X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=3a56fbedcd8c2082b07cf8c40fd9358b3ddcdf93;hb=e10ed40edcfd48088b53b34eb780cdaaac2062de;hp=07a7415a00d6dc4ef929762aff433d4ec6087e32;hpb=bde5a2c4851541917ab0f46c51243738ecc617e4;p=collectd.git diff --git a/README b/README index 07a7415a..3a56fbed 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ Features Batterycharge, -current and voltage of ACPI and PMU based laptop batteries. - - curl - Parse statistics from websites using regular expressions. - - bind Name server and resolver statistics from the `statistics-channel' interface of BIND 9.5, 9,6 and later. @@ -43,9 +40,8 @@ Features - conntrack Number of nf_conntrack entries. - - curl_json - Retrieves JSON data via cURL and parses it according to user - configuration. + - contextswitch + Number of context switches done by the operating system. - cpu CPU utilization: Time spent in the system, user, nice, idle, and related @@ -54,6 +50,17 @@ Features - cpufreq CPU frequency (For laptops with speed step or a similar technology) + - curl + Parse statistics from websites using regular expressions. + + - curl_json + 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. @@ -177,7 +184,7 @@ Features Network UPS tools: UPS current, voltage, power, charge, utilisation, temperature, etc. See upsd(8). - - olsr + - olsrd Queries routing information from the “Optimized Link State Routing” daemon. @@ -214,6 +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. @@ -298,6 +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 @@ -330,6 +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. @@ -359,12 +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. @@ -380,6 +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. @@ -477,9 +511,11 @@ 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. @@ -499,9 +535,11 @@ Prerequisites Library that encapsulates the `Java Virtual Machine' (JVM). This library is used by the Java plugin to execute Java bytecode. See “Configuring with libjvm” below. + (and others) * libmemcached (optional) Used by the `memcachec' plugin to connect to a memcache daemon. + * libmysqlclient (optional) Unsurprisingly used by the `mysql' plugin. @@ -545,6 +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, @@ -564,6 +610,10 @@ Prerequisites and/or Solaris. + * libtokyotyrant (optional) + Used by the tokyotyrant plugin. + + * libupsclient/nut (optional) For the `nut' plugin which queries nut's `upsd'. @@ -581,7 +631,7 @@ Prerequisites * libyajl (optional) Parse JSON data. This is needed for the `curl_json' plugin. - + Configuring / Compiling / Installing ------------------------------------