# IPv6 Socket Statistics
Plugin: proc.plugin
Module: /proc/net/sockstat6
## Overview
This integration provides IPv6 socket statistics.
This collector is supported on all platforms.
This collector supports collecting metrics from multiple instances of this integration, including remote instances.
### Default Behavior
#### Auto-Detection
This integration doesn't support auto-detection.
#### Limits
The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.
#### Performance Impact
The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.
## Metrics
Metrics grouped by *scope*.
The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.
### Per IPv6 Socket Statistics instance
This scope has no labels.
Metrics:
| Metric | Dimensions | Unit |
|:------|:----------|:----|
| ipv6.sockstat6_tcp_sockets | inuse | sockets |
| ipv6.sockstat6_udp_sockets | inuse | sockets |
| ipv6.sockstat6_udplite_sockets | inuse | sockets |
| ipv6.sockstat6_raw_sockets | inuse | sockets |
| ipv6.sockstat6_frag_sockets | inuse | fragments |
## Alerts
There are no alerts configured by default for this integration.
## Setup
### Prerequisites
No action required.
### Configuration
#### File
There is no configuration file.
#### Options
There are no configuration options.
#### Examples
There are no configuration examples.