COLLECTD-TG(1) collectd COLLECTD-TG(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

collectd-tg - Traffic generator for collectd.

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

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

# [DESCRIPTION](#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](#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*](#n)

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

[**-H** *num\_hosts*](#H)

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

[**-p** *num\_plugins*](#p)

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

[**-i** *interval*](#i)

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

[**-d** *dest*](#d)

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

[**-D** *dport*](#D)

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

[**-h**](#h)

Print usage summary.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

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

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Florian Forster <octo at collectd.org>

2026-10-02 5.12.0.4.g18d2715

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Document: collectd-tg(1) from collectd 5.12.0-r56 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/collectd/collectd.git