The syntax of this config file is similar to the config file of the famous
I<Apache> webserver. Each line contains either an option (a key and a list of
one or more values) or a section-start or -end. Empty lines and everything
-after a non-quoted hash-symbol (C<#>) is ignored. I<Keys> are unquoted
+after a non-quoted hash-symbol (C<#>) are ignored. I<Keys> are unquoted
strings, consisting only of alphanumeric characters and the underscore (C<_>)
character. Keys are handled case insensitive by I<collectd> itself and all
plugins included with it. I<Values> can either be an I<unquoted string>, a
=item B<BaseDir> I<Directory>
-Sets the base directory. This is the directory beneath all RRD-files are
+Sets the base directory. This is the directory beneath which all RRD-files are
created. Possibly more subdirectories are created. This is also the working
directory for the daemon.
Only the first B<LoadPlugin> statement or block for a given plugin name has any
effect. This is useful when you want to split up the configuration into smaller
files and want each file to be "self contained", i.e. it contains a B<Plugin>
-block I<and> then appropriate B<LoadPlugin> statement. The downside is that if
+block I<and> the appropriate B<LoadPlugin> statement. The downside is that if
you have multiple conflicting B<LoadPlugin> blocks, e.g. when they specify
different intervals, only one of them (the first one encountered) will take
effect and all others will be silently ignored.
=item B<Interval> I<Seconds>
Sets a plugin-specific interval for collecting metrics. This overrides the
-global B<Interval> setting. If a plugin provides own support for specifying an
-interval, that setting will take precedence.
+global B<Interval> setting. If a plugin provides its own support for specifying
+an interval, that setting will take precedence.
=item B<FlushInterval> I<Seconds>
-Specifies the the interval, in seconds, to call the flush callback if it's
-defined in this plugin. By default, this is disabled
+Specifies the interval, in seconds, to call the flush callback if it's
+defined in this plugin. By default, this is disabled.
=item B<FlushTimeout> I<Seconds>
When set to B<true>, various statistics about the I<collectd> daemon will be
collected, with "collectd" as the I<plugin name>. Defaults to B<false>.
-The "write_queue" I<plugin instance> reports the number of elements currently
-queued and the number of elements dropped off the queue by the
-B<WriteQueueLimitLow>/B<WriteQueueLimitHigh> mechanism.
+The following metrics are reported:
-The "cache" I<plugin instance> reports the number of elements in the value list
-cache (the cache you can interact with using L<collectd-unixsock(5)>).
+=over 4
+
+=item C<collectd-write_queue/queue_length>
+
+The number of metrics currently in the write queue. You can limit the queue
+length with the B<WriteQueueLimitLow> and B<WriteQueueLimitHigh> options.
+
+=item C<collectd-write_queue/derive-dropped>
+
+The number of metrics dropped due to a queue length limitation.
+If this value is non-zero, your system can't handle all incoming metrics and
+protects itself against overload by dropping metrics.
+
+=item C<collectd-cache/cache_size>
+
+The number of elements in the metric cache (the cache you can interact with
+using L<collectd-unixsock(5)>).
+
+=back
=item B<Include> I<Path> [I<pattern>]
=back
-If more than one files are included by a single B<Include> option, the files
+If more than one file is included by a single B<Include> option, the files
will be included in lexicographical order (as defined by the C<strcmp>
function). Thus, you can e.E<nbsp>g. use numbered prefixes to specify the
order in which the files are loaded.
=item B<MaxReadInterval> I<Seconds>
-Read plugin doubles interval between queries after each failed attempt
+A read plugin doubles the interval between queries after each failed attempt
to get data.
This options limits the maximum value of the interval. The default value is
=item B<IgnoreSelected> I<true>|I<false>
-If no configuration if given, the B<traffic>-plugin will collect data from
+If no configuration if given, the B<interface>-plugin will collect data from
all interfaces. This may not be practical, especially for loopback- and
similar interfaces. Thus, you can use the B<Interface>-option to pick the
interfaces you're interested in. Sometimes, however, it's easier/preferred
B<Interface> is inverted: All selected interfaces are ignored and all
other interfaces are collected.
+It is possible to use regular expressions to match interface names, if the
+name is surrounded by I</.../> and collectd was compiled with support for
+regexps. This is useful if there's a need to collect (or ignore) data
+for a group of interfaces that are similarly named, without the need to
+explicitly list all of them (especially useful if the list is dynamic).
+Example:
+
+ Interface "lo"
+ Interface "/^veth/"
+ Interface "/^tun[0-9]+/"
+ IgnoreSelected "true"
+
+This will ignore the loopback interface, all interfaces with names starting
+with I<veth> and all interfaces with names starting with I<tun> followed by
+at least one digit.
+
+
+=item B<UniqueName> I<true>|I<false>
+
+Interface name is not unique on Solaris (KSTAT), interface name is unique
+only within a module/instance. Following tuple is considered unique:
+ (ks_module, ks_instance, ks_name)
+If this option is set to true, interface name contains above three fields
+separated by an underscore. For more info on KSTAT, visit
+L<http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/html/821-1468/kstat-3kstat.html#REFMAN3Ekstat-3kstat>
+
+This option is only available on Solaris.
+
=back
=head2 Plugin C<ipmi>
=item B<Chain> I<Table> I<Chain> [I<Comment|Number> [I<Name>]]
-Select the rules to count. If only I<Table> and I<Chain> are given, this plugin
-will collect the counters of all rules which have a comment-match. The comment
-is then used as type-instance.
+=item B<Chain6> I<Table> I<Chain> [I<Comment|Number> [I<Name>]]
+
+Select the iptables/ip6tables filter rules to count packets and bytes from.
+
+If only I<Table> and I<Chain> are given, this plugin will collect the counters
+of all rules which have a comment-match. The comment is then used as
+type-instance.
If I<Comment> or I<Number> is given, only the rule with the matching comment or
the I<n>th rule will be collected. Again, the comment (or the number) will be
=head2 Plugin C<ntpd>
+The C<ntpd> plugin collects per-peer ntpd data such as time offset and time
+dispersion.
+
+For talking to B<ntpd>, it mimics what the B<ntpdc> control program does on
+wire - using B<mode 7> specific requests. This mode is deprecated with
+newer B<ntpd> releases (4.2.7p230 and later). For the C<ntpd> plugin to work
+correctly with them, the ntp daemon must be explicitly configured to
+enable B<mode 7> (which is disabled by default). Refer to the I<ntp.conf(5)>
+manual page for details.
+
+Available configuration options for the C<ntpd> plugin:
+
=over 4
=item B<Host> I<Hostname>
=item B<BindDN> I<BindDN>
-Name in the form of an LDAP distinguished name intended to be used for
+Name in the form of an LDAP distinguished name intended to be used for
authentication. Defaults to empty string to establish an anonymous authorization.
=item B<Password> I<Password>
-Password for simple bind authentication. If this option is not set,
+Password for simple bind authentication. If this option is not set,
unauthenticated bind operation is used.
=item B<StartTLS> B<true|false>
=item B<CounterSum> B<false>|B<true>
-When enabled, create a C<count> metric which reports the change since the last
+When enabled, creates a C<count> metric which reports the change since the last
read. This option primarily exists for compatibility with the I<statsd>
-impelemtation by Etsy.
+implementation by Etsy.
=item B<TimerPercentile> I<Percent>
=item B<DigitalTemperatureSensor> I<true>|I<false>
Boolean enabling the collection of the temperature of each core.
-This option should only be used if the automated detectionfails or
+This option should only be used if the automated detectionfails or
if you want to disable this feature.
=item B<DigitalTemperatureSensor> I<true>|I<false>
Boolean enabling the collection of the temperature of each package.
-This option should only be used if the automated detectionfails or
+This option should only be used if the automated detectionfails or
if you want to disable this feature.
=item B<TCCActivationTemp> I<Temperature>
Service name or port number to connect to. Defaults to C<5555>.
-=item B<Protocol> B<UDP>|B<TCP>
+=item B<Protocol> B<UDP>|B<TCP>|B<TLS>
Specify the protocol to use when communicating with I<Riemann>. Defaults to
B<TCP>.
+=item B<TLSCertFile> I<Path>
+
+When using the B<TLS> protocol, path to a PEM certificate to present
+to remote host.
+
+=item B<TLSCAFile> I<Path>
+
+When using the B<TLS> protocol, path to a PEM CA certificate to
+use to validate the remote hosts's identity.
+
+=item B<TLSKeyFile> I<Path>
+
+When using the B<TLS> protocol, path to a PEM private key associated
+with the certificate defined by B<TLSCertFile>.
+
=item B<Batch> B<true>|B<false>
If set to B<true> and B<Protocol> is set to B<TCP>,
Maximum payload size for a riemann packet. Defaults to 8192
+=item B<BatchFlushTimeout> I<seconds>
+
+Maximum amount of seconds to wait in between to batch flushes.
+No timeout by default.
+
=item B<StoreRates> B<true>|B<false>
If set to B<true> (the default), convert counter values to rates. If set to
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