Hi,
i'm trying to development a plugin for collectd. But it dosen't work.
The plugin is running/loading but no data are submitted/dispatched.
My searches in the internet -> no results.
waht wrong with my plugin?
code and makefile in attachment.
best regards
Sebastian Kuhnert
makefile
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/***************************************************************************** * author : Sebastian Kuhnert * * company : Ammonit Measurement GmbH * * Wrangelstr. 100, DE 10997 Berlin * * http://www.ammonit.com * * date : 2014-04-10 * * change : 2014-04-10 * *****************************************************************************/ /***************************************************************************** * Ammonit_life is an plugin for the collectd daemon. * * This plugin read the logger data and send the data to an server in use * * of collectd. * *****************************************************************************/ /***************************************************************************** * License * * ======= * * * * Ammonit_life.c * * Copyright (C) 2014 Ammonit Measurements GmbH * * * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the * * Free Software Foundation; only version 2 of the License is applicable. * * * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but * * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * * General Public License for more details. * * * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along * * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., * * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA * * * * Authors: * * Sebastian Kuhnert <Kuhnse at gmx.net> * * * *****************************************************************************/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <collectd/config.h>
#include <collectd/collectd.h>
#include <collectd/common.h> /* auxiliary functions */
#include <collectd/plugin.h> /* plugin_register_*, plugin_dispatch_values */
const char* PLUGIN_NAME = "ammonit_life";
/*test code only for testing, remove this code if release*/
const char* FILE_NAME = "/home/sebastian/projekte/ammonit_life/test.txt";
/*
submit the life data
*/
static void lifedata_submit (double value)
{
int i;
value_t values[1];
value_list_t vl = VALUE_LIST_INIT;
values[0].gauge = value;
vl.values = values;
vl.values_len = 1;
sstrncpy (vl.host , hostname_g , sizeof (vl.host ));
sstrncpy (vl.plugin, PLUGIN_NAME , sizeof (vl.plugin));
sstrncpy (vl.type , "ammonit_life", sizeof (vl.type ));
//ssnprintf (vl.plugin_instance, sizeof (vl.plugin_instance), "ammonit_life");
//sstrncpy (vl.type_instance, "ammonit_life", sizeof (vl.type_instance));
plugin_dispatch_values (&vl);
/*test code only for testing, remove this code if release*/
FILE *testfile;
testfile = fopen (FILE_NAME, "w");
for (i=0; i<vl.values_len; i++)
fprintf (testfile, "value : %f\n", vl.values[i]);
fprintf (testfile, "host name : %s\n", vl.host );
fprintf (testfile, "plugin name : %s\n", vl.plugin );
fprintf (testfile, "plugin instnce: %s\n", vl.plugin_instance);
fprintf (testfile, "type : %s\n", vl.type );
fprintf (testfile, "type instance : %s\n", vl.type_instance );
fclose (testfile);
/*\test code*/
} /*lifedata_submit*/
/*
initializing this plugin
*/
static int ammonit_life_init (void)
{
return 0;
} /*ammonit_life_init*/
/*
read function: read the logger file and parse the data for transmit them by
collectd.
*/
#if 0
static int lifedata_read_cb (user_data_t *ud)
{
lifedata_submit (5.00);
return 0;
} /*lifedata_read_cb*/
#endif
static int lifedata_read (void)
{
lifedata_submit (5.67);
return 0;
} /*lifedata_read*/
/*
plugin register function, see the collectd Plugin_architecture
*/
void module_register (void)
{
//struct timespec ts_ld_read = { 1, 000000000 }; /* call every 1,0 seconds */
plugin_register_init (PLUGIN_NAME, ammonit_life_init);
plugin_register_read (PLUGIN_NAME, lifedata_read);
//plugin_register_complex_read (
// "ammonit_life", /*Group: ???*/
// PLUGIN_NAME,
// lifedata_read_cb,
// &ts_ld_read,
// NULL
// );
} /*module_register*/
/*****************************************************************************
* change log *
* *
* date author description *
* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
* 2014-04-10 Sebastian Kuhnert - create the file *
* - add main *
* - add module_register *
* - add ammonit_life_init *
* - add lifedata_write *
* - add ammonit_life_flush *
* - add ammonit_life_shutdown *
* 2014-04-15 Sebastian Kuhnert - dirty testing: Is collectd running *
* this plugin? -> Yes *
* test method: writing an text file on *
* HDD. *
* - function lifedata-write removed *
* - function lifedata_submit added *
* *
*****************************************************************************/
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