connectivity plugin initial commit

[collectd.git] / src / collectd.conf.pod

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
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--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
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@@ -1574,6 +1574,40 @@ Connection timeout in seconds. Defaults to B<2>.
 
 =back
 
+=head2 Plugin Connectivity
+
+connectivity - Documentation of collectd's C<connectivity plugin>
+
+
+  LoadPlugin connectivity
+  # ...
+  <Plugin connectivity>
+    Interface eth0
+  </Plugin>
+
+The C<connectivity plugin> queries interface status using netlink (man 7 netlink) which provides information about network interfaces via the NETLINK_ROUTE family (man 7 rtnetlink). The plugin translates the value it receives to collectd's internal format and, depending on the write plugins you have loaded, it may be written to disk or submitted to another instance.
+The plugin listens to interfaces configured in LoadPlugin (see configuration below).
+
+Here this example shows C<connectivity plugin> monitoring 2 interfaces "eth0" and "eth1"
+LoadPlugin connectivity
+<Plugin connectivity>
+  Interface eth0
+  Interface eth1
+</Plugin>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Interface> I<interface_name>
+
+interface(s) to monitor connect to. 
+
+=item I<Status>
+
+If I<Status> is greater than or equal to zero the message indicates interface is up,
+if I<Status> is less than zero the message indicates interface is down. 
+
+=back
+
 =head2 Plugin C<conntrack>
 
 This plugin collects IP conntrack statistics.