```ruby
module Bipbip

  class Plugin::Network < Plugin

    def metrics_schema
      [
          {:name => 'connections_total', :type => 'gauge', :unit => 'Connections'},
      ]
    end

    def monitor
      connections = `netstat -tn | wc -l`
      {:connections_total => connections.to_i}
    end
  end
end
```

Use "ss" to get socket counts
user
```ruby
module Bipbip

  class Plugin::Network < Plugin

    def metrics_schema
      [
          {:name => 'connections_total', :type => 'gauge', :unit => 'Connections'},
      ]
    end

    def monitor
      tcp_summary = `ss -s | grep '^TCP:'`
      tcp_counters = /^TCP:\s+(\d+) \(estab (\d+), closed (\d+), orphaned (\d+), synrecv (\d+), timewait (\d+)\/(\d+)\), ports (\d+)$/.match(tcp_summary)
      raise "Cannot match ss-output `#{tcp_summary}`" unless tcp_counters

      {:connections_total => tcp_counters[1].to_i}
    end
  end
end
```
assistant