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+.. _if_stats_client_doc:
+
+VPP interface stats client
+==========================
+
+This is a source code and a binary of a ‘thin client’ to collect,
+aggregate and expose VPP interface stats through VPP stats socket API.
+It also provides some information about the installed VPP version.
+
+This can be used by monitoring systems that needs to grab those details
+through a simple executable client with no dependencies.
+
+example use case: where VPP runs in a container that can’t expose the
+socket API to the host level
+
+Prerequisites (for building)
+----------------------------
+
+**GoVPP** library (compatible with VPP 18.10) vpp, vpp-api, vpp-lib
+
+Building
+--------
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+   go get git.fd.io/govpp.git
+   go build
+
+Using (post-build for example on linux 64bit)
+---------------------------------------------
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+   ./bin/vpp_if_stats_linux_amd64
+
+Output examples
+---------------
+
+`JSON schema <./response_schema.json>`__
+`Example <./response_example.json>`__