collectd-tg(1)

The system statistics collection daemon

NAME

collectd-tg - Traffic generator for collectd.

SYNOPSIS

collectd-tg -n num_vl -H num_hosts -p num_plugins -i interval -d dest -D dport

DESCRIPTION

collectd-tg generates bogus collectd network traffic. While host, plugin and values are generated randomly, the generated traffic tries to mimic “real” traffic as closely as possible.

ARGUMENTS AND OPTIONS

The following options are understood by collectd-tg. The order of the arguments generally doesn’t matter, as long as no argument is passed more than once.

  • -n num_vl

    Sets the number of unique value lists (VL) to generate. Defaults to 10000.

  • -H num_hosts

    Sets the number of unique hosts to simulate. Defaults to 1000.

  • -p num_plugins

    Sets the number of unique plugins to simulate. Defaults to 20.

  • -i interval

    Sets the interval in which each value list is dispatched. Defaults to 10.0 seconds.

  • -d dest

    Sets the destination to which to send the generated network traffic. Defaults to the IPv6 multicast address, ff18::efc0:4a42.

  • -D dport

    Sets the destination port or service to which to send the generated network traffic. Defaults to collectd’s default port, 25826.

  • -h

    Print usage summary.

SEE ALSO

collectd(1), collectd.conf(5)

AUTHOR

Florian Forster <octo at collectd.org>