Set one or more files that contain the data-set descriptions. See
L<types.db(5)> for a description of the format of this file.
+If this option is not specified, a default file is read. If you need to define
+custom types in addition to the types defined in the default file, you need to
+explicitly load both. In other words, if the B<TypesDB> option is encountered
+the default behavior is disabled and if you need the default types you have to
+also explicitly load them.
+
=item B<Interval> I<Seconds>
Configures the interval in which to query the read plugins. Obviously smaller
=item B<PostCacheChain> I<ChainName>
Configure the name of the "pre-cache chain" and the "post-cache chain". Please
-see L<FILTER CONFIGURATION> below on information on chains and how these
+see L</"FILTER CONFIGURATION"> below on information on chains and how these
setting change the daemon's behavior.
=back
The reduction or normalization to mean sea level pressure requires (depending
on selected method/approximation) also altitude and reference to temperature
-sensor(s). When multiple temperature sensors are configured the minumum of
+sensor(s). When multiple temperature sensors are configured the minimum of
their values is always used (expecting that the warmer ones are affected by
e.g. direct sun light at that moment).
Temperature sensor(s) which should be used as a reference when normalizing the
pressure using C<Normalization> method 2.
-When specified more sensors a minumum is found and used each time. The
+When specified more sensors a minimum is found and used each time. The
temperature reading directly from this pressure sensor/plugin is typically not
suitable as the pressure sensor will be probably inside while we want outside
temperature. The collectd reference name is something like
collected or if they are ignored is controlled by the B<IgnoreSelected> option;
see below.
+See F</"IGNORELISTS"> for details.
+
=item B<IgnoreSelected> B<true>|B<false>
Invert the selection: If set to true, all cgroups I<except> the ones that
Jiffies. By setting this option to B<true>, you can request percentage values
in the un-aggregated (per-CPU, per-state) mode as well.
+=item B<ReportNumCpu> B<false>|B<true>
+
+When set to B<true>, reports the number of available CPUs.
+Defaults to B<false>.
+
=back
=head2 Plugin C<cpufreq>
=head2 Plugin C<cpusleep>
This plugin doesn't have any options. It reads CLOCK_BOOTTIME and
-CLOCK_MONOTONIC and reports the differences between these
-clocks. Since BOOTTIME clock increments while device is suspended and
-MONOTONIC clock does not, the derivative of the difference between
-these clocks gives the relative amount of time the device has spent in
-suspend state. The recorded value is in milliseconds / seconds.
+CLOCK_MONOTONIC and reports the difference between these clocks. Since
+BOOTTIME clock increments while device is suspended and MONOTONIC
+clock does not, the derivative of the difference between these clocks
+gives the relative amount of time the device has spent in suspend
+state. The recorded value is in milliseconds of sleep per seconds of
+wall clock.
=head2 Plugin C<csv>
=over 4
+=item B<Host> I<Name>
+
+Use I<Name> as the host name when submitting values. Defaults to the global
+host name setting.
+
=item B<Instance> I<Instance>
Sets the plugin instance to I<Instance>.
plugin's fault, it will report errors if it gets them from the libraryE<nbsp>/
the driver. If a driver complains about an option, the plugin will dump a
complete list of all options understood by that driver to the log. There is no
-way to programatically find out if an option expects a string or a numeric
+way to programmatically find out if an option expects a string or a numeric
argument, so you will have to refer to the appropriate DBD's documentation to
find this out. Sorry.
Select partitions based on the devicename.
+See F</"IGNORELISTS"> for details.
+
=item B<MountPoint> I<Directory>
Select partitions based on the mountpoint.
+See F</"IGNORELISTS"> for details.
+
=item B<FSType> I<FSType>
Select partitions based on the filesystem type.
+See F</"IGNORELISTS"> for details.
+
=item B<IgnoreSelected> B<true>|B<false>
Invert the selection: If set to true, all partitions B<except> the ones that
Disk "sdd"
Disk "/hda[34]/"
+See F</"IGNORELISTS"> for details.
+
=item B<IgnoreSelected> B<true>|B<false>
Sets whether selected disks, i.E<nbsp>e. the ones matches by any of the B<Disk>
=item B<MappedOnly> B<true>|B<false>
-When set to B<true>, only metrics that can be mapped to to a I<type> will be
+When set to B<true>, only metrics that can be mapped to a I<type> will be
collected, all other metrics will be ignored. Defaults to B<false>.
=back
=back
+=head2 Plugin C<gps>
+
+The C<gps plugin> connects to gpsd on the host machine.
+The host, port, timeout and pause are configurable.
+
+This is useful if you run an NTP server using a GPS for source and you want to
+monitor it.
+
+Mind your GPS must send $--GSA for having the data reported!
+
+The following elements are collected:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<satellites>
+
+Number of satellites used for fix (type instance "used") and in view (type
+instance "visible"). 0 means no GPS satellites are visible.
+
+=item B<dilution_of_precision>
+
+Vertical and horizontal dilution (type instance "horizontal" or "vertical").
+It should be between 0 and 3.
+Look at the documentation of your GPS to know more.
+
+=back
+
+Synopsis:
+
+ LoadPlugin gps
+ <Plugin "gps">
+ # Connect to localhost on gpsd regular port:
+ Host "127.0.0.1"
+ Port "2947"
+ # 15 ms timeout
+ Timeout 0.015
+ # PauseConnect of 5 sec. between connection attempts.
+ PauseConnect 5
+ </Plugin>
+
+Available configuration options:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Host> I<Host>
+
+The host on which gpsd daemon runs. Defaults to B<localhost>.
+
+=item B<Port> I<Port>
+
+Port to connect to gpsd on the host machine. Defaults to B<2947>.
+
+=item B<Timeout> I<Seconds>
+
+Timeout in seconds (default 0.015 sec).
+
+The GPS data stream is fetch by the plugin form the daemon.
+It waits for data to be available, if none arrives it times out
+and loop for another reading.
+Mind to put a low value gpsd expects value in the micro-seconds area
+(recommended is 500 us) since the waiting function is blocking.
+Value must be between 500 us and 5 sec., if outside that range the
+default value is applied.
+
+This only applies from gpsd release-2.95.
+
+=item B<PauseConnect> I<Seconds>
+
+Pause to apply between attempts of connection to gpsd in seconds (default 5 sec).
+
+=back
+
=head2 Plugin C<grpc>
The I<grpc> plugin provides an RPC interface to submit values to or query
=over 4
+=item B<Server> I<Host> I<Port>
+
+The B<Server> statement sets the address of a server to which to send metrics
+via the C<DispatchValues> function.
+
+The argument I<Host> may be a hostname, an IPv4 address, or an IPv6 address.
+
+Optionally, B<Server> may be specified as a configuration block which supports
+the following options:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<EnableSSL> B<false>|B<true>
+
+Whether to require SSL for outgoing connections. Default: false.
+
+=item B<SSLCACertificateFile> I<Filename>
+
+=item B<SSLCertificateFile> I<Filename>
+
+=item B<SSLCertificateKeyFile> I<Filename>
+
+Filenames specifying SSL certificate and key material to be used with SSL
+connections.
+
+=back
+
=item B<Listen> I<Host> I<Port>
The B<Listen> statement sets the network address to bind to. When multiple
Whether to enable SSL for incoming connections. Default: false.
-=item B<SSLRootCerts> I<Filename>
+=item B<SSLCACertificateFile> I<Filename>
-=item B<SSLServerKey> I<Filename>
+=item B<SSLCertificateFile> I<Filename>
-=item B<SSLServerCert> I<Filename>
+=item B<SSLCertificateKeyFile> I<Filename>
Filenames specifying SSL certificate and key material to be used with SSL
connections.
=back
-=item B<WorkerThreads> I<Num>
-
-Number of threads to start for handling incoming connections. The default
-value is B<5>.
-
=back
=head2 Plugin C<hddtemp>
Select this interface. By default these interfaces will then be collected. For
a more detailed description see B<IgnoreSelected> below.
+See F</"IGNORELISTS"> for details.
+
=item B<IgnoreSelected> I<true>|I<false>
If no configuration if given, the B<interface>-plugin will collect data from
with I<veth> and all interfaces with names starting with I<tun> followed by
at least one digit.
+=item B<ReportInactive> I<true>|I<false>
+
+When set to I<false>, only interfaces with non-zero traffic will be
+reported. Note that the check is done by looking into whether a
+package was sent at any time from boot and the corresponding counter
+is non-zero. So, if the interface has been sending data in the past
+since boot, but not during the reported time-interval, it will still
+be reported.
+
+The default value is I<true> and results in collection of the data
+from all interfaces that are selected by B<Interface> and
+B<IgnoreSelected> options.
=item B<UniqueName> I<true>|I<false>
Selects sensors to collect or to ignore, depending on B<IgnoreSelected>.
+See F</"IGNORELISTS"> for details.
+
=item B<IgnoreSelected> I<true>|I<false>
If no configuration if given, the B<ipmi> plugin will collect data from all
Select this irq. By default these irqs will then be collected. For a more
detailed description see B<IgnoreSelected> below.
+See F</"IGNORELISTS"> for details.
+
=item B<IgnoreSelected> I<true>|I<false>
If no configuration if given, the B<irq>-plugin will collect data from all
=back
+=head2 Plugin C<lua>
+
+This plugin embeds a Lua interpreter into collectd and provides an interface
+to collectd's plugin system. See L<collectd-lua(5)> for its documentation.
+
+
=head2 Plugin C<mbmon>
The C<mbmon plugin> uses mbmon to retrieve temperature, voltage, etc.
the device, i.e. the name of the block device without the leading C</dev/>.
See B<IgnoreSelected> for more details.
+See F</"IGNORELISTS"> for details.
+
=item B<IgnoreSelected> B<true>|B<false>
Invert device selection: If set to B<true>, all md devices B<except> those
Port "3306"
MasterStats true
ConnectTimeout 10
+ SSLKey "/path/to/key.pem"
+ SSLCert "/path/to/cert.pem"
+ SSLCA "/path/to/ca.pem"
+ SSLCAPath "/path/to/cas/"
+ SSLCipher "DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA"
</Database>
<Database bar>
SlaveStats true
SlaveNotifications true
</Database>
+
+ <Database galera>
+ Alias "galera"
+ Host "localhost"
+ Socket "/var/run/mysql/mysqld.sock"
+ WsrepStats true
+ </Database>
</Plugin>
A B<Database> block defines one connection to a MySQL database. It accepts a
single argument which specifies the name of the database. None of the other
options are required. MySQL will use default values as documented in the
-section "mysql_real_connect()" in the B<MySQL reference manual>.
+"mysql_real_connect()" and "mysql_ssl_set()" sections in the
+B<MySQL reference manual>.
=over 4
If enabled, the plugin sends a notification if the replication slave I/O and /
or SQL threads are not running. Defaults to B<false>.
+=item B<WsrepStats> I<true|false>
+
+ Enable the collection of wsrep plugin statistics, used in Master-Master
+ replication setups like in MySQL Galera/Percona XtraDB Cluster.
+ User needs only privileges to execute 'SHOW GLOBAL STATUS'
+
=item B<ConnectTimeout> I<Seconds>
Sets the connect timeout for the MySQL client.
+=item B<SSLKey> I<Path>
+
+If provided, the X509 key in PEM format.
+
+=item B<SSLCert> I<Path>
+
+If provided, the X509 cert in PEM format.
+
+=item B<SSLCA> I<Path>
+
+If provided, the CA file in PEM format (check OpenSSL docs).
+
+=item B<SSLCAPath> I<Path>
+
+If provided, the CA directory (check OpenSSL docs).
+
+=item B<SSLCipher> I<String>
+
+If provided, the SSL cipher to use.
+
=back
=head2 Plugin C<netapp>
If no volume was specified at all for either of the three options, that data
will be collected for all available volumes.
+See F</"IGNORELISTS"> for details.
+
=item B<IgnoreSelectedIO> B<true>|B<false>
=item B<IgnoreSelectedOps> B<true>|B<false>
Filter "ppp0" "u32-1:0"
</Plugin>
+See F</"IGNORELISTS"> for details.
+
=item B<IgnoreSelected>
The behavior is the same as with all other similar plugins: If nothing is
=item B<ReportStats> B<true>|B<false>
The network plugin cannot only receive and send statistics, it can also create
-statistics about itself. Collected data included the number of received and
+statistics about itself. Collectd data included the number of received and
sent octets and packets, the length of the receive queue and the number of
values handled. When set to B<true>, the I<Network plugin> will make these
statistics available. Defaults to B<false>.
As there can be multiple devices on the bus you can list multiple sensor (use
multiple B<Sensor> elements).
+See F</"IGNORELISTS"> for details.
+
=item B<IgnoreSelected> I<true>|I<false>
If no configuration is given, the B<onewire> plugin will collect data from all
=item B<Interval> I<Seconds>
Sets the interval in which to send ICMP echo packets to the configured hosts.
-This is B<not> the interval in which statistics are queries from the plugin but
-the interval in which the hosts are "pinged". Therefore, the setting here
-should be smaller than or equal to the global B<Interval> setting. Fractional
-times, such as "1.24" are allowed.
+This is B<not> the interval in which metrics are read from the plugin but the
+interval in which the hosts are "pinged". Therefore, the setting here should be
+smaller than or equal to the global B<Interval> setting. Fractional times, such
+as "1.24" are allowed.
Default: B<1.0>
Specify the plugin instance name that should be used instead of the database
name (which is the default, if this option has not been specified). This
-allows to query multiple databases of the same name on the same host (e.g.
+allows one to query multiple databases of the same name on the same host (e.g.
when running multiple database server versions in parallel).
The plugin instance name can also be set from the query result using
the B<PluginInstanceFrom> option in B<Query> block.
Specify the plugin instance name that should be used instead of the database
name (which is the default, if this option has not been specified). This
-allows to query multiple databases of the same name on the same host (e.g.
+allows one to query multiple databases of the same name on the same host (e.g.
when running multiple database server versions in parallel).
=item B<KRBSrvName> I<kerberos_service_name>
=item B<ProcessMatch> I<name> I<regex>
-Similar to the B<Process> option this allows to select more detailed
+Similar to the B<Process> option this allows one to select more detailed
statistics of processes matching the specified I<regex> (see L<regex(7)> for
details). The statistics of all matching processes are summed up and
dispatched to the daemon using the specified I<name> as an identifier. This
-allows to "group" several processes together. I<name> must not contain
+allows one to "group" several processes together. I<name> must not contain
slashes.
=item B<CollectContextSwitch> I<Boolean>
depends on the B<IgnoreSelected>. By default, only matched values are selected.
If no value is configured at all, all values will be selected.
+See F</"IGNORELISTS"> for details.
+
=item B<IgnoreSelected> B<true>|B<false>
If set to B<true>, inverts the selection made by B<Value>, i.E<nbsp>e. all
restarted. This results in much shorter (if any) gaps in graphs, especially
under heavy load. Also, the C<rrdtool> command line utility is aware of the
daemon so that it can flush values to disk automatically when needed. This
-allows to integrate automated flushing of values into graphing solutions much
-more easily.
+allows one to integrate automated flushing of values into graphing solutions
+much more easily.
There are disadvantages, though: The daemon may reside on a different host, so
it may not be possible for C<collectd> to create the appropriate RRD files
When the C<rrdtool> plugin uses a cache (by setting B<CacheTimeout>, see below)
it writes all values for a certain RRD-file if the oldest value is older than
-(or equal to) the number of seconds specified. If some RRD-file is not updated
+(or equal to) the number of seconds specified by B<CacheTimeout>.
+That check happens on new values arriwal. If some RRD-file is not updated
anymore for some reason (the computer was shut down, the network is broken,
-etc.) some values may still be in the cache. If B<CacheFlush> is set, then the
-entire cache is searched for entries older than B<CacheTimeout> seconds and
-written to disk every I<Seconds> seconds. Since this is kind of expensive and
-does nothing under normal circumstances, this value should not be too small.
-900 seconds might be a good value, though setting this to 7200 seconds doesn't
-normally do much harm either.
+etc.) some values may still be in the cache. If B<CacheFlush> is set, then
+every I<Seconds> seconds the entire cache is searched for entries older than
+B<CacheTimeout> + B<RandomTimeout> seconds. The entries found are written to
+disk. Since scanning the entire cache is kind of expensive and does nothing
+under normal circumstances, this value should not be too small. 900 seconds
+might be a good value, though setting this to 7200 seconds doesn't normally
+do much harm either.
+
+Defaults to 10x B<CacheTimeout>.
+B<CacheFlush> must be larger than or equal to B<CacheTimeout>, otherwise the
+above default is used.
=item B<CacheTimeout> I<Seconds>
I<it8712-isa-0290/voltage-in1>" will cause collectd to gather data for the
voltage sensor I<in1> of the I<it8712> on the isa bus at the address 0290.
+See F</"IGNORELISTS"> for details.
+
=item B<IgnoreSelected> I<true>|I<false>
If no configuration if given, the B<sensors>-plugin will collect data from all
Disk "sdd"
Disk "/hda[34]/"
+See F</"IGNORELISTS"> for details.
+
=item B<IgnoreSelected> B<true>|B<false>
Sets whether selected disks, i.E<nbsp>e. the ones matches by any of the B<Disk>
an interval. If set to B<False>, the default, these values aren't calculated /
dispatched.
+Please note what reported timer values less than 0.001 are ignored in all B<Timer*> reports.
+
=back
=head2 Plugin C<swap>
=item B<AllPortsSummary> I<true>|I<false>
If this option is set to I<true> a summary of statistics from all connections
-are collectd. This option defaults to I<false>.
+are collected. This option defaults to I<false>.
=back
depending on the value of the B<IgnoreSelected> option. This option may be
used multiple times to specify a list of devices.
+See F</"IGNORELISTS"> for details.
+
=item B<IgnoreSelected> I<true>|I<false>
Invert the selection: If set to true, all devices B<except> the ones that
attempt to figure out the remote SSL protocol version. See
L<curl_easy_setopt(3)> for more details.
-=item B<Format> B<Command>|B<JSON>
+=item B<Format> B<Command>|B<JSON>|B<KAIROSDB>
Format of the output to generate. If set to B<Command>, will create output that
is understood by the I<Exec> and I<UnixSock> plugins. When set to B<JSON>, will
-create output in the I<JavaScript Object Notation> (JSON).
+create output in the I<JavaScript Object Notation> (JSON). When set to KAIROSDB
+, will create output in the KairosDB format.
Defaults to B<Command>.
+=item B<Metrics> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Controls whether I<metrics> are POSTed to this location. Defaults to B<true>.
+
+=item B<Notifications> B<false>|B<true>
+
+Controls whether I<notifications> are POSTed to this location. Defaults to B<false>.
+
=item B<StoreRates> B<true|false>
If set to B<true>, convert counter values to rates. If set to B<false> (the
=item B<Key> I<String>
-Use the specified string as a partioning key for the topic. Kafka breaks
+Use the specified string as a partitioning key for the topic. Kafka breaks
topic into partitions and guarantees that for a given topology, the same
consumer will be used for a specific key. The special (case insensitive)
string B<Random> can be used to specify that an arbitrary partition should
=item B<TypeInstance> I<String>
-=item B<MetaDataSet> I<String> I<String>
+=item B<MetaData> I<String> I<String>
Set the appropriate field to the given string. The strings for plugin instance
and type instance may be empty, the strings for host and plugin may not be
Target "write"
</Chain>
+=head1 IGNORELISTS
+
+B<Ignorelists> are a generic framework to either ignore some metrics or report
+specific metircs only. Plugins usually provide one or more options to specify
+the items (mounts points, devices, ...) and the boolean option
+C<IgnoreSelected>.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Select> I<String>
+
+Selects the item I<String>. This option often has a plugin specific name, e.g.
+B<Sensor> in the C<sensors> plugin. It is also plugin specific what this string
+is compared to. For example, the C<df> plugin's B<MountPoint> compares it to a
+mount point and the C<sensors> plugin's B<Sensor> compares it to a sensor name.
+
+By default, this option is doing a case-sensitive full-string match. The
+following config will match C<foo>, but not C<Foo>:
+
+ Select "foo"
+
+If I<String> starts and ends with C</> (a slash), the string is compiled as a
+I<regular expression>. For example, so match all item starting with C<foo>, use
+could use the following syntax:
+
+ Select "/^foo/"
+
+The regular expression is I<not> anchored, i.e. the following config will match
+C<foobar>, C<barfoo> and C<AfooZ>:
+
+ Select "/foo/"
+
+The B<Select> option may be repeated to select multiple items.
+
+=item B<IgnoreSelected> B<true>|B<false>
+
+If set to B<true>, matching metrics are I<ignored> and all other metrics are
+collected. If set to B<false>, matching metrics are I<collected> and all other
+metrics are ignored.
+
+=back
+
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<collectd(1)>,
projects / collectd.git / blobdiff