X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=96fbdf3e6fe496a1cdbb6b6ddae690cb9015a31b;hb=fb10ba66ee1c7d79cca5fb5281b71a146dad3474;hp=796fb8ff20ced56b4dbc8a09b688029564141749;hpb=f3f85095314fe4655758cd017b114cf663b965c6;p=collectd.git diff --git a/README b/README index 796fb8ff..96fbdf3e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ 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. @@ -217,6 +217,15 @@ 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 +310,10 @@ 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 +346,10 @@ 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 +379,19 @@ 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 +407,9 @@ 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. @@ -480,9 +507,11 @@ 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. @@ -502,9 +531,11 @@ 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. @@ -548,6 +579,14 @@ 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, @@ -567,6 +606,10 @@ Prerequisites and/or Solaris. + * libtokyotyrant (optional) + Used by the tokyotyrant plugin. + + * libupsclient/nut (optional) For the `nut' plugin which queries nut's `upsd'.