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@@ -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.
@@ -43,6 +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.
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ 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.
+
- dbi
Executes SQL statements on various databases and interprets the returned
data.
@@ -117,6 +124,10 @@ Features
- libvirt
CPU, disk and network I/O statistics from virtual machines.
+ - madwifi
+ Queries very detailed usage statistics from wireless LAN adapters and
+ interfaces that use the Atheros chipset and the MadWifi driver.
+
- mbmon
Motherboard sensors: temperature, fanspeed and voltage information,
using mbmon(1).
@@ -140,6 +151,10 @@ Features
MySQL server statistics: Commands issued, handlers triggered, thread
usage, query cache utilization and traffic/octets sent and received.
+ - netapp
+ Plugin to query performance values from a NetApp storage system using the
+ âManage ONTAPâ SDK provided by NetApp.
+
- netlink
Very detailed Linux network interface and routing statistics. You can get
(detailed) information on interfaces, qdiscs, classes, and, if you can
@@ -165,6 +180,10 @@ Features
Network UPS tools: UPS current, voltage, power, charge, utilisation,
temperature, etc. See upsd(8).
+ - olsr
+ Queries routing information from the âOptimized Link State Routingâ
+ daemon.
+
- onewire (EXPERIMENTAL!)
Read onewire sensors using the owcapu library of the owfs project.
Please read in collectd.conf(5) why this plugin is experimental.
@@ -238,6 +257,10 @@ Features
- thermal
Linux ACPI thermal zone information.
+ - tokyotyrant
+ Reads the number of records and file size from a running Tokyo Tyrant
+ server.
+
- uptime
System uptime statistics.
@@ -258,6 +281,9 @@ Features
- xmms
Bitrate and frequency of music played with XMMS.
+ - zfs_arc
+ Statistics for ZFS' âAdaptive Replacement Cacheâ (ARC).
+
* Output can be written or send to various destinations by the following
plugins:
@@ -292,6 +318,11 @@ Features
needed. Please read collectd-unixsock(5) for a description on how that's
done.
+ - 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.
+
* Logging is, as everything in collectd, provided by plugins. The following
plugins keep up informed about what's going on:
@@ -334,6 +365,9 @@ Features
* 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_regex
Match values by their identifier based on regular expressions.
@@ -432,7 +466,8 @@ Prerequisites
Used by the `oracle' plugin.
* libcurl (optional)
- If you want to use the `apache', `ascent', `curl' or `nginx' plugin.
+ If you want to use the `apache', `ascent', `curl', `nginx', or `write_http'
+ plugin.
* libdbi (optional)
@@ -453,11 +488,16 @@ Prerequisites
If present, the uuid plugin will check for UUID from HAL.
- * libiptc (optional, if not found a version shipped with this distribution
- can be used if the Linux kernel headers are available)
+ * libiptc (optional)
For querying iptables counters.
+ If not found on the system, a version shipped with this distribution can
+ be used. It requires some Linux headers in /usr/include/linux. You can
+ force the build system to use the shipped version by specifying
+ --with-libiptc=shipped
+ when running the configure script.
+
* libjvm (optional)
Library that encapsulates the `Java Virtual Machine' (JVM). This library is
used by the Java plugin to execute Java bytecode. See âConfiguring with
@@ -470,6 +510,10 @@ Prerequisites
Unsurprisingly used by the `mysql' plugin.
+ * libnatapp (optional)
+ Required for the ânetappâ plugin.
+ This library is part of the âManage ONTAP SDKâ published by NetApp.
+
* libnetlink (optional)
Used, obviously, for the `netlink' plugin.
@@ -482,8 +526,7 @@ Prerequisites
For the `notify_desktop' plugin.
- * liboping (optional, if not found a version shipped with this distribution
- can be used)
+ * liboping (optional)
Used by the `ping' plugin to send and receive ICMP packets.
@@ -539,6 +582,9 @@ Prerequisites
* libxmms (optional)
+ * libyajl (optional)
+ Parse JSON data. This is needed for the `curl_json' plugin.
+
Configuring / Compiling / Installing
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