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rrdcollect.conf

RRDCOLLECT.CONF(5)						    RRDcollect							RRDCOLLECT.CONF(5)

NAME

       rrdcollect.conf	--  RRDcollect configuration file.

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/rrdcollect.conf

DESCRIPTION

       The rrdcollect.conf file contains information where to look for data and to which database file put it.

   Variables
	      # Configuration values:
	      step = 60
	      directory = /var/local/rrd
	      loglevel = LOG_NOTICE

   Patterns
	      # System statistics:
	      file:///proc/stat
	      "cpu %d %d %d %d"    stat.rrd:user,nice,system,idle
	      "processes %u"	   stat.rrd:processes
	      "swap %u %u"	   stat.rrd:swap_in,swap_out

	      # System load: 1, 5 and 15 min. average
	      file:///proc/loadavg
	      "%f %f %f"	   avg1.rrd:load,avg5.rrd:load,avg15.rrd:load

	      # Memory usage:
	      file:///proc/meminfo
	      "Mem:  %*d %d %d %d %d %d"    memory.rrd:used,free,shared,buffers,cached
	      "Swap: %*d %d %*d"	    memory.rrd:swap_used

	      # S.M.A.R.T. HDD temperature:
	      file:///proc/ide/hda/smart_values
	      7:"%*04x %*04x %02x%*02x"       temperature.rrd:hda

   Regular expressions
	      # Using regular expressions:
	      file:///proc/stat
	      /cpu  (d+) (d+) (d+) (d+)/	stat.rrd:user,nice,system,idle

       Please look into examples/ directory for working examples.

FILES

       /etc/rrdcollect.conf

SEE ALSO

       rrdcollect(8), rrdtool(1), pcre(3)

AUTHOR

       Dawid Kuroczko <qnex@knm.org.pl>
       Artur R. Czechowski <arturcz@hell.pl>

2 September 2002						 RRDcollect 0.2.10						RRDCOLLECT.CONF(5)