X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=50e2743711a8f154be5a9060ce64443fc69dc463;hb=8cdc851cbd58c39712825057cf3a1126e56d8ca7;hp=34caa85d6cd31e0017dea3c668e251a44e7093e2;hpb=5ebd1dfbd1d70fc7de6b4a45c3e861202bbdc75b;p=collectd.git diff --git a/README b/README index 34caa85d..50e27437 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ Features Name server and resolver statistics from the `statistics-channel' interface of BIND 9.5, 9,6 and later. + - cgroups + CPU accounting information for process groups under Linux. + - conntrack Number of nf_conntrack entries. @@ -83,6 +86,9 @@ Features - entropy Amount of entropy available to the system. + - ethstat + Network interface card statistics. + - exec Values gathered by a custom program or script. See collectd-exec(5). @@ -125,8 +131,16 @@ Features - load System load average over the last 1, 5 and 15 minutes. + - lpar + Detailed CPU statistics of the “Logical Partitions” virtualization + technique built into IBM's POWER processors. + - libvirt - CPU, disk and network I/O statistics from virtual machines. + CPU, memory, disk and network I/O statistics from virtual machines. + + - lvm + Size of “Logical Volumes” (LV) and “Volume Groups” (VG) of Linux' + “Logical Volume Manager” (LVM). - madwifi Queries very detailed usage statistics from wireless LAN adapters and @@ -136,6 +150,10 @@ Features Motherboard sensors: temperature, fanspeed and voltage information, using mbmon(1). + - md + Linux software-RAID device information (number of active, failed, spare + and missing disks). + - memcachec Query and parse data from a memcache daemon (memcached). @@ -147,6 +165,10 @@ Features Memory utilization: Memory occupied by running processes, page cache, buffer cache and free. + - mic + Collects CPU usage, memory usage, temperatures and power consumption from + Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) CPUs. + - modbus Reads values from Modbus/TCP enabled devices. Supports reading values from multiple "slaves" so gateway devices can be used. @@ -188,6 +210,9 @@ Features Network UPS tools: UPS current, voltage, power, charge, utilisation, temperature, etc. See upsd(8). + - numa + Information about Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA). + - olsrd Queries routing information from the “Optimized Link State Routing” daemon. @@ -208,6 +233,9 @@ Features write your own plugins in Perl and return arbitrary values using this API. See collectd-perl(5). + - pf + Query statistics from BSD's packet filter "pf". + - pinba Receive and dispatch timing values from Pinba, a profiling extension for PHP. @@ -235,6 +263,10 @@ Features collectd without the need to start a heavy interpreter every interval. See collectd-python(5) for details. + - redis + The redis plugin gathers information from a redis server, including: + uptime, used memory, total connections etc. + - routeros Query interface and wireless registration statistics from RouterOS. @@ -263,6 +295,10 @@ Features Follows (tails) logfiles, parses them by lines and submits matched values. + - tail_csv + Follows (tails) files in CSV format, parses each line and submits + extracted values. + - tape Bytes and operations read and written on tape devices. Solaris only. @@ -288,6 +324,9 @@ Features - users Users currently logged in. + - varnish + Various statistics from Varnish, an HTTP accelerator. + - vmem Virtual memory statistics, e. g. the number of page-ins/-outs or the number of pagefaults. @@ -308,6 +347,10 @@ Features * Output can be written or sent to various destinations by the following plugins: + - amqp + Sends JSON-encoded data to an Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) + server, such as RabbitMQ. + - csv Write to comma separated values (CSV) files. This needs lots of diskspace but is extremely portable and can be analysed with almost @@ -343,11 +386,25 @@ Features needed. Please read collectd-unixsock(5) for a description on how that's done. + - write_graphite + Sends data to Carbon, the storage layer of Graphite using TCP or UDP. It + can be configured to avoid logging send errors (especially useful when + using UDP). + - write_http Sends the values collected by collectd to a web-server using HTTP POST requests. The transmitted data is either in a form understood by the Exec plugin or formatted in JSON. + - write_mongodb + Sends data to MongoDB, a NoSQL database. + + - write_redis + Sends the values to a Redis key-value database server. + + - write_riemann + Sends data to Riemann, a stream processing and monitoring system. + * Logging is, as everything in collectd, provided by plugins. The following plugins keep up informed about what's going on: @@ -427,6 +484,14 @@ Features * Miscellaneous plugins: + - aggregation + Selects multiple value lists based on patterns or regular expressions + and creates new aggregated values lists from those. + + - threshold + Checks values against configured thresholds and creates notifications if + values are out of bounds. See collectd-threshold(5) for details. + - uuid Sets the hostname to an unique identifier. This is meant for setups where each client may migrate to another physical host, possibly going @@ -504,6 +569,10 @@ Prerequisites * libclntsh (optional) Used by the `oracle' plugin. + * libcredis (optional) + Used by the redis plugin. Please note that you require a 0.2.2 version + or higher. + * libcurl (optional) If you want to use the `apache', `ascent', `curl', `nginx', or `write_http' plugin. @@ -549,6 +618,10 @@ Prerequisites Used by the `memcachec' plugin to connect to a memcache daemon. + * libmnl (optional) + Used by the `netlink' plugin. + + * libmodbus (optional) 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 @@ -563,10 +636,6 @@ Prerequisites Required for the “netapp” plugin. This library is part of the “Manage ONTAP SDK” published by NetApp. - * libnetlink (optional) - Used, obviously, for the `netlink' plugin. - - * libnetsnmp (optional) For the `snmp' plugin. @@ -610,6 +679,10 @@ Prerequisites are supported. + * librabbitmq (optional; also called “rabbitmq-c”) + Used by the AMQP plugin for AMQP connections, for example to RabbitMQ. + + * librouteros (optional) Used by the `routeros' plugin to connect to a device running `RouterOS'. @@ -656,6 +729,10 @@ 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 ------------------------------------