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.IX Title "COLLECTD-TG 1"
.TH COLLECTD-TG 1 2024-02-04 5.12.0.git collectd
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.SH NAME
collectd\-tg \- Traffic generator for collectd.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
collectd-tg \fB\-n\fR \fInum_vl\fR \fB\-H\fR \fInum_hosts\fR \fB\-p\fR \fInum_plugins\fR \fB\-i\fR \fIinterval\fR \fB\-d\fR \fIdest\fR \fB\-D\fR \fIdport\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\fBcollectd-tg\fR generates bogus \fIcollectd\fR network traffic. While host, plugin
and values are generated randomly, the generated traffic tries to mimic "real"
traffic as closely as possible.
.SH "ARGUMENTS AND OPTIONS"
.IX Header "ARGUMENTS AND OPTIONS"
The following options are understood by \fIcollectd-tg\fR. The order of the
arguments generally doesn't matter, as long as no argument is passed more than
once.
.IP "\fB\-n\fR \fInum_vl\fR" 4
.IX Item "-n num_vl"
Sets the number of unique \fIvalue lists\fR (VL) to generate. Defaults to 10000.
.IP "\fB\-H\fR \fInum_hosts\fR" 4
.IX Item "-H num_hosts"
Sets the number of unique hosts to simulate. Defaults to 1000.
.IP "\fB\-p\fR \fInum_plugins\fR" 4
.IX Item "-p num_plugins"
Sets the number of unique plugins to simulate. Defaults to 20.
.IP "\fB\-i\fR \fIinterval\fR" 4
.IX Item "-i interval"
Sets the interval in which each \fIvalue list\fR is dispatched. Defaults to 10.0
seconds.
.IP "\fB\-d\fR \fIdest\fR" 4
.IX Item "-d dest"
Sets the destination to which to send the generated network traffic. Defaults
to the IPv6 multicast address, \f(CW\*(C`ff18::efc0:4a42\*(C'\fR.
.IP "\fB\-D\fR \fIdport\fR" 4
.IX Item "-D dport"
Sets the destination port or service to which to send the generated network
traffic. Defaults to \fIcollectd's\fR default port, \f(CW25826\fR.
.IP \fB\-h\fR 4
.IX Item "-h"
Print usage summary.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBcollectd\fR\|(1),
\&\fBcollectd.conf\fR\|(5)
.SH AUTHOR
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Florian Forster <octo\ at\ collectd.org>