1 2006-04-09, Version 3.8.4
2 * Applied patch by Vincent Stehlé which improves the disk-name
3 resolution in the `hddtemp' plugin for Linux systems.
5 2006-04-02, Version 3.8.3
6 * Applied a patch by James Byers: The MySQL plugin was not working
7 with MySQL 5.0.2 or later.
9 2006-03-14, Version 3.8.2
10 * `utils_mount.c' has been changed to not use the `MNTTAB' defined by
11 the GNU libc, because it points to `/etc/fstab' rather than
14 2006-03-13, Version 3.8.1
15 * Fixes for building collectd unter FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Solaris.
16 * Fixes in the debian `postinst' and `init.d' scripts.
18 2006-03-09, Version 3.8.0
19 * The `ping' plugin no longer uses `libping' but a self written
20 library named `liboping'. With this library it's possible to ping
21 multiple IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and hostnames - in parallel.
23 2006-02-18, Version 3.7.2
24 * A simple bug in the `battery' plugin has been fixed. It should now
25 work with ACPI based batteries as well. Thankt to Sebastian for
27 * Fixing a bug that prevented collectd to be built without librrd.
28 Thanks to Werner Heuser for reporting it.
30 2006-02-04, Version 3.7.1
31 * The new network code has been improved to build with older versions
33 * Fix in `libping' sets the ICMP sequence on outgoing packets. Thanks
34 to Tommie Gannert for this patch.
36 2006-01-30, Version 3.7.0
37 * The `battery' plugin has been added. It collects information about
39 * The MySQL plugin has been improved: It now writes two more RRD
40 files, `mysql_qcache.rrd' and `mysql_threads.rrd'.
41 * The `cpufreq' plugin now reads another file since the file it did
42 read so far causes much overhead in the kernel. Also, you need root
43 to read the old file, but not to read the new one.
44 * The `hddtemp' plugin can now be configured to connect to another
45 address and/or port than localhost.
46 * The `df' plugin now prefers `statvfs' over `statfs'.
47 * The network code has been rewritten. collectd now supports unicast
48 and multicast, and IPv4 and IPv6. Also, the TTL of sent packages can
49 be set in the configfile.
51 2006-01-24, Version 3.6.2
52 * Due to a bug in the configfile handling collectd wouldn't start in
53 client mode. This released fixes this.
55 2006-01-20, Version 3.6.1
56 * Due to a bug in `configure.in' all modules and the binary were
57 linked against `libmysqlclient'. This issue is solved by this
60 2006-01-17, Version 3.6.0
61 * A config file has been added. This allows for loading only specific
63 * A `df' plugin has been added.
64 * A `mysql' plugin has been added.
65 * The `ping' plugin doesn't entirely give up hope when a socket error
66 occured, but will back of and increase the intervals between tries.
68 2006-01-21, Version 3.5.2
69 * Fixed yet another bug in the signal handling.. Stupid typo..
70 * Improved the ping plugin to not give up on socket errors (backport
73 2005-12-18, Version 3.5.1
74 * The PID-file is now deleted correctly when shutting down the daemon.
75 * SIGINT and SIGTERM are now handled correctly.
77 2005-12-16, Version 3.5.0 (Revision 326)
78 * A bug in the `load' module under Solaris has been fixed.
79 * The `users' module has been contributed by Sebastian Harl. It counts
80 currently logged in users.
81 * The CPU module now works under FreeBSD without the use of
82 `libstatgrab', however SMP support is missing.
83 * The default directories for the RRD files and the PID file now
84 depend on the compile time setting of `localstatedir'.
86 2005-11-15, Version 3.4.0 (Revision 236)
87 * A PID-file is written to /var/run upon startup. Thanks to `Tommie'
88 from gentoo's bugzilla for writing the patch.
89 * The build dependency for librrd has been removed. Binaries built
90 without librrd are client-only and will multicast their value as
91 with the `-c' argument.
92 * A patch by Peter Holik adds a module for monitoring CPU frequencies.
93 * The newly introduced `-f' switch prevents daemon initialization
94 (forking, closing standard filehandles, etc.) Thanks to Alvaro
95 Barcellos for this patch.
97 2005-11-04, Version 3.3.0 (Revision 216)
98 * New modules have been added:
99 - `serial', for monitoring traffic on the serial interfaces
100 - `nfs', for graphing NFS procedure calls
101 - `tape', traffic from/to tape devices
102 * The the memory.rrd now accepts more than 4Gig of memory.
104 2005-10-26, Version 3.2.0 (Revision 200)
105 * Support for graphing the processes has been added (thanks to Lyonel
107 * If reading from hddtemp failes collectd will increase the time
108 between polls up to one day.
109 * The init.d files have been improved.
110 * Problems with the spec file have been fixed.
112 2005-10-16, Version 3.1.0 (Revision 194)
113 * Added the `setsid' syscall to the startup code.
114 * Support for hddtemp has been added (thanks to Vincent Stehlé)
116 2005-09-30, Version 3.0.0 (Revision 184)
117 * The ability to send/receive data to/from the network (think
118 multicast) has been added.
119 * Modules have been split up into shared libraries can be loaded at
120 runtime. The biggest advantage is that the core program doesn't need
121 to be linked against an external library.
122 * A patch by George Kargiotakis has been applied: It fixes the sensors
123 behaviour then more than one sensor is being queried.
125 2005-09-16, Version 2.1.0 (Revision 172)
126 * A module for swap statistics has been added.
128 2005-09-09, Version 2.0.0 (Revision 135)
129 * Filenames can no longer be configured at program startup. The only
130 options as of this version are the directory and ping hosts.
131 * CPU statistics now include Wait-IO. If privided under Linux IRQ and
132 Soft-IRQ statistics are added to `System'.
133 * Diskstats now collect read and write bytes, not sectors.
134 * Ping statistics can now be collected for more than one host. There
135 is no default any more: If no host is given no host will be pinged.
136 * A self-written patch for libping has been applied so it builds
139 2005-09-01, Version 1.8.1 (Revision 123)
140 * Much improved configure-script: libraries and features may now be
142 * More detailed warnings/error messages when RRD update failes.
144 2005-08-29, Version 1.8.0:
145 * Support for collecting disk statistics under Solaris.
147 2005-08-25, Version 1.7.0:
148 * Support for libstatgrab[1] for load, memory usage and network
149 traffic. CPU- and disk-usage are not (yet) supported, since
150 libstatgrab returns insufficient information. I will contact the
152 * Improved the CPU-initialization code for Solaris. Apparently CPUs
153 aren't neccessarily counted linear which is now handled correctly.
154 [1]: http://www.i-scream.org/libstatgrab/
156 2005-08-21, Version 1.6.0:
157 * Basic support for Solaris: System load and cpu-usage can be
158 collected unter Solaris, too. Other stats will follow later.
159 * Many fixes in the autoconf-script
160 * Collection/Museum scripts have been added unter contrib/museum
161 * collectd may now be started in unprivileged mode, though ping
162 statistics will not work.
164 2005-07-17, Version 1.5.1:
165 * Diskstats-RRDs now use major/minor for naming. Some systems have
166 weird strings as disk-names..
168 2005-07-17, Version 1.5:
169 * A new module, diskstats, has been added. It collects information
170 about the disks and partitions.
172 2005-07-11, Version 1.4.2:
173 * The meminfo mofule has been changed to work with more platforms
174 and/or kernel versions.
176 2005-07-10, Version 1.4.1: Correct traffic stats
177 * The traffic rrd-file is now created with DS-type `COUNTER' which I
178 forgot to correct when I changed that module.
180 2005-07-09, Version 1.4: More traffic stats
181 * Traffic is now collected for all interfaces that can be found
182 * Temperature-statistics are read from lm-sensors if available
184 2005-07-08, Version 1.3: CPU stats
185 * Collecting CPU statistics now
187 2004-07-12, Version 1.2: Using syslog
188 * collectd is now using the syslog facility to report errors, warnings
190 * The default directory is now /var/db/collectd
192 2004-07-10, Version 1.1: Minor changes
193 * Nothing really usefull to say ;)
195 2004-07-09, Version 1.0: Initial Version
196 * The following modules are provided: