by the `mysql' plugin. - * libnatapp (optional) + * libnetapp (optional) Required for the “netapp” plugin. This library is part of the “Manage ONTAP SDK” published by NetApp. @@ -582,6 +588,9 @@ 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). @@ -591,8 +600,14 @@ 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. + Used by the `python' plugin. Currently, Python 2.3 and later and Python 3 + are supported. * librouteros (optional)