[collectd] collectd client / server network plugin advice required

[Ruben Kerkhof]

On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Keith <keith at nhs.net> wrote:
> Hi, We are having trouble getting collectd client / server networking
> working. We think out client / server can talk to each other but for some
> reason the data cpu/syslog/interface data from the client isn't getting
> logged into our influxdb and we're not sure why.
>
> Below is our cut down config from both client & server.
>
> "Client_VM_A" to connect to {"Server_VM_A" > InfluxDB}
>
> ==========================================
>
> #Hostname     "the_server"
> LoadPlugin network
> LoadPlugin nginx
> #LoadPlugin syslog   #Not sure if we need this
>
> <Plugin network>
>         Server "127.0.0.1" "26000"   #This is out InfluxDB Server
>         Listen "192.168.1.10"
> </Plugin>

I think you need to enable the Forward option (Forward true).

Kind regards,

Ruben