1 2006-03-14, Version 3.8.2
2 * `utils_mount.c' has been changed to not use the `MNTTAB' defined by
3 the GNU libc, because it points to `/etc/fstab' rather than
6 2006-03-13, Version 3.8.1
7 * Fixes for building collectd unter FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Solaris.
8 * Fixes in the debian `postinst' and `init.d' scripts.
10 2006-03-09, Version 3.8.0
11 * The `ping' plugin no longer uses `libping' but a self written
12 library named `liboping'. With this library it's possible to ping
13 multiple IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and hostnames - in parallel.
15 2006-02-18, Version 3.7.2
16 * A simple bug in the `battery' plugin has been fixed. It should now
17 work with ACPI based batteries as well. Thankt to Sebastian for
19 * Fixing a bug that prevented collectd to be built without librrd.
20 Thanks to Werner Heuser for reporting it.
22 2006-02-04, Version 3.7.1
23 * The new network code has been improved to build with older versions
25 * Fix in `libping' sets the ICMP sequence on outgoing packets. Thanks
26 to Tommie Gannert for this patch.
28 2006-01-30, Version 3.7.0
29 * The `battery' plugin has been added. It collects information about
31 * The MySQL plugin has been improved: It now writes two more RRD
32 files, `mysql_qcache.rrd' and `mysql_threads.rrd'.
33 * The `cpufreq' plugin now reads another file since the file it did
34 read so far causes much overhead in the kernel. Also, you need root
35 to read the old file, but not to read the new one.
36 * The `hddtemp' plugin can now be configured to connect to another
37 address and/or port than localhost.
38 * The `df' plugin now prefers `statvfs' over `statfs'.
39 * The network code has been rewritten. collectd now supports unicast
40 and multicast, and IPv4 and IPv6. Also, the TTL of sent packages can
41 be set in the configfile.
43 2006-01-24, Version 3.6.2
44 * Due to a bug in the configfile handling collectd wouldn't start in
45 client mode. This released fixes this.
47 2006-01-20, Version 3.6.1
48 * Due to a bug in `configure.in' all modules and the binary were
49 linked against `libmysqlclient'. This issue is solved by this
52 2006-01-17, Version 3.6.0
53 * A config file has been added. This allows for loading only specific
55 * A `df' plugin has been added.
56 * A `mysql' plugin has been added.
57 * The `ping' plugin doesn't entirely give up hope when a socket error
58 occured, but will back of and increase the intervals between tries.
60 2006-01-21, Version 3.5.2
61 * Fixed yet another bug in the signal handling.. Stupid typo..
62 * Improved the ping plugin to not give up on socket errors (backport
65 2005-12-18, Version 3.5.1
66 * The PID-file is now deleted correctly when shutting down the daemon.
67 * SIGINT and SIGTERM are now handled correctly.
69 2005-12-16, Version 3.5.0 (Revision 326)
70 * A bug in the `load' module under Solaris has been fixed.
71 * The `users' module has been contributed by Sebastian Harl. It counts
72 currently logged in users.
73 * The CPU module now works under FreeBSD without the use of
74 `libstatgrab', however SMP support is missing.
75 * The default directories for the RRD files and the PID file now
76 depend on the compile time setting of `localstatedir'.
78 2005-11-15, Version 3.4.0 (Revision 236)
79 * A PID-file is written to /var/run upon startup. Thanks to `Tommie'
80 from gentoo's bugzilla for writing the patch.
81 * The build dependency for librrd has been removed. Binaries built
82 without librrd are client-only and will multicast their value as
83 with the `-c' argument.
84 * A patch by Peter Holik adds a module for monitoring CPU frequencies.
85 * The newly introduced `-f' switch prevents daemon initialization
86 (forking, closing standard filehandles, etc.) Thanks to Alvaro
87 Barcellos for this patch.
89 2005-11-04, Version 3.3.0 (Revision 216)
90 * New modules have been added:
91 - `serial', for monitoring traffic on the serial interfaces
92 - `nfs', for graphing NFS procedure calls
93 - `tape', traffic from/to tape devices
94 * The the memory.rrd now accepts more than 4Gig of memory.
96 2005-10-26, Version 3.2.0 (Revision 200)
97 * Support for graphing the processes has been added (thanks to Lyonel
99 * If reading from hddtemp failes collectd will increase the time
100 between polls up to one day.
101 * The init.d files have been improved.
102 * Problems with the spec file have been fixed.
104 2005-10-16, Version 3.1.0 (Revision 194)
105 * Added the `setsid' syscall to the startup code.
106 * Support for hddtemp has been added (thanks to Vincent Stehlé)
108 2005-09-30, Version 3.0.0 (Revision 184)
109 * The ability to send/receive data to/from the network (think
110 multicast) has been added.
111 * Modules have been split up into shared libraries can be loaded at
112 runtime. The biggest advantage is that the core program doesn't need
113 to be linked against an external library.
114 * A patch by George Kargiotakis has been applied: It fixes the sensors
115 behaviour then more than one sensor is being queried.
117 2005-09-16, Version 2.1.0 (Revision 172)
118 * A module for swap statistics has been added.
120 2005-09-09, Version 2.0.0 (Revision 135)
121 * Filenames can no longer be configured at program startup. The only
122 options as of this version are the directory and ping hosts.
123 * CPU statistics now include Wait-IO. If privided under Linux IRQ and
124 Soft-IRQ statistics are added to `System'.
125 * Diskstats now collect read and write bytes, not sectors.
126 * Ping statistics can now be collected for more than one host. There
127 is no default any more: If no host is given no host will be pinged.
128 * A self-written patch for libping has been applied so it builds
131 2005-09-01, Version 1.8.1 (Revision 123)
132 * Much improved configure-script: libraries and features may now be
134 * More detailed warnings/error messages when RRD update failes.
136 2005-08-29, Version 1.8.0:
137 * Support for collecting disk statistics under Solaris.
139 2005-08-25, Version 1.7.0:
140 * Support for libstatgrab[1] for load, memory usage and network
141 traffic. CPU- and disk-usage are not (yet) supported, since
142 libstatgrab returns insufficient information. I will contact the
144 * Improved the CPU-initialization code for Solaris. Apparently CPUs
145 aren't neccessarily counted linear which is now handled correctly.
146 [1]: http://www.i-scream.org/libstatgrab/
148 2005-08-21, Version 1.6.0:
149 * Basic support for Solaris: System load and cpu-usage can be
150 collected unter Solaris, too. Other stats will follow later.
151 * Many fixes in the autoconf-script
152 * Collection/Museum scripts have been added unter contrib/museum
153 * collectd may now be started in unprivileged mode, though ping
154 statistics will not work.
156 2005-07-17, Version 1.5.1:
157 * Diskstats-RRDs now use major/minor for naming. Some systems have
158 weird strings as disk-names..
160 2005-07-17, Version 1.5:
161 * A new module, diskstats, has been added. It collects information
162 about the disks and partitions.
164 2005-07-11, Version 1.4.2:
165 * The meminfo mofule has been changed to work with more platforms
166 and/or kernel versions.
168 2005-07-10, Version 1.4.1: Correct traffic stats
169 * The traffic rrd-file is now created with DS-type `COUNTER' which I
170 forgot to correct when I changed that module.
172 2005-07-09, Version 1.4: More traffic stats
173 * Traffic is now collected for all interfaces that can be found
174 * Temperature-statistics are read from lm-sensors if available
176 2005-07-08, Version 1.3: CPU stats
177 * Collecting CPU statistics now
179 2004-07-12, Version 1.2: Using syslog
180 * collectd is now using the syslog facility to report errors, warnings
182 * The default directory is now /var/db/collectd
184 2004-07-10, Version 1.1: Minor changes
185 * Nothing really usefull to say ;)
187 2004-07-09, Version 1.0: Initial Version
188 * The following modules are provided: