docs: go.d/ap update data_collection description (#18182)
Ilya Mashchenko committed
Jul 16, 2024 at 13:30 UTC
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src/go/plugin/go.d/modules/ap/metadata.yaml
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most_popular: false
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overview:
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data_collection:
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- metrics_description: "The ap collector visualizes data related to wireless access points."
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- method_description: "It uses the `iw` command line utility to detect access points. Initially, the `iw dev` command is run. For each interface that is found to be of `type AP`, `iw INTERFACE station dump` is executed to collect metrics."
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+ metrics_description: |
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+ This collector monitors various wireless access point metrics like connected clients, bandwidth, packets, transmit issues, signal strength, and bitrate for each device and its associated SSID.
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+ method_description: >
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+ This tool uses the `iw` command-line utility to discover nearby access points.
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+ It starts by running `iw dev`, which provides information about all wireless interfaces.
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+ Then, for each interface identified as an access point (type AP), the `iw INTERFACE station dump` command is executed to gather relevant metrics.
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supported_platforms:
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include: [Linux]
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exclude: []