Added/Updated collectd information (#9089)

Added more information on how to setup collectd. Noted that the rrd location set in config.php needs to match /etc/collectd.conf and /etc/collectd.d/rrdtool.conf.

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theherodied 2018-08-27 16:08:31 -04:00 committed by Neil Lathwood
parent 90a0bd656a
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@ -448,7 +448,28 @@ Setting `rancid_ignorecomments` will disable showing lines that start with #
```php
$config['collectd_dir'] = '/var/lib/collectd/rrd';
```
Specify the location of the collectd rrd files.
Specify the location of the collectd rrd files. Note that the location in config.php should be consistent with the location set in /etc/collectd.conf and etc/collectd.d/rrdtool.conf
```php
<Plugin rrdtool>
DataDir "/var/lib/collectd/rrd"
CreateFilesAsync false
CacheTimeout 120
CacheFlush 900
WritesPerSecond 50
</Plugin>
```
/etc/collectd.conf
```php
LoadPlugin rrdtool
<Plugin rrdtool>
DataDir "/var/lib/collectd/rrd"
CacheTimeout 120
CacheFlush 900
</Plugin>
```
/etc/collectd.d/rrdtool.conf
```php
$config['collectd_sock'] = 'unix:///var/run/collectd.sock';