2016/monitoring/collectd/scripts/wlstats-gather/collectd-protocols.md

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 <Identifier> [<OptionList>] 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