From 3c3e8034059d0e9f2d7f4400d6f00c76c55fcfa7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Harl Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 10:44:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README: Added "uuid" plugin to the list of available plugins. * Added an optional dependency on libhal. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Harl Signed-off-by: Florian Forster --- README | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index b2042516..06650e81 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -213,6 +213,13 @@ Features - syslog Logs to the standard UNIX logging mechanism, syslog. + * Miscellaneous plugins: + + - uuid + Sets the hostname to an unique identifier. This is meant for setups + where each client may migrate to another physical host, possibly going + through one or more name changes in the process. + * Performance: Since collectd is running as a daemon it doesn't spend much time starting up again and again. With the exception of the exec plugin no processes are forked. Caching in output plugins, such as the rrdtool and @@ -280,6 +287,9 @@ Prerequisites * libcurl (optional) If you want to use the `apache' and/or `nginx' plugins. + * libhal (optional) + If present, the uuid plugin will check for UUID from HAL. + * libiptc (optional) For querying iptables counters. -- 2.11.0