From: Florian Forster Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 13:41:22 +0000 (+0200) Subject: ChangeLog, README: Added the netlink plugin. X-Git-Tag: collectd-4.1.0~8 X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=37e5a9a0b3f5c89b1cad536c71845090fd7b866d;p=collectd.git ChangeLog, README: Added the netlink plugin. --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 0ba44064..0fdb8c7a 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ * Flexible interval: The interval of collected data is not sent along with the data itself over the network, so that the interval-settings of server and clients no longer needs to match. + * netlink plugin: The new `netlink' plugin connects to the Linux + kernel using a netlink socket and uses it to query information about + interfaces, qdiscs and classes. * snmp plugin: The new `snmp' plugin can read values from SNMP enabled network devices, such as switches, routers, thermometers, rack monitoring servers, etc. The collectd-snmp(5) manpage documents this diff --git a/README b/README index 6f59a7a0..d9e076c1 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ Features MySQL server statistics: Commands issued, handlers triggered, thread usage, query cache utilization and traffic/octets sent and received. + - netlink + Very detailed Linux network interface and routing statistics. You can get + (detailed) information on interfaces, qdiscs, classes, and, if you can + make use of it, filters. + - network Receive values that were collected by other hosts. Large setups will want to collect the data on one dedicated machine, and this is the