X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Frrdtool.pod;h=c36417510339b11b9d915fe19ba4a4a7c3ff7bb3;hb=f54a9e190f970a3e8725950f7e715efc47fb546c;hp=a796bc8125f56897b6c3ef73b086125aa80c00c3;hpb=2f28e125652e7778c1151cd15c079e0f6a442a5e;p=rrdtool.git diff --git a/doc/rrdtool.pod b/doc/rrdtool.pod index a796bc8..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 @@ -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 @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ 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'. -NOTE that there is no authentication with this feature! Do not setup +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