Loads the plugin I<Plugin>. There must be at least one such line or B<collectd>
will be mostly useless.
+ Starting with collectd 4.9, this may also be a block in which further options
+ affecting the behavior of B<LoadPlugin> may be specified. The following
+ options are allowed inside a B<LoadPlugin> block:
+
+ <LoadPlugin perl>
+ Globals true
+ </LoadPlugin>
+
+ =over 4
+
+ =item B<Globals> B<true|false>
+
+ If enabled, collectd will export all global symbols of the plugin (and of all
+ libraries loaded as dependencies of the plugin) and, thus, makes those symbols
+ available for resolving unresolved symbols in subsequently loaded plugins if
+ that is supported by your system. By default, this is disabled.
+
+ This is useful (or possibly even required), e.E<nbsp>g., when loading a plugin
+ that embeds some scripting language into the daemon (e.E<nbsp>g. the C<perl>
+ or C<python> plugins). Scripting languages usually provide means to load
+ extensions written in C. Those extensions require symbols provided by the
+ interpreter, which is loaded as a dependency of the respective collectd
+ plugin. See the documentation of those plugins (e.E<nbsp>g.,
+ L<collectd-perl(5)> or L<collectd-python(5)>) for details.
+
+ =back
+
=item B<Include> I<Path>
If I<Path> points to a file, includes that file. If I<Path> points to a
If B<Hostname> is determined automatically this setting controls whether or not
the daemon should try to figure out the "fully qualified domain name", FQDN.
-This is done using a lookup of the name returned by C<gethostname>.
-
-Using this feature (i.E<nbsp>e. setting this option to B<true>) is recommended.
-However, to preserve backwards compatibility the default is set to B<false>.
-The sample config file that is installed with C<makeE<nbsp>install> includes a
-line which sets this option, though, so that default installations will have
-this setting enabled.
+This is done using a lookup of the name returned by C<gethostname>. This option
+is enabled by default.
=item B<PreCacheChain> I<ChainName>
(the default), it will report a disk as "root", but with it I<true>, it will be
"sda1" (or whichever).
-=item B<ReportReserved> B<true>|B<false>
-
-When enabled, the blocks reserved for root are reported separately. When
-disabled (the default for backwards compatibility reasons) the reserved space
-will be included in the "free" space.
-
-When disabled, the "df" type will be used to store "free" and "used" space. The
-mount point or disk name (see option B<ReportByDevice>) is used as type
-instance in this case (again: backwards compatibility).
-
-When enabled, the type "df_complex" is used and three files are created. The
-mount point or disk name is used as plugin instance and the type instance is
-set to "free", "reserved" and "used" as appropriate.
-
-Enabling this option is recommended.
-
=item B<ReportInodes> B<true>|B<false>
Enables or disables reporting of free, reserved and used inodes. Defaults to
TCP-Port to connect to. Defaults to B<7634>.
-=item B<TranslateDevicename> I<true>|I<false>
-
-If enabled, translate the disk names to major/minor device numbers
-(e.E<nbsp>g. "8-0" for /dev/sda). For backwards compatibility this defaults to
-I<true> but it's recommended to disable it as it will probably be removed in
-the next major version.
-
=back
=head2 Plugin C<interface>
means to concatenate the guest name and UUID (with a literal colon character
between, thus I<"foo:1234-1234-1234-1234">).
+=item B<InterfaceFormat> B<name>|B<address>
+
+When the libvirt 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
+the hypervisor (the "dev" property of the target node), which is equal to
+setting B<name>.
+
+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.
+
=back
=head2 Plugin C<logfile>
The C<mysql plugin> requires B<mysqlclient> to be installed. It connects to
one or more databases when started and keeps the connection up as long as
possible. When the connection is interrupted for whatever reason it will try
-to re-connect. The plugin will complaint loudly in case anything goes wrong.
+to re-connect. The plugin will complain loudly in case anything goes wrong.
This plugin issues the MySQL C<SHOW STATUS> / C<SHOW GLOBAL STATUS> command
and collects information about MySQL network traffic, executed statements,
necessary it's not a huge problem since the plugin has a duplicate detection,
so the values will not loop.
-=item B<CacheFlush> I<Seconds>
-
-For each host/plugin/type combination the C<network plugin> caches the time of
-the last value being sent or received. Every I<Seconds> seconds the plugin
-searches and removes all entries that are older than I<Seconds> seconds, thus
-freeing the unused memory again. Since this process is somewhat expensive and
-normally doesn't do much, this value should not be too small. The default is
-1800 seconds, but setting this to 86400 seconds (one day) will not do much harm
-either.
-
=item B<ReportStats> B<true>|B<false>
The network plugin cannot only receive and send statistics, it can also create
The returned lines will be handled separately one after another.
-=item B<Query> I<sql query statement>
-
-This is a deprecated synonym for B<Statement>. It will be removed in version 5
-of collectd.
-
=item B<Param> I<hostname>|I<database>|I<username>|I<interval>
Specify the parameters which should be passed to the SQL query. The parameters
times. If multiple B<ValuesFrom> options are specified, the columns are read
in the given order.
-=item B<Column> I<type> [I<type instance>]
-
-This is a deprecated alternative to a B<Result> block. It will be removed in
-version 5 of collectd. It is equivalent to the following B<Result> block:
-
- <Result>
- Type I<type>
- InstancePrefix I<type instance>
- ValuesFrom I<name of the x. column>
- </Result>
-
-The order of the B<Column> options defines which columns of the query result
-should be used. The first option specifies the data found in the first column,
-the second option that of the second column, and so on.
-
=item B<MinVersion> I<version>
=item B<MaxVersion> I<version>
and patch-level versions, each represented as two-decimal-digit numbers. For
example, version 8.2.3 will become 80203.
-=item B<MinPGVersion> I<version>
-
-=item B<MaxPGVersion> I<version>
-
-These are deprecated synonyms for B<MinVersion> and B<MaxVersion>
-respectively. They will be removed in version 5 of collectd.
-
=back
The following predefined queries are available (the definitions can be found
=back
+=head2 Plugin C<redis>
+
+The I<Redis plugin> connects to one or more Redis servers and gathers
+information about each server's state. For each server there is a I<Node> block
+which configures the connection parameters for this node.
+
+ <Plugin redis>
+ <Node "example">
+ Host "localhost"
+ Port "6379"
+ Timeout 2000
+ </Node>
+ </Plugin>
+
+The information shown in the synopsis above is the I<default configuration>
+which is used by the plugin if no configuration is present.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Node> I<Nodename>
+
+The B<Node> block identifies a new Redis node, that is a new Redis instance
+running in an specified host and port. The name for node is a canonical
+identifier which is used as I<plugin instance>. It is limited to
+64E<nbsp>characters in length.
+
+=item B<Host> I<Hostname>
+
+The B<Host> option is the hostname or IP-address where the Redis instance is
+running on.
+
+=item B<Port> I<Port>
+
+The B<Port> option is the TCP port on which the Redis instance accepts
+connections. Either a service name of a port number may be given. Please note
+that numerical port numbers must be given as a string, too.
+
+=item B<Timeout> I<Timeout in miliseconds>
+
+The B<Timeout> option set the socket timeout for node response. Since the Redis
+read function is blocking, you should keep this value as low as possible. Keep
+in mind that the sum of all B<Timeout> values for all B<Nodes> should be lower
+than B<Interval> defined globally.
+
+=back
+
=head2 Plugin C<rrdcached>
The C<rrdcached> plugin uses the RRDtool accelerator daemon, L<rrdcached(1)>,
=item B<CounterSet>
- The matched number is a counter. Simply sets the internal counter to this
- value.
+ =item B<DeriveSet>
+
+ =item B<AbsoluteSet>
+
+ The matched number is a counter. Simply I<sets> the internal counter to this
+ value. Variants exist for C<COUNTER>, C<DERIVE>, and C<ABSOLUTE> data sources.
=item B<CounterAdd>
- Add the matched value to the internal counter.
+ =item B<DeriveAdd>
+
+ Add the matched value to the internal counter. In case of B<DeriveAdd>, the
+ matched number may be negative, which will effectively subtract from the
+ internal counter.
=item B<CounterInc>
- Increase the internal counter by one. This B<DSType> is the only one that does
- not use the matched subexpression, but simply counts the number of matched
+ =item B<DeriveInc>
+
+ Increase the internal counter by one. These B<DSType> are the only ones that do
+ 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.
=back
As you'd expect the B<Gauge*> types interpret the submatch as a floating point
- number, using L<strtod(3)>. The B<CounterSet> and B<CounterAdd> interpret the
- submatch as an integer using L<strtoll(3)>. B<CounterInc> does not use the
- submatch at all and it may be omitted in this case.
+ 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.
=item B<Type> I<Type>
=back
+=head2 Plugin C<varnish>
+
+The Varnish plugin collects information about Varnish, an HTTP accelerator.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<CollectCache> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Cache hits and misses. True by default.
+
+=item B<CollectConnections> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Number of client connections received, accepted and dropped. True by default.
+
+=item B<CollectBackend> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Back-end connection statistics, such as successful, reused,
+and closed connections. True by default.
+
+=item B<CollectSHM> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Statistics about the shared memory log, a memory region to store
+log messages which is flushed to disk when full. True by default.
+
+=item B<CollectESI> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Edge Side Includes (ESI) parse statistics. False by default.
+
+=item B<CollectFetch> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Statistics about fetches (HTTP requests sent to the backend). False by default.
+
+=item B<CollectHCB> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Inserts and look-ups in the crit bit tree based hash. Look-ups are
+divided into locked and unlocked look-ups. False by default.
+
+=item B<CollectSMA> B<true>|B<false>
+
+malloc or umem (umem_alloc(3MALLOC) based) storage statistics.
+The umem storage component is Solaris specific. False by default.
+
+=item B<CollectSMS> B<true>|B<false>
+
+synth (synthetic content) storage statistics. This storage
+component is used internally only. False by default.
+
+=item B<CollectSM> B<true>|B<false>
+
+file (memory mapped file) storage statistics. False by default.
+
+=item B<CollectTotals> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Collects overview counters, such as the number of sessions created,
+the number of requests and bytes transferred. False by default.
+
+=item B<CollectWorkers> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Collect statistics about worker threads. False by default.
+
+=back
+
=head2 Plugin C<vmem>
The C<vmem> plugin collects information about the usage of virtual memory.
WarningMin 100000000
</Type>
</Plugin>
+
+ <Type "load">
+ DataSource "midterm"
+ FailureMax 4
+ Hits 3
+ Hysteresis 3
+ </Type>
</Host>
</Threshold>
example for the "df" type, where you may want to issue a warning when less than
5E<nbsp>% of the total space is available. Defaults to B<false>.
+=item B<Hits> I<Value>
+
+Sets the number of occurrences which the threshold must be arised before to
+dispatch any notification or, in other words, the number of B<Interval>s
+than the threshold must be match before dispatch any notification.
+
+=item B<Hysteresis> I<Value>
+
+Sets the hysteresis value for threshold. The hysteresis is a method to
+prevent flapping between states, until a new received value for
+a previously matched threshold down below the threshold condition
+(B<WarningMax>, B<FailureMin> or everthing else) minus the hysteresis value,
+the failure (respectively warning) state will be keep.
+
+=item B<Interesting> B<true>|B<false>
+
+If set to B<true> (the default), the threshold must be treated as
+interesting and, when a number of B<Timeout> values will lost, then
+a missing notification will be dispatched. On the other hand, if set to
+B<false>, the missing notification will never dispatched for this threshold.
+
=back
=head1 FILTER CONFIGURATION
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