docs(inputs.conntrack): Explain different collection methods (#13691)
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Collects stats from Netfilter's conntrack-tools.
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Collects stats from Netfilter's conntrack-tools.
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The conntrack-tools provide a mechanism for tracking various aspects of
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There are two collection mechanisms for this plugin:
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network connections as they are processed by netfilter. At runtime,
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conntrack exposes many of those connection statistics within `/proc/sys/net`.
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## /proc/net/stat/nf_conntrack
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Depending on your kernel version, these files can be found in either
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`/proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter` or `/proc/sys/net/netfilter` and will be
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When a user specifies the `collect` config option with valid options, then the
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plugin will loop through the files in `/proc/net/stat/nf_conntrack` to find
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CPU specific values.
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## Specific files and dirs
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The second mechanism is for the user to specify a set of directories and files
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to search through
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At runtime, conntrack exposes many of those connection statistics within
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`/proc/sys/net`. Depending on your kernel version, these files can be found in
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either `/proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter` or `/proc/sys/net/netfilter` and will be
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prefixed with either `ip` or `nf`. This plugin reads the files specified
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prefixed with either `ip` or `nf`. This plugin reads the files specified
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in its configuration and publishes each one as a field, with the prefix
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in its configuration and publishes each one as a field, with the prefix
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normalized to ip_.
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normalized to ip_.
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conntrack exposes many of those connection statistics within `/proc/sys/net`.
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conntrack exposes many of those connection statistics within `/proc/sys/net`.
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Depending on your kernel version, these files can be found in either
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Depending on your kernel version, these files can be found in either
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`/proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter` or `/proc/sys/net/netfilter` and will be
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`/proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter` or `/proc/sys/net/netfilter` and will be
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normalized to `ip_`.
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normalized to `ip_`.
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In order to simplify configuration in a heterogeneous environment, a superset
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In order to simplify configuration in a heterogeneous environment, a superset
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of directory and filenames can be specified. Any locations that don't exist
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of directory and filenames can be specified. Any locations that does nt exist
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will be ignored.
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are ignored.
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For more information on conntrack-tools, see the
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For more information on conntrack-tools, see the
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[Netfilter Documentation](http://conntrack-tools.netfilter.org/).
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[Netfilter Documentation](http://conntrack-tools.netfilter.org/).
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## Note the nf_ and ip_ filename prefixes are mutually exclusive across
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## Note the nf_ and ip_ filename prefixes are mutually exclusive across
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## kernel versions, as are the directory locations.
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## kernel versions, as are the directory locations.
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## Look through /proc/net/stat/nf_conntrack for these metrics
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## all - aggregated statistics
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## percpu - include detailed statistics with cpu tag
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collect = ["all", "percpu"]
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## User-specified directories and files to look through
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## Directories to search within for the conntrack files above.
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## Missing directories will be ignored.
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dirs = ["/proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter","/proc/sys/net/netfilter"]
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## Superset of filenames to look for within the conntrack dirs.
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## Superset of filenames to look for within the conntrack dirs.
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## Missing files will be ignored.
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## Missing files will be ignored.
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files = ["ip_conntrack_count","ip_conntrack_max",
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files = ["ip_conntrack_count","ip_conntrack_max",
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"nf_conntrack_count","nf_conntrack_max"]
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"nf_conntrack_count","nf_conntrack_max"]
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## Directories to search within for the conntrack files above.
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## Missing directories will be ignored.
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dirs = ["/proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter","/proc/sys/net/netfilter"]
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## all - aggregated statistics
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## percpu - include detailed statistics with cpu tag
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collect = ["all", "percpu"]
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```
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```
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## Metrics
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## Metrics
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## Note the nf_ and ip_ filename prefixes are mutually exclusive across
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## Note the nf_ and ip_ filename prefixes are mutually exclusive across
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## kernel versions, as are the directory locations.
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## kernel versions, as are the directory locations.
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## Look through /proc/net/stat/nf_conntrack for these metrics
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## all - aggregated statistics
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## percpu - include detailed statistics with cpu tag
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collect = ["all", "percpu"]
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## User-specified directories and files to look through
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## Directories to search within for the conntrack files above.
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## Missing directories will be ignored.
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dirs = ["/proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter","/proc/sys/net/netfilter"]
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## Superset of filenames to look for within the conntrack dirs.
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## Superset of filenames to look for within the conntrack dirs.
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## Missing files will be ignored.
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## Missing files will be ignored.
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files = ["ip_conntrack_count","ip_conntrack_max",
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files = ["ip_conntrack_count","ip_conntrack_max",
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"nf_conntrack_count","nf_conntrack_max"]
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"nf_conntrack_count","nf_conntrack_max"]
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## Directories to search within for the conntrack files above.
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## Missing directories will be ignored.
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dirs = ["/proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter","/proc/sys/net/netfilter"]
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## all - aggregated statistics
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## percpu - include detailed statistics with cpu tag
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collect = ["all", "percpu"]
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