X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Frrdtool.pod;h=c36417510339b11b9d915fe19ba4a4a7c3ff7bb3;hb=f3a6018b29360f07f25757f6a57ce2dd7e96a7ae;hp=281b331b80004fadac4ef599e7b9758ddd697fdf;hpb=4b7345f9345915c8061e4b37b26ce8887828c973;p=rrdtool.git diff --git a/doc/rrdtool.pod b/doc/rrdtool.pod index 281b331..c364175 100644 --- a/doc/rrdtool.pod +++ b/doc/rrdtool.pod @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ The use of Bs guarantees that the B does not grow over time and that old data is automatically eliminated. By using the consolidation feature, you can still keep data for a very long time, while gradually reducing the resolution of the data along the time -axis. +axis. Using different consolidation functions (B) allows you to store exactly the type of information that actually interests you: the maximum @@ -186,12 +186,12 @@ for more information on this. =item Aberrant Behavior Detection -by Jake Brutlag Ejakeb@corp.webtv.netE +by Jake Brutlag B provides the building blocks for near real-time aberrant behavior detection. These components include: -=over 12 +=over =item * @@ -262,19 +262,19 @@ server commands type: rrdtool help cd|mkdir|ls|quit -When a command is completed, RRDtool will print the string 'C', -followed by timing information of the form BI -BI. Both values are the running totals of seconds -since RRDtool was started. If an error occurs, a line of the +When a command is completed, RRDtool will print the string 'C', +followed by timing information of the form BI +BI. Both values are the running totals of seconds +since RRDtool was started. If an error occurs, a line of the form 'C I' will be printed. B will not abort, if possible, but follow the ERROR line with an OK line. -If a B is specified and the UID is 0, RRDtool will do a +If a B is specified and the UID is 0, RRDtool will do a chroot to that workdir. If the UID is not 0, RRDtool only changes the current directory to B. =head2 RRD Server -If you want to create a RRD-Server, you must choose a TCP/IP Service +If you want to create a RRD-Server, you must choose a TCP/IP Service number and add them to I like this: rrdsrv 13900/tcp # RRD server @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ server and the client system must use the same port, of course. With this configuration you can add RRDtool as meta-server to I. For example: - + rrdsrv stream tcp nowait root /opt/rrd/bin/rrdtool rrdtool - /var/rrd Don't forget to create the database directory /var/rrd and @@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ If all was setup correctly, you can access the server with perl sockets, tools like netcat, or in a quick interactive test by using 'telnet localhost rrdsrv'. +B that there is no authentication with this feature! Do not setup +such a port unless you are sure what you are doing. =head1 SEE ALSO