Plugin:OVS Stats

OVS Events plugin
Type:	read
Callbacks:	config, init, read, shutdown
Status:	supported
First version:	5.8
Copyright:	2017–2018 Intel Corporation
License:	MIT license
Manpage:	collectd.conf(5)
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Open vSwitch, sometimes abbreviated as OvS, is a production-quality open-source implementation of a distributed virtual multi-layer switch. The main purpose of Open vSwitch is to provide a switching stack for hardware virtualisation environments, while supporting multiple protocols and standards used in computer networks.

Synopsis

LoadPlugin ovs_stats     
<Plugin "ovs_stats">
    <Instance default>
        Port 6640
        Address "127.0.0.1"
        Socket "/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock"
        Bridges "br0" "br_ext"
    </Instance>
</Plugin>

Parameters

The following configuration options should be supported by ovs_stats collectd plugin:

Name	Description	Comment
Interval	The interval within which to retrieve statistics on monitored interfaces in seconds.	Interval option is supported by collectd and is defined in <LoadPlugin> block. No additional functionality should be developed in ovs_stats plugin to support this option.
Instance	This block describes the OVS DB server configuration. The name of the instance must be provided by the user. If no instance is configured, the default instance with default configuration is used.	Block. E.g.: <Instance name> … </Instance>

Instance block configuration options:

Name	Description	Comment
Address	The address of the OVS DB server JSON-RPC interface used by the plugin. To enable the interface, OVS DB daemon should be running with "--remote=ptcp:" option. See ovsdb-server(1) for more details. The option may be either network hostname, IPv4 numbers-and-dots notation or IPv6 hexadecimal string format. Defaults to 'localhost'.
Port	TCP-port to connect to. Either a service name or a port number may be given. Defaults to 6640.
Socket	The UNIX domain socket path of OVS DB server JSON-RPC interface used by the plugin. To enable the interface, the OVS DB daemon should be running with "--remote=punix:" option. See ovsdb-server(1) for more details. If this option is set, Address and Port options are ignored.
Bridges	List of OVS bridge names to be monitored by this plugin. If this option is omitted or is empty then all OVS bridges will be monitored.)	e.g: “br0”, “br_ext”

See also

• Plugin:Intel_PMU/tests
• Openvswitch plugin high level design document