Collectd Table 1. Collectd configuration file overview File Description Reload Event Restart Required collectd-configuration.xml This file defines which collections are being collected and assigned to which nodes. Restart is required in case new collectors are created or removed. Reload event loads changed configuration parameters of existing collectors but will not load new collectors. yes yes datacollection-config.xml Defines data collections via SNMP. Configuration is reprocessed when the file is modified. no no datacollection/*.xml Defines data collections via SNMP. Files in this folder must be specified as an include directive in datacollection-config.xml. no no jdbc-datacollection-config.xml Defines JDBC data collections. Attributes are retrieved using SQL queries. no yes jmx-datacollection-config.xml Defines data collections via JMX. no yes jmx-datacollection-config.d/*.xml Defines data collections via JMX. no yes http-datacollection-config.xml Defines HTTP data collections. Attributes are extracted from the HTTP responses using a regular expression. no yes prometheus-datacollection-config.xml Defines data collections via Prometheus Exporter. no yes prometheus-datacollection.d/*.xml Defines data collections via Prometheus Exporter. no yes snmp-config.xml Defines per-host security settings for SNMP communication. no no wmi-config.xml Defines per-host security settings for WMI communication. no no wmi-datacollection-config.xml Defines data collections via WMI. no yes wsman-config.xml Defines per-host security settings for WSMAN communication. no no wsman-datacollection-config.xml Defines data collections via WSMAN. no yes wsman-datacollection.d/*.xml Files in this folder must be specified as an include directive in wsman-datacollection-config.xml. no yes xml-datacollection-config.xml Defines data collections that can be extracted from XML or JSON documents. no yes xml-datacollection/*.xml Files in this folder must be specified as an include directive in xml-datacollection-config.xml. no yes Alarmd Discovery