[collectd] Collectd complex perl plugin question ...

[Sebastian Harl]

Hi,

On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 07:24:08PM +0000, Sebastien Cramatte wrote:
> We have created a complex perl plugin that scan  over 1000 SNMP
> equipments  using multi threads. It's works  except that  I don't how
> to handle properly  interval execution.  When I restart collectd
> daemon,  read method Is called every  10 o 20 seconds ….
> 
> We need that this plugin  read method be executed every 300 s (5mn).
> How can I achieve this  ?

Right now, this is not possible using any built-in mechanisms.
(See the per plugin interval feature mentioned in another thread though,
which is available as an RFC on Github.)

However, you could simple skip a couple of intervals in the read
callback function. I.e., use a global variable (for each instance of the
callback) to count down the number of intervals to be skipped. Make sure
to return 0 in case you skip the current interval. Then, manually set
the interval appropriately when dispatching values.

HTH,
Sebastian

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