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author | Vladimir Kobal <vlad@prokk.net> | 2019-03-27 11:19:24 +0200 |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-03-27 11:19:24 +0200 |
commit | b3f690e7c9a759ef3a267766f228c0bcbfc02f4a (patch) | |
tree | cbdfba44300706689fe12e2048087c15438f9fa9 /collectors/xenstat.plugin/README.md | |
parent | 4ab5f2e3a526b2a0d9de7c6849bf5d6488d5b288 (diff) |
Add xenstat plugin (#5660)
* Add xenstat plugin
* Add basic domain charts
* Initialize xl context
* Use domain UUID instead of name
* Make charts obsolete
* Add tmem charts
* Change algorithm for tmem puts and gets
* Add VCPU charts
* Minor formatting for sending charts functions
* Add VBD charts
* Add network charts
* Assemble VCPU metrics in one chart
* Fix chart names
* Make write/sent dimensions negative
* Minor formatting
* Change id and context for domain charts
* Add dashboard info
* Get rid of global variables
* Free libxenstat and libxl resourses
* Free domain_metrics on VM shutdown
* Add domain state chart
* Add debug messages
* Add branch prediction hints
* Minor fix
* Fix chart obsoleting
* Make names more general
* Fix CMake build of nfacct.plugin
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diff --git a/collectors/xenstat.plugin/README.md b/collectors/xenstat.plugin/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f803dbf36c --- /dev/null +++ b/collectors/xenstat.plugin/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +# xenstat.plugin + +`xenstat.plugin` collects XenServer and XCP-ng statistics. + +## Prerequisites + +1. install `xen-dom0-libs-devel` and `yajl-devel` using the package manager of your system. + +2. re-install netdata from source. The installer will detect that the required libraries are now available and will also build xenstat.plugin. + +Keep in mind that `libxenstat` requires root access, so the plugin is setuid to root. + +## Charts + +The plugin provides XenServer and XCP-ng host and domains statistics: + +Host: +1. Number of domains. + +Domain: +1. CPU. +2. Memory. +3. Networks. +4. VBDs. + +## Configuration + +If you need to disable xenstat for netdata, edit /etc/netdata/netdata.conf and set: + +``` +[plugins] + xenstat = no +``` + +## Debugging + +You can run the plugin by hand: + +``` +sudo /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/xenstat.plugin 1 debug +``` + +You will get verbose output on what the plugin does. + +[![analytics](https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&aip=1&t=pageview&_s=1&ds=github&dr=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnetdata%2Fnetdata&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fmy-netdata.io%2Fgithub%2Fcollectors%2Fnfacct.plugin%2FREADME&_u=MAC~&cid=5792dfd7-8dc4-476b-af31-da2fdb9f93d2&tid=UA-64295674-3)]() |