Add network protocol stats to the network plugin

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ same type.
 - [#364](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/pull/364): Support InfluxDB UDP output.
 - [#370](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/pull/370): Support specifying multiple outputs, as lists.
 - [#372](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/pull/372): Remove gosigar and update go-dockerclient for FreeBSD support. Thanks @MerlinDMC!
+- [#382](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/pull/382): Add system wide network protocol stats to `net` plugin.
 
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#331](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/pull/331): Dont overwrite host tag in redis plugin.

plugins/system/net.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package system
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins"
 )
@@ -79,6 +80,15 @@ func (s *NetIOStats) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 		acc.Add("drop_out", io.Dropout, tags)
 	}
 
+	// Get system wide stats for different network protocols
+	netprotos, err := s.ps.NetProto()
+	for _, proto := range netprotos {
+		for stat, value := range proto.Stats {
+			name := fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", proto.Protocol, strings.ToLower(stat))
+			acc.Add(name, value, nil)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 

plugins/system/ps.go

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type PS interface {
 	CPUTimes(perCPU, totalCPU bool) ([]cpu.CPUTimesStat, error)
 	DiskUsage() ([]*disk.DiskUsageStat, error)
 	NetIO() ([]net.NetIOCountersStat, error)
+	NetProto() ([]net.NetProtoCountersStat, error)
 	DiskIO() (map[string]disk.DiskIOCountersStat, error)
 	VMStat() (*mem.VirtualMemoryStat, error)
 	SwapStat() (*mem.SwapMemoryStat, error)
@@ -88,6 +89,10 @@ func (s *systemPS) DiskUsage() ([]*disk.DiskUsageStat, error) {
 	return usage, nil
 }
 
+func (s *systemPS) NetProto() ([]net.NetProtoCountersStat, error) {
+	return net.NetProtoCounters(nil)
+}
+
 func (s *systemPS) NetIO() ([]net.NetIOCountersStat, error) {
 	return net.NetIOCounters(true)
 }