openldap: set the default timeout to the plugin read `Interval`

[collectd.git] / src / collectd.conf.pod

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index ee009ee..48de6f9 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -4660,8 +4660,9 @@ client configuration mechanisms. See ldap.conf(5) for the details.
 
 =item B<Timeout> I<Seconds>
 
-Sets the timeout value for ldap operations. Defaults to B<-1> which results in
-an infinite timeout.
+Sets the timeout value for ldap operations, in seconds. By default, the
+configured B<Interval> is used to set the timeout. Use B<-1> to disable
+(infinite timeout).
 
 =item B<Version> I<Version>
 
@@ -7139,14 +7140,18 @@ setting B<name>.
 B<address> means use the interface's mac address. This is useful since the
 interface path might change between reboots of a guest or across migrations.
 
-=item B<PluginInstanceFormat> B<name|uuid>
+=item B<PluginInstanceFormat> B<name|uuid|none>
 
 When the virt plugin logs data, it sets the plugin_instance of the collected
-data according to this setting. The default is to use the guest name as provided
-by the hypervisor, which is equal to setting B<name>.
+data according to this setting. The default is to not set the plugin_instance.
 
+B<name> means use the guest's name as provided by the hypervisor.
 B<uuid> means use the guest's UUID.
 
+You can also specify combinations of the B<name> and B<uuid> fields.
+For example B<name uuid> means to concatenate the guest name and UUID
+(with a literal colon character between, thus I<"foo:1234-1234-1234-1234">).
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Plugin C<vmem>