CPU Usage

    The following tables describes the information generated by the plugin. The keys below represent the data used by the overall system, all values associated to the keys are in a percentage unit (0 to 100%):

    key description
    cpuN.p_cpu Represents the total CPU usage by core N.
    cpuN.p_user Total CPU spent in user mode or user space programs associated to this core.
    cpuN.p_system Total CPU spent in system or kernel mode associated to this core.

    In order to get the statistics of the CPU usage of your system, you can run the plugin from the command line or through the configuration file:

    Configuration File

    In your main configuration file append the following Input & Output sections:

    2.     Name cpu