Collectd is a system statistic collection daemon that can gather a wide variety of performance metrics. In this tutorial, we will install Collectd on NetBSD.
Before getting started, make sure that you have the following:
Collectd is available in the official NetBSD package repository. You can install Collectd using the pkgin package manager.
Open a terminal and run the following command:
# pkgin install collectd
This command will download and install Collectd and all its dependencies.
Once the installation is complete, you can start configuring Collectd.
The main configuration file for Collectd is located at /usr/pkg/etc/collectd.conf. You can modify this file according to your needs.
For example, if you want to enable the CPU plugin, go to the Plugins section and uncomment the following lines:
LoadPlugin cpu
Now that you have configured Collectd, you can start the daemon.
Open a terminal and run the following command:
# /usr/pkg/sbin/collectd
This command starts the Collectd daemon. You can now monitor system performance metrics.
Collectd is an excellent tool for monitoring system performance metrics. In this tutorial, we have covered how to install Collectd on NetBSD and configure it. You can now start monitoring your NetBSD server's performance metrics.
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