CollectdClient

CollectD client can be used to submit metrics to a collectd server

Enable module

To enable this module and and allow using the commands you need to ass CollectdClient = enabled to the [/modules] section in nsclient.ini:

[/modules]
CollectdClient = enabled

Configuration

Path / Section	Description
/settings/collectd/client	COLLECTD CLIENT SECTION
/settings/collectd/client/targets	REMOTE TARGET DEFINITIONS

COLLECTD CLIENT SECTION

Section for NSCA passive check module.

Key	Default Value	Description
hostname	auto	HOSTNAME

# Section for NSCA passive check module.
[/settings/collectd/client]
hostname=auto

HOSTNAME

The host name of the monitored computer. Set this to auto (default) to use the windows name of the computer.

auto Hostname ${host} Hostname ${host_lc} Hostname in lowercase ${host_uc} Hostname in uppercase ${domain} Domainname ${domain_lc} Domainname in lowercase ${domain_uc} Domainname in uppercase

Key	Description
Path:	/settings/collectd/client
Key:	hostname
Default value:	auto
Used by:	CollectdClient

Sample:

[/settings/collectd/client]
# HOSTNAME
hostname=auto

REMOTE TARGET DEFINITIONS

This is a section of objects. This means that you will create objects below this point by adding sections which all look the same.

Keys:

Key	Default Value	Description
address		TARGET ADDRESS
host		TARGET HOST
port		TARGET PORT
retries	3	RETRIES
timeout	30	TIMEOUT

Sample:

# An example of a REMOTE TARGET DEFINITIONS section
[/settings/collectd/client/targets/sample]
#address=...
#host=...
#port=...
retries=3
timeout=30