virt: Add PluginInstanceFormat none, as default

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

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index d20feae..59247da 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -7139,17 +7139,17 @@ 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 these 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">).
+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">).
 
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