1TYPES.DB(5)                        collectd                        TYPES.DB(5)
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NAME

6       types.db - Data-set specifications for the system statistics collection
7       daemon collectd
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SYNOPSIS

10         bitrate    value:GAUGE:0:4294967295
11         counter    value:COUNTER:U:U
12         if_octets  rx:COUNTER:0:4294967295, tx:COUNTER:0:4294967295
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DESCRIPTION

15       The types.db file contains one line for each data-set specification.
16       Each line consists of two fields delimited by spaces and/or horizontal
17       tabs. The first field defines the name of the data-set, while the
18       second field defines a list of data-source specifications, delimited by
19       spaces and, optionally, a comma (",") right after each list-entry.
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21       The format of the data-source specification has been inspired by
22       RRDtool's data-source specification. Each data-source is defined by a
23       quadruple made up of the data-source name, type, minimal and maximal
24       values, delimited by colons (":"): ds-name:ds-type:min:max. ds-type may
25       be either ABSOLUTE, COUNTER, DERIVE, or GAUGE. min and max define the
26       range of valid values for data stored for this data-source. If U is
27       specified for either the min or max value, it will be set to unknown,
28       meaning that no range checks will happen. See rrdcreate(1) for more
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FILES

32       The location of the types.db file is defined by the TypesDB
33       configuration option (see collectd.conf(5)). It defaults to collectd's
34       shared data directory, i. e. prefix/share/collectd/.
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CUSTOM TYPES

37       If you want to specify custom types, you should do so by specifying a
38       custom file in addition to the default one (see FILES) above. You can
39       do that by having multiple TypesDB statements in your configuration
40       file or by specifying more than one file in one line.
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44        TypesDB "/opt/collectd/share/collectd/types.db"
45        TypesDB "/opt/collectd/etc/types.db.custom"
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47       Note: Make sure to make this file available on all systems if you're
48       sending values over the network.
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SEE ALSO

51       collectd(1), collectd.conf(5), rrdcreate(1)
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AUTHOR

54       collectd has been written by Florian Forster <octo at collectd.org>.
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56       This manpage has been written by Sebastian Harl <sh at tokkee.org>.
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605.9.2                             2019-09-16                       TYPES.DB(5)
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