=encoding UTF-8 =head1 NAME types.db - Data-set specifications for the system statistics collection daemon B =head1 SYNOPSIS bitrate value:GAUGE:0:4294967295 counter value:COUNTER:U:U if_octets rx:COUNTER:0:4294967295, tx:COUNTER:0:4294967295 =head1 DESCRIPTION The types.db file contains one line for each data-set specification. Each line consists of two fields delimited by spaces and/or horizontal tabs. The first field defines the name of the data-set, while the second field defines a list of data-source specifications, delimited by spaces and, optionally, a comma (",") right after each list-entry. The format of the data-source specification has been inspired by RRDtool's data-source specification. Each data-source is defined by a quadruple made up of the data-source name, type, minimal and maximal values, delimited by colons (":"): I:I:I:I. I may be either B, B, B, or B. I and I define the range of valid values for data stored for this data-source. If B is specified for either the min or max value, it will be set to unknown, meaning that no range checks will happen. See L for more details. =head1 FILES The location of the types.db file is defined by the B configuration option (see L). It defaults to collectd's shared data directory, i.Ee. F/share/collectd/>. =head1 CUSTOM TYPES If you want to specify custom types, you should do so by specifying a custom file in addition to the default one (see L) above. You can do that by having multiple B statements in your configuration file or by specifying more than one file in one line. For example: TypesDB "/opt/collectd/share/collectd/types.db" TypesDB "/opt/collectd/etc/types.db.custom" B: Make sure to make this file available on all systems if you're sending values over the network. =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L =head1 AUTHOR B has been written by Florian Forster EoctoEatEcollectd.orgE. This manpage has been written by Sebastian Harl EshEatEtokkee.orgE. =cut