X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=3a56fbedcd8c2082b07cf8c40fd9358b3ddcdf93;hb=87cdeb24ec6f02f623c9077e35904c0b7bec4a93;hp=d40fd2f0ab596a42b4aaa5f735d7fc1c0ff4e43c;hpb=b3facabd3ed3fa40c81a8122b78daffbbbdf34a6;p=collectd.git diff --git a/README b/README index d40fd2f0..3a56fbed 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. @@ -217,6 +221,15 @@ 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. @@ -301,6 +314,10 @@ 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 @@ -333,6 +350,10 @@ 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. @@ -362,12 +383,19 @@ 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. @@ -383,6 +411,9 @@ 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. @@ -552,6 +583,14 @@ 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,