X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=b0b59214d6550b1071dcbcc25bd2d4a95c95c1fa;hb=8858811d487e8edc576ff7b0216d663949055a66;hp=74b05eca6f1779744774537fe048927bafdc9391;hpb=b56cc86bd847ae6fc48d12c84777f66f0d46a551;p=collectd.git diff --git a/README b/README index 74b05eca..b0b59214 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -289,10 +289,17 @@ Features Query data from an Oracle database. - ovs_events - The plugin monitors the link status of OVS connected interfaces, - dispatches the values to collectd and send the notification whenever - the link state change occurs in OVS DB. It requires YAJL library to be - installed. + The plugin monitors the link status of Open vSwitch (OVS) connected + interfaces, dispatches the values to collectd and sends the notification + whenever the link state change occurs in the OVS database. It requires + YAJL library to be installed. + Detailed instructions for installing and setting up Open vSwitch, see + OVS documentation. + + + - ovs_stats + The plugin collects the statistics of OVS connected bridges and + interfaces. It requires YAJL library to be installed. Detailed instructions for installing and setting up Open vSwitch, see OVS documentation. @@ -490,6 +497,13 @@ Features updates to the files and write a bunch of updates at once, which lessens system load a lot. + - snmp_agent + Receives and handles queries from SNMP master agent and returns the data + collected by read plugins. Handles requests only for OIDs specified in + configuration file. To handle SNMP queries the plugin gets data from + collectd and translates requested values from collectd's internal format + to SNMP format. + - unixsock One can query the values from the unixsock plugin whenever they're needed. Please read collectd-unixsock(5) for a description on how that's @@ -817,7 +831,11 @@ Prerequisites This library is part of the “Manage ONTAP SDK” published by NetApp. * libnetsnmp (optional) - For the `snmp' plugin. + For the `snmp' and 'snmp_agent' plugins. + + + * libnetsnmpagent (optional) + Required for the 'snmp_agent' plugin. * libnotify (optional) @@ -935,8 +953,8 @@ Prerequisites * libyajl (optional) - Parse JSON data. This is needed for the `ceph', `curl_json', 'ovs_events' - and `log_logstash' plugins. + Parse JSON data. This is needed for the `ceph', `curl_json', 'ovs_events', + 'ovs_stats' and `log_logstash' plugins. * libvarnish (optional)