Collectd Developer Reference

Collectd Plugin for Receiver or arbiter

class module.module.Collectd_arbiter(modconf, host, port, multicast, grouped_collectd_plugins=None, use_decicated_reader_thread=False)

Bases: BaseModule

Main class for this collecitd module

do_loop_turn()

class module.module.Element(host_name, sdesc, interval, last_sent=None)

Bases: object

Element store service name and all perfdatas before send it in a external command

add_perf_data(mname, mvalues, mtime)

Add perf datas to this element. :param mname: The metric name. :param mvalues: The metric read values. :param mtime: The “epoch” time when the values were read.

get_command()

Look if this element has data to be sent to Shinken. :return

• None if element has not all its perf data refreshed since last sent..
• The command to be sent otherwise.

last_full_update

Returns:The last “full” update time of this element. i.e. the metric mininum last update own time.

send_ready

Returns:True if this element is ready to have its perfdata sent. False otherwise.

module.module.get_instance(plugin)

This function is called by the module manager to get an instance of this module