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/metrics	METRIC MAPPINGS
/settings/collectd/client/targets	REMOTE TARGET DEFINITIONS
/settings/collectd/client/variables	VARIABLE DEFINITIONS

COLLECTD CLIENT SECTION

Section for the collectd client; forwards NSClient++ metrics to a collectd server.

Key	Default Value	Description
hostname	auto	HOSTNAME
interval	10	METRICS INTERVAL

# Section for the collectd client; forwards NSClient++ metrics to a collectd server.
[/settings/collectd/client]
hostname=auto
interval=10

HOSTNAME

The host name reported to collectd. Set this to auto (default) to use the name of this 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

Sample:

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

METRICS INTERVAL

The interval (in seconds) reported to collectd. Should match the core 'metrics interval' so collectd computes rates correctly.

Key	Description
Path:	/settings/collectd/client
Key:	interval
Default value:	10

Sample:

[/settings/collectd/client]
# METRICS INTERVAL
interval=10

METRIC MAPPINGS

Mapping of collectd keys (e.g. cpu-total/cpu-user) to value expressions (e.g. derive:system.cpu.total.user). When empty a built-in default set is used.

# Mapping of collectd keys (e.g. cpu-total/cpu-user) to value expressions (e.g. derive:system.cpu.total.user). When empty a built-in default set is used.
[/settings/collectd/client/metrics]

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
interval		METRICS INTERVAL
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=...
#interval=...
#port=...
retries=3
timeout=30

VARIABLE DEFINITIONS

Variables used to expand ${...} placeholders in metric keys. Each value is a regular expression matched against metric names; the captured groups become the variable's values. When empty a built-in default set is used.

# Variables used to expand ${...} placeholders in metric keys. Each value is a regular expression matched against metric names; the captured groups become the variable's values. When empty a built-in default set is used.
[/settings/collectd/client/variables]