X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?p=collectd.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=0c7a4221369fb496cbd79e87cd22031886cc3427;hp=e95bae62af26a252b2c01f1c45100570b3225004;hb=f1b5b8611d87a7904c31ae4b28ea47f11f3c38b9;hpb=389bd16230471c130f36532096bb3c92ab8c3b0b diff --git a/README b/README index e95bae62..0c7a4221 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ Features Retrieves JSON data via cURL and parses it according to user configuration. + - curl_xml + Retrieves XML data via cURL and parses it according to user + configuration. + - dbi Executes SQL statements on various databases and interprets the returned data. @@ -143,6 +147,10 @@ Features Memory utilization: Memory occupied by running processes, page cache, buffer cache and free. + - modbus + Reads values from Modbus/TCP enabled devices. Supports reading values + from multiple "slaves" so gateway devices can be used. + - multimeter Information provided by serial multimeters, such as the `Metex M-4650CR'. @@ -200,6 +208,10 @@ Features write your own plugins in Perl and return arbitrary values using this API. See collectd-perl(5). + - pinba + Receive and dispatch timing values from Pinba, a profiling extension for + PHP. + - ping Network latency: Time to reach the default gateway or another given host. @@ -223,6 +235,13 @@ Features collectd without the need to start a heavy interpreter every interval. See collectd-python(5) for details. + - redis + The redis plugin gathers information from a redis server, including: + uptime, used memory, total connections etc. + + - routeros + Query interface and wireless registration statistics from RouterOS. + - rrdcached RRDtool caching daemon (RRDcacheD) statistics. @@ -273,6 +292,9 @@ Features - users Users currently logged in. + - varnish + Various statistics from Varnish, an HTTP accelerator. + - vmem Virtual memory statistics, e. g. the number of page-ins/-outs or the number of pagefaults. @@ -290,7 +312,7 @@ Features - zfs_arc Statistics for ZFS' “Adaptive Replacement Cache” (ARC). - * Output can be written or send to various destinations by the following + * Output can be written or sent to various destinations by the following plugins: - csv @@ -386,6 +408,9 @@ Features - match_empty_counter Match counter values which are currently zero. + - match_hashed + Match values using a hash function of the hostname. + - match_regex Match values by their identifier based on regular expressions. @@ -401,6 +426,9 @@ Features - target_replace Replace parts of an identifier using regular expressions. + - target_scale + Scale (multiply) values by an arbitrary value. + - target_set Set (overwrite) entire parts of an identifier. @@ -417,7 +445,7 @@ Features network plugins, makes sure your resources are used efficiently. Also, since collectd is programmed multithreaded it benefits from hyperthreading and multicore processors and makes sure that the daemon isn't idle if only - one plugins waits for an IO-operation to complete. + one plugin waits for an IO-operation to complete. * Once set up, hardly any maintenance is necessary. Setup is kept as easy as possible and the default values should be okay for most users. @@ -483,6 +511,10 @@ Prerequisites * libclntsh (optional) Used by the `oracle' plugin. + * libcredis (optional) + Used by the redis plugin. Please note that you require a 0.2.2 version + or higher. + * libcurl (optional) If you want to use the `apache', `ascent', `curl', `nginx', or `write_http' plugin. @@ -528,11 +560,15 @@ Prerequisites Used by the `memcachec' plugin to connect to a memcache daemon. + * libmodbus (optional) + Used by the `modbus' plugin to communicate with Modbus/TCP devices. + + * libmysqlclient (optional) Unsurprisingly used by the `mysql' plugin. - * libnatapp (optional) + * libnetapp (optional) Required for the “netapp” plugin. This library is part of the “Manage ONTAP SDK” published by NetApp. @@ -570,6 +606,11 @@ Prerequisites The PostgreSQL C client library used by the `postgresql' plugin. + * libprotobuf-c, protoc-c (optional) + Used by the `pinba' plugin to generate a parser for the network packets + sent by the Pinba PHP extension. + + * libpython (optional) Used by the `python' plugin. Currently, only 2.3 ≦ Python < 3 is supported. @@ -620,6 +661,10 @@ Prerequisites Parse JSON data. This is needed for the `curl_json' plugin. + * libvarnish (optional) + Fetches statistics from a Varnish instance. This is needed for the Varnish plugin + + Configuring / Compiling / Installing ------------------------------------