or turn on the csv plugin ;)
Bill Schwanitz If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut. - Albert Einstein. > On May 6, 2014, at 3:10 AM, Yves Mettier <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK, I understand. > When I have this problem, I use tcpdump. > It will not tell you if the primary collectd server collects the data (I know > no other way than collectdctl or "nc -U" on the unix socket, which is the > same), but at least you will see if your client is sending data and if your > server is receiving it. > > When tcpdump says that your server is receiving the data, you really have to > go inside the collectd process to check and the 2 ways I know are 1/ > collectdctl and "nc -U" and 2/ hacking tools like strace or systemd. Of > course I only use "nc -U". > > Good luck ! > > Regards, > Yves > > Le 2014-05-06 08:45, Stuart Cracraft a écrit : >> Hi Yves! >> We are speaking here of on the primary collectd server, not the clients >> where the data is being collected, hence the lsof could only be run remotely. >> We're looking for something entirely local on the primary collectd server, >> not >> farming out the question to the clients. >> The only method I know of on the server (besides ssh/rsh/telnet/etc) is >> to run collectdctl for the particular item and if it doesn't show, then >> assume >> the data is not available. >> Stuart >>> On May 5, 2014, at 11:42 PM, Yves Mettier <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> Use lsof (lsof -p <pid>) to know what plugins are loaded. >>> This is NOT a way to find out if a plugin exists and is collecting. >>> But it IS a way to know that a plugin is NOT loaded and NOT collecting if >>> you do not find it in the list. >>> Regards, >>> Yves >>> Le 2014-05-06 01:23, Stuart Cracraft a écrit : >>>> On a collectd server, other than running collectdctl to find out if plugin >>>> ABC >>>> exists and is collecting for a given collectd client of the collectd >>>> server, >>>> is there any other approach from the server to determine if the plugin >>>> is collecting? >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> collectd mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mailman.verplant.org/listinfo/collectd >> Stuart Cracraft >> RHCE, RHCSA >> mail: [email protected] >> linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartcracraft >> skype: smcracraft >> cell: (949) 285-6573, (408) 868-8647 >> web: http://marketwaves.us >> app: http://appstore.com/marketwaves >> group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gnutech >> group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/rhcerts > > _______________________________________________ > collectd mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.verplant.org/listinfo/collectd _______________________________________________ collectd mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.verplant.org/listinfo/collectd
