X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?p=collectd.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=436f1468b7471721e4406b9a92ac96f91014766f;hp=14e11cf2ac8b0dbbef9d7ad6cb828f482002733b;hb=626041ce6fa004ce49c183f35147f762a63cf302;hpb=105c64c6f20807fa105b6aa350cc79c0d3a38488 diff --git a/README b/README index 14e11cf2..436f1468 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 +235,10 @@ 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. @@ -276,6 +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. @@ -296,6 +315,10 @@ Features * Output can be written or sent to various destinations by the following plugins: + - amqp + Sends JSON-encoded data to an Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) + server, such as RabbitMQ. + - csv Write to comma separated values (CSV) files. This needs lots of diskspace but is extremely portable and can be analysed with almost @@ -492,6 +515,10 @@ 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. @@ -537,6 +564,10 @@ 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. @@ -579,10 +610,19 @@ 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. + * librabbitmq (optional; also called “rabbitmq-c”) + Used by the AMQP plugin for AMQP connections, for example to RabbitMQ. + + * librouteros (optional) Used by the `routeros' plugin to connect to a device running `RouterOS'. @@ -629,6 +669,10 @@ 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 ------------------------------------