namely octets, packets, and errors. These statistics are collected by
the C<interface> plugin, too, so using both at the same time is no benefit.
-When configured with B<VerboseInterface> all counters B<except> the basic ones,
-so that no data needs to be collected twice if you use the C<interface> plugin.
+When configured with B<VerboseInterface> all counters B<except> the basic ones
+will be collected, so that no data needs to be collected twice if you use the
+C<interface> plugin.
This includes dropped packets, received multicast packets, collisions and a
whole zoo of differentiated RX and TX errors. You can try the following command
to get an idea of what awaits you:
Address "127.0.0.1"
Socket "/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock"
Bridges "br0" "br_ext"
+ InterfaceStats false
</Plugin>
The plugin provides the following configuration options:
Default: empty (monitor all bridges)
+=item B<InterfaceStats> B<false>|B<true>
+
+Indicates that the plugin should gather statistics for individual interfaces
+in addition to ports. This can be useful when monitoring an OVS setup with
+bond ports, where you might wish to know individual statistics for the
+interfaces included in the bonds. Defaults to B<false>.
+
=back
=head2 Plugin C<pcie_errors>
=item B<GaugeAverage>
-Calculate the average.
+Calculate the average of all values matched during the interval.
=item B<GaugeMin>
-Use the smallest number only.
+Report the smallest value matched during the interval.
=item B<GaugeMax>
-Use the greatest number only.
+Report the greatest value matched during the interval.
=item B<GaugeLast>
-Use the last number found.
+Report the last value matched during the interval.
=item B<GaugePersist>
-Use the last number found. The number is not reset at the end of an interval.
-It is continously reported until another number is matched. This is intended
-for cases in which only state changes are reported, for example a thermometer
-that only reports the temperature when it changes.
+Report the last matching value. The metric is I<not> reset to C<NaN> at the end
+of an interval. It is continuously reported until another value is matched.
+This is intended for cases in which only state changes are reported, for
+example a thermometer that only reports the temperature when it changes.
=item B<CounterSet>
not use the matched subexpression, but simply count the number of matched
lines. Thus, you may use a regular expression without submatch in this case.
+B<GaugeInc> is reset to I<zero> after every read, unlike other B<Gauge*>
+metrics which are reset to C<NaN>.
+
=item B<Distribution>
Type to do calculations based on the distribution of values, primarily
point number, using L<strtod(3)>. The B<Counter*> and B<AbsoluteSet> types
interpret the submatch as an unsigned integer using L<strtoull(3)>. The
B<Derive*> types interpret the submatch as a signed integer using
-L<strtoll(3)>. B<CounterInc> and B<DeriveInc> do not use the submatch at all
-and it may be omitted in this case.
+L<strtoll(3)>. B<CounterInc>, B<DeriveInc> and B<GaugeInc> do not use the
+submatch at all and it may be omitted in this case.
+
+The B<Gauge*> types, unless noted otherwise, are reset to C<NaN> after being
+reported. In other words, B<GaugeAverage> reports the average of all values
+matched since the last metric was reported (or C<NaN> if there was no match).
=item B<Type> I<Type>
Setting C<BlockDeviceFormatBasename true> will cause the I<type instance> to be
set to C<image1.qcow2>.
-=item B<HostnameFormat> B<name|uuid|hostname|...>
+=item B<HostnameFormat> B<name|uuid|hostname|metadata...>
When the virt plugin logs data, it sets the hostname of the collected data
according to this setting. The default is to use the guest name as provided by
useful on its own because all guests will appear to have the same name. This is
useful in conjunction with B<PluginInstanceFormat> though.
+B<metadata> means use information from guest's metadata. Use
+B<HostnameMetadataNS> and B<HostnameMetadataXPath> to localize this information.
+
You can also specify combinations of these fields. For example B<name uuid>
means to concatenate the guest name and UUID (with a literal colon character
between, thus I<"foo:1234-1234-1234-1234">).
characters. In case when combination of fields exceeds 62 characters,
hostname will be truncated without a warning.
-=item B<InterfaceFormat> B<name>|B<address>
+=item B<InterfaceFormat> B<name>|B<address>|B<number>
When the virt plugin logs interface data, it sets the name of the collected
data according to this setting. The default is to use the path as provided by
B<address> means use the interface's mac address. This is useful since the
interface path might change between reboots of a guest or across migrations.
-=item B<PluginInstanceFormat> B<name|uuid|none>
+B<number> means use the interface's number in guest.
+
+=item B<PluginInstanceFormat> B<name|uuid|metadata|none>
When the virt plugin logs data, it sets the plugin_instance of the collected
data according to this setting. The default is to not set the plugin_instance.
B<name> means use the guest's name as provided by the hypervisor.
B<uuid> means use the guest's UUID.
+B<metadata> means use information from guest's metadata.
You can also specify combinations of the B<name> and B<uuid> fields.
For example B<name uuid> means to concatenate the guest name and UUID
(with a literal colon character between, thus I<"foo:1234-1234-1234-1234">).
-=item B<Instances> B<integer>
+=item B<HostnameMetadataNS> B<string>
-How many read instances you want to use for this plugin. The default is one,
-and the sensible setting is a multiple of the B<ReadThreads> value.
-If you are not sure, just use the default setting.
+When B<metadata> is used in B<HostnameFormat> or B<PluginInstanceFormat>, this
+selects in which metadata namespace we will pick the hostname. The default is
+I<http://openstack.org/xmlns/libvirt/nova/1.0>.
+
+=item B<HostnameMetadataXPath> B<string>
+
+When B<metadata> is used in B<HostnameFormat> or B<PluginInstanceFormat>, this
+describes where the hostname is located in the libvirt metadata. The default is
+I</instance/name/text()>.
+
+=item B<ReportBlockDevices> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Enabled by default. Allows to disable stats reporting of block devices for
+whole plugin.
+
+=item B<ReportNetworkInterfaces> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Enabled by default. Allows to disable stats reporting of network interfaces for
+whole plugin.
=item B<ExtraStats> B<string>
=back
=item B<PersistentNotification> B<true>|B<false>
+
Override default configuration to only send notifications when there is a change
in the lifecycle state of a domain. When set to true notifications will be sent
for every read cycle. Default is false. Does not affect the stats being
dispatched.
+=item B<Instances> B<integer>
+
+How many read instances you want to use for this plugin. The default is one,
+and the sensible setting is a multiple of the B<ReadThreads> value.
+
+This option is only useful when domains are specially tagged.
+If you are not sure, just use the default setting.
+
+The reader instance will only query the domains with attached matching tag.
+Tags should have the form of 'virt-X' where X is the reader instance number,
+starting from 0.
+
+The special-purpose reader instance #0, guaranteed to be always present,
+will query all the domains with missing or unrecognized tag, so no domain will
+ever be left out.
+
+Domain tagging is done with a custom attribute in the libvirt domain metadata
+section. Value is selected by an XPath I</domain/metadata/ovirtmap/tag/text()>
+expression in the I<http://ovirt.org/ovirtmap/tag/1.0> namespace.
+(XPath and namespace values are not configurable yet).
+
+Tagging could be used by management applications to evenly spread the
+load among the reader threads, or to pin on the same threads all
+the libvirt domains which use the same shared storage, to minimize
+the disruption in presence of storage outages.
+
=back
=head2 Plugin C<vmem>
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