[collectd] Collectd and data encryption

[Giovanni Torres]

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> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 02:41:28 +0100 
> From: melkor.lord at gmail.com 
> To: collectd at verplant.org 
> Subject: [collectd] Collectd and data encryption 
>  
> Hi, 
>  
> According to the documentation -  
> https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Plugin:Network - collectd supports  
> data signing/encryption. 
>  
> How is it triggered? I see no way to enforce it by a configuration  
> flag. Is it negociated with the destination to test if it supports  
> signing/encrytion and then use it? 

You must have compiled collectd with libgcrypt support, otherwise signing or encryption will not work.  Have a look at the source code for the network plugin (https://github.com/collectd/collectd/blob/master/src/network.c).  You will see references to "#if HAVE_LIBGCRYPT".  Otherwise, the "SecurityLevel" options are ignored, as stated here: https://collectd.org/documentation/manpages/collectd.conf.5.shtml#plugin_network

When you compile collectd, look for the following line:
    libgcrypt . . . . . . yes

If not, install the libgcrypt-devel package (if on CentOS) and recompile.


>  
> On the same matter, Riemann plugin should support SSL as Riemann itself  
> supports it too - http://riemann.io/api/riemann.transport.tcp.html -  
> via the ssl-handler 
>  

What's the question here?

> Thanks 
>  
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