getifaddrs
getifaddrs
Plugin: freebsd.plugin Module: getifaddrs
Overview
Collect traffic per network interface.
The plugin calls getifaddrs function to collect necessary data.
This collector is supported on all platforms.
This collector supports collecting metrics from multiple instances of this integration, including remote instances.
Default Behavior
Auto-Detection
This integration doesn’t support auto-detection.
Limits
The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.
Performance Impact
The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.
Setup
Prerequisites
No action required.
Configuration
File
The configuration file name for this integration is netdata.conf.
Configuration for this specific integration is located in the [plugin:freebsd:getifaddrs] section within that file.
The file format is a modified INI syntax. The general structure is:
[section1]
option1 = some value
option2 = some other value
[section2]
option3 = some third value
You can edit the configuration file using the edit-config script from the
Netdata config directory.
cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config netdata.conf
Options
| Name | Description | Default | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| enable new interfaces detected at runtime | Enable or disable possibility to discover new interface after plugin starts. | auto | no |
| total bandwidth for physical interfaces | Enable or disable total bandwidth for physical interfaces metric. | auto | no |
| total packets for physical interfaces | Enable or disable total packets for physical interfaces metric. | auto | no |
| total bandwidth for ipv4 interface | Enable or disable total bandwidth for IPv4 interface metric. | auto | no |
| total bandwidth for ipv6 interfaces | Enable or disable total bandwidth for ipv6 interfaces metric. | auto | no |
| bandwidth for all interfaces | Enable or disable bandwidth for all interfaces metric. | auto | no |
| packets for all interfaces | Enable or disable packets for all interfaces metric. | auto | no |
| errors for all interfaces | Enable or disable errors for all interfaces metric. | auto | no |
| drops for all interfaces | Enable or disable drops for all interfaces metric. | auto | no |
| collisions for all interface | Enable or disable collisions for all interface metric. | auto | no |
| disable by default interfaces matching | Do not display data for intterfaces listed. | lo* | no |
| set physical interfaces for system.net | Do not show network traffic for listed interfaces. | igb* ix* cxl* em* ixl* ixlv* bge* ixgbe* vtnet* vmx* re* igc* dwc* | no |
Examples
There are no configuration examples.
Metrics
Metrics grouped by scope.
The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.
Per getifaddrs instance
General overview about network traffic.
This scope has no labels.
Metrics:
| Metric | Dimensions | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| system.net | received, sent | kilobits/s |
| system.packets | received, sent, multicast_received, multicast_sent | packets/s |
| system.ipv4 | received, sent | kilobits/s |
| system.ipv6 | received, sent | kilobits/s |
Per network device
This scope has no labels.
Metrics:
| Metric | Dimensions | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| net.net | received, sent | kilobits/s |
| net.packets | received, sent, multicast_received, multicast_sent | packets/s |
| net.errors | inbound, outbound | errors/s |
| net.drops | inbound, outbound | drops/s |
| net.events | collisions | events/s |
Alerts
The following alerts are available:
| Alert name | On metric | Description |
|---|---|---|
| interface_speed | net.net | network interface ${label:device} current speed |
| inbound_packets_dropped_ratio | net.drops | ratio of inbound dropped packets for the network interface ${label:device} over the last 10 minutes |
| outbound_packets_dropped_ratio | net.drops | ratio of outbound dropped packets for the network interface ${label:device} over the last 10 minutes |
| 1m_received_packets_rate | net.packets | average number of packets received by the network interface ${label:device} over the last minute |
| 10s_received_packets_storm | net.packets | ratio of average number of received packets for the network interface ${label:device} over the last 10 seconds, compared to the rate over the last minute |
| interface_inbound_errors | net.errors | number of inbound errors for the network interface ${label:device} in the last 10 minutes |
| interface_outbound_errors | net.errors | number of outbound errors for the network interface ${label:device} in the last 10 minutes |