How to test:
make sure the plugin is loaded, if there is no config, create a file:
/etc/collectd.d/ovs-stats.conf
LoadPlugin ovs_stats
<Plugin "ovs_stats">
Socket "/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock"
</Plugin>
Save the file and systemctl restart collectd
collectd-5.8.0-12.el7ost.x86_64
collectd includes ovs-stats plugin and also ovs-stats.conf file.
Jan 10 09:04:03 compute-0 collectd[218936]: plugin_load: plugin "ovs_stats" successfully loaded.
How to test: make sure the plugin is loaded, if there is no config, create a file: /etc/collectd.d/ovs-stats.conf LoadPlugin ovs_stats <Plugin "ovs_stats"> Socket "/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock" </Plugin> Save the file and systemctl restart collectd