collectd plain text protocol ============================ Full protocol spec: https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Plain_text_protocol We are interested in submitting data (either to local or remote collectd) PUTVAL \ \[\\] Valuelist Identifier host "/" plugin \["-" plugin instance\] "/" type \["-" type instance\] https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Identifier Option list interval - interval in seconds Value list - comma separated values Value - timestamp:val:val (if more) Sample: PUTVAL "testhost/testplugin/testmetric" 12345678:123:458