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

# collectdmon(1)

Monitoring daemon for collectd

## NAME

collectdmon - Monitoring daemon for collectd

## SYNOPSIS

collectdmon *\[options\]* \[-- *collectd options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

collectdmon is a small "wrapper" daemon which starts and monitors the collectd daemon. If collectd terminates it will automatically be restarted, unless collectdmon was told to shut it down.

## OPTIONS

collectdmon supports the following options:

- **-c** *\<path\>*

  Specify the pathname of the collectd binary. You may either specify an absolute path or simply the name of the binary in which case the **PATH** variable will be searched for it. The default is "**collectd**".

- **-P** *\<pid-file\>*

  Specify the pid file. The default is "*/var/run/collectdmon.pid*".

- **-h**

  Output usage information and exit.

- *collectd options*

  Specify options that are passed on to collectd. If it is not already included, **-f** will be added to these options. See [**collectd**(1)](/collectd/1.md).

## SIGNALS

**collectdmon** accepts the following signals:

- **SIGINT**, **SIGTERM**

  These signals cause **collectdmon** to terminate **collectd**, wait for its termination and then shut down.

- **SIGHUP**

  This signal causes **collectdmon** to terminate **collectd**, wait for its termination and then restart it.

## SEE ALSO

[**collectd**(1)](/collectd/1.md), [**collectd.conf**(5)](/collectd.conf/5.md), \<http://collectd.org/\>

## AUTHOR

collectd has been written by Florian Forster \<octo at collectd.org\> and many contributors (see \`AUTHORS').

collectdmon has been written by Sebastian Harl \<sh@tokkee.org\>.