X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?p=collection4.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=ba153697efcab51d923228633224eb707a0e2b43;hp=6083aca2e689382c45208749dece686a513e3519;hb=e3fb09073a64cc051c11c4a1bdcec493f937b764;hpb=e01bdf27be8935fca8b50abe79ae3ffaece06793 diff --git a/README b/README index 6083aca..ba15369 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ collection 4 - An efficient graphing front-end for collectd ============================================================= + About ----- @@ -56,7 +57,32 @@ Concepts In the future it shall be possible to use multiple data providers in parallel. The vision is to have multiple servers running RRDCacheD. Data is distributed to those servers using the "Hashed" match of collectd and then a - unified interface is provided via collection 4. + unified interface is provided via c4. + + +Dependencies +------------ + + c4 currently requires the following libraries: + + * libfcgi + + + * librrd_th (thread-safe version of librrd) + + + * libyajl + + + The "configure" script is currently kept minimal. It may therefore be + necessary to set the CPP- and LD-flags manually. In case of libyajl, which is + not built with libtool, you may need to set the rpath, too. + + When building from the Git repository, you'll need to have flex and bison (or + possibly lex and yacc) installed. These two programs are used to generate the + code for parsing the config file. If you are building from a tarball, the + generated .c and .h files are included and you don't need to have these + programs installed. Bugs @@ -69,7 +95,6 @@ Bugs * Currently it's not possible to display more than one graph at a time. (With a very limited and undocumented exception.) * Speaking of which: There is no documentation. - * No default page. -> Redirect to "list_graphs" action. * ... (to be added) @@ -80,6 +105,17 @@ License version 2.1. The exact license terms are available in the file "COPYING" in the top source directory. + c4 includes the JavaScript library "jQuery" which is dual-licensed under the + MIT license and the GPL. The file "share/jquery-1.4.2.min.js" includes a + license header which points you to more detailed information. + + c4 includes the JavaScript library "Highcharts" which is licensed under the + Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC-by-nc 3.0). This + means that the library is free of charge for non-commercial use. The file + "share/highcharts.js" includes a license header which points you to more + detailed information. More information on Highcharts and licensing options is + available from . + Author ------