Collectd

Collects performance management data to persist node metric data over time.

Table 1. Collectd configuration file overview
File Description Reload Event Restart Required

collectd-configuration.xml

This file defines which collections are being collected and assigned to which nodes.
Restart is required in case new collectors are created or removed.
The reload event loads changed configuration parameters of existing collectors but will not load new collectors.

yes

yes

datacollection-config.xml

Defines data collections via SNMP. Configuration is reprocessed when the file is modified.

no

no

datacollection/*.xml

Defines data collections via SNMP. Files in this folder must be specified as an include directive in datacollection-config.xml.

no

no

jdbc-datacollection-config.xml

Defines JDBC data collections. Attributes are retrieved using SQL queries.

no

yes

jmx-datacollection-config.xml

Defines data collections via JMX.

no

yes

jmx-datacollection-config.d/*.xml

Defines data collections via JMX.

no

yes

http-datacollection-config.xml

Defines HTTP data collections. Attributes are extracted from the HTTP responses using a regular expression.

no

yes

prometheus-datacollection-config.xml

Defines data collections via Prometheus Exporter.

no

yes

prometheus-datacollection.d/*.xml

Defines data collections via Prometheus Exporter.

no

yes

snmp-config.xml

Defines per-host security settings for SNMP communication.

no

no

wmi-config.xml

Defines per-host security settings for WMI communication.

no

no

wmi-datacollection-config.xml

Defines data collections via WMI.

no

yes

wsman-config.xml

Defines per-host security settings for WSMAN communication.

no

no

wsman-datacollection-config.xml

Defines data collections via WSMAN.

no

yes

wsman-datacollection.d/*.xml

Files in this folder must be specified as an include directive in wsman-datacollection-config.xml.

no

yes

xml-datacollection-config.xml

Defines data collections that can be extracted from XML or JSON documents.

no

yes

xml-datacollection/*.xml

Files in this folder must be specified as an include directive in xml-datacollection-config.xml.

no

yes

Table 2. Collectd log file overview
File Description

collectd.log

Logs relating to collector server events.

instrumentation.log

Collection statistics used to populate the Instrumentation Log Reader.