X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=796fb8ff20ced56b4dbc8a09b688029564141749;hb=f3f85095314fe4655758cd017b114cf663b965c6;hp=af09029fbbac66c009afafc4ad5cff9e57501452;hpb=daaa677b7b077a0de6b0b7f12c1f3c56f93654e1;p=collectd.git diff --git a/README b/README index af09029f..796fb8ff 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 +50,13 @@ 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. @@ -121,6 +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). @@ -144,6 +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 + “Manage ONTAP” 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 @@ -169,6 +180,10 @@ Features Network UPS tools: UPS current, voltage, power, charge, utilisation, temperature, etc. See upsd(8). + - olsr + Queries routing information from the “Optimized Link State Routing” + 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. @@ -243,7 +258,8 @@ Features Linux ACPI thermal zone information. - tokyotyrant - Record in and file size of a Tokyo Cabinet database file. + Reads the number of records and file size from a running Tokyo Tyrant + server. - uptime System uptime statistics. @@ -262,9 +278,6 @@ Features - wireless Link quality of wireless cards. Linux only. - - write_http - Send data to a web-server using POST requests. - - xmms Bitrate and frequency of music played with XMMS. @@ -305,6 +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: @@ -470,11 +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 “Configuring with @@ -487,6 +510,10 @@ Prerequisites Unsurprisingly used by the `mysql' plugin. + * libnatapp (optional) + 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. @@ -499,8 +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. @@ -558,7 +584,7 @@ Prerequisites * libyajl (optional) Parse JSON data. This is needed for the `curl_json' plugin. - + Configuring / Compiling / Installing ------------------------------------