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@@ -217,6 +217,12 @@ 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.
+
- rrdcached
RRDtool caching daemon (RRDcacheD) statistics.
@@ -301,6 +307,10 @@ 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 +343,10 @@ 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.
@@ -362,6 +376,10 @@ 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:
@@ -552,6 +570,10 @@ 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'.