X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=ac79ce509429a68caf581ba57ddbecbc25e399a2;hb=59c7ee1cafaf53814838794908dd84f8101334c7;hp=7d1a64a35f926ec81e183c4056adcb438bf09e72;hpb=37676c3b280e15df8efbef2a3dc6c9096d1ae03b;p=collectd.git diff --git a/README b/README index 7d1a64a3..ac79ce50 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ 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. @@ -208,6 +212,10 @@ Features write your own plugins in Perl and return arbitrary values using this API. See collectd-perl(5). + - pinba + Receive and dispatch timing values from Pinba, a profiling extension for + PHP. + - ping Network latency: Time to reach the default gateway or another given host. @@ -231,6 +239,10 @@ 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. @@ -284,6 +296,9 @@ 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. @@ -304,6 +319,10 @@ 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 @@ -344,6 +363,9 @@ Features requests. The transmitted data is either in a form understood by the Exec plugin or formatted in JSON. + - write_redis + Sends the values to a Redis key-value database server. + * Logging is, as everything in collectd, provided by plugins. The following plugins keep up informed about what's going on: @@ -423,6 +445,10 @@ Features * Miscellaneous plugins: + - 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 @@ -500,6 +526,10 @@ 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. @@ -546,8 +576,10 @@ Prerequisites * libmodbus (optional) - Used by the `modbus' plugin to communicate with Modbus/TCP devices. - + 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 + API changes other versions may or may not compile cleanly. + * libmysqlclient (optional) Unsurprisingly used by the `mysql' plugin. @@ -582,6 +614,9 @@ Prerequisites Used to capture packets by the `dns' plugin. + * libperfstat (optional) + Used by various plugins to gather statistics under AIX. + * libperl (optional) Obviously used by the `perl' plugin. The library has to be compiled with ithread support (introduced in Perl 5.6.0). @@ -591,10 +626,20 @@ Prerequisites The PostgreSQL C client library used by the `postgresql' plugin. + * libprotobuf-c, protoc-c (optional) + Used by the `pinba' plugin to generate a parser for the network packets + sent by the Pinba PHP extension. + + * libpython (optional) - Used by the `python' plugin. Currently, only 2.3 ≦ Python < 3 is supported. + Used by the `python' plugin. Currently, Python 2.3 and later and Python 3 + 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'. @@ -641,6 +686,10 @@ 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 ------------------------------------