For Collectd, We have to create a configuration file.
$ cat /etc/collectd/collectd.conf
# For each instance where collectd is running, we define# hostname proper to that instance. When metrics from# multiple instances are aggregated, hostname will tell# us were they came from.
Hostname "Gateway"# Fully qualified domain name
FQDNLookup false# Plugins we are going to use with their configurations,# if needed
LoadPlugin cpu
LoadPlugin df
LoadPlugin disk
LoadPlugin irq
LoadPlugin load
LoadPlugin users
LoadPlugin swap
LoadPlugin memory
LoadPlugin uptime
LoadPlugin processes
LoadPlugin ethstat
# LoadPlugin entropy# LoadPlugin rrdtool# LoadPlugin battery
LoadPlugin syslog
<Plugin syslog>
LogLevel info
</Plugin>
LoadPlugin interface
<Plugin interface>
Interface "eth0"
IgnoreSelected false
</Plugin>
LoadPlugin network
<Plugin network>
Server "127.0.0.1""25826"
</Plugin>
LoadPlugin ping
<Plugin "ping">
Host "google.co.in"
</Plugin>
<Include "/etc/collectd/collectd.conf.d">
Filter ".conf"
</Include>
Restart Collectd Service
$ sudo service collectd restart
More Details
Each plugin will gather different pieces of information.
For an extensive list of plugins and their details, go to the Collectd Plugins page.
