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 COLLECTD-TG
Section: collectd (1) Updated: 2016-11-30Index
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 NAME
collectd-tg - Traffic generator for collectd.
 SYNOPSIS
collectd-tg -n num_vl -H num_hosts -p num_plugins -i interval -d dest -D dport DESCRIPTIONcollectd-tg generates bogus collectd  network traffic. While host, plugin
and values are generated randomly, the generated traffic tries to mimic ``real''
traffic as closely as possible.
 ARGUMENTS AND OPTIONS
The following options are understood by collectd-tg . The order of the
arguments generally doesn't matter, as long as no argument is passed more than
once.
 
-n num_vl
Sets the number of unique value lists (VL) to generate. Defaults to 10000.
-H num_hosts
Sets the number of unique hosts to simulate. Defaults to 1000.
-p num_plugins
Sets the number of unique plugins to simulate. Defaults to 20.
-i interval
Sets the interval in which each value list is dispatched. Defaults to 10.0
seconds.
-d dest
Sets the destination to which to send the generated network traffic. Defaults
to the IPv6 multicast address, "ff18::efc0:4a42".
-D dport
Sets the destination port or service to which to send the generated network
traffic. Defaults to collectd's default port, 25826.
-h
Print usage summary.
 SEE ALSOcollectd(1),
collectd.conf (5)
 AUTHOR
Florian Forster <octo at collectd.org>
 
 
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