collectd-interface.md

collectd/interface

Collectd stats about network interfaces on the system by using the collectd interface plugin.

See the integrations doc for more information.

Monitor Type: collectd/interface

Monitor Source Code

Accepts Endpoints: No

Multiple Instances Allowed: No

Configuration

This monitor has no configuration options.

Metrics

The following table lists the metrics available for this monitor. Metrics that are marked as Included are standard metrics and are monitored by default.

Name	Type	Included	Description
if_errors.rx	cumulative	✔	Count of receive errors on the interface
if_errors.tx	cumulative	✔	Count of transmit errors on the interface
if_octets.rx	cumulative	✔	Count of bytes (octets) received on the interface
if_octets.tx	cumulative	✔	Count of bytes (octets) transmitted by the interface
if_packets.rx	cumulative		Count of packets received on the interface
if_packets.tx	cumulative		Count of packets transmitted by the interface

To specify custom metrics you want to monitor, add a metricsToInclude filter to the agent configuration, as shown in the code snippet below. The snippet lists all available custom metrics. You can copy and paste the snippet into your configuration file, then delete any custom metrics that you do not want sent.

Note that some of the custom metrics require you to set a flag as well as add them to the list. Check the monitor configuration file to see if a flag is required for gathering additional metrics.

metricsToInclude:
  - metricNames:
    - if_packets.rx
    - if_packets.tx
    monitorType: collectd/interface