---
name: "collectd-tg"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "collectd-utils"
version: "5.12.0-26"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/collectd-tg"
---

# collectd-tg(1)

Traffic generator for collectd.

## NAME

collectd-tg - Traffic generator for collectd.

## SYNOPSIS

collectd-tg **-n** *num\_vl* **-H** *num\_hosts* **-p** *num\_plugins* **-i** *interval* **-d** *dest* **-D** *dport*

## DESCRIPTION

**collectd-tg** generates bogus *collectd* network traffic. While host, plugin and values are generated randomly, the generated traffic tries to mimic "real" traffic as closely as possible.

## ARGUMENTS AND OPTIONS

The following options are understood by *collectd-tg*. The order of the arguments generally doesn't matter, as long as no argument is passed more than once.

- **-n** *num\_vl*

  Sets the number of unique *value lists* (VL) to generate. Defaults to 10000.

- **-H** *num\_hosts*

  Sets the number of unique hosts to simulate. Defaults to 1000.

- **-p** *num\_plugins*

  Sets the number of unique plugins to simulate. Defaults to 20.

- **-i** *interval*

  Sets the interval in which each *value list* is dispatched. Defaults to 10.0 seconds.

- **-d** *dest*

  Sets the destination to which to send the generated network traffic. Defaults to the IPv6 multicast address, `"ff18::efc0:4a42"`.

- **-D** *dport*

  Sets the destination port or service to which to send the generated network traffic. Defaults to *collectd's* default port, `25826`.

- **-h**

  Print usage summary.

## SEE ALSO

[**collectd**(1)](/collectd/1.md), [**collectd.conf**(5)](/collectd.conf/5.md)

## AUTHOR

Florian Forster \<octo at collectd.org\>