Merge pull request #360 from pyr/feature-log-logstash

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

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index fd921e2..70ae78b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -1688,6 +1688,20 @@ collected. If at least one B<Disk> option is given and no B<IgnoreSelected> or
 set to B<false>, B<only> matching disks will be collected. If B<IgnoreSelected>
 is set to B<true>, all disks are collected B<except> the ones matched.
 
+=item B<UseBSDName> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Whether to use the device's "BSD Name", on MacE<nbsp>OSE<nbsp>X, instead of the
+default major/minor numbers. Requires collectd to be built with Apple's
+IOKitLib support.
+
+=item B<UdevNameAttr> I<Attribute>
+
+Attempt to override disk instance name with the value of a specified udev
+attribute when built with B<libudev>.  If the attribute is not defined for the
+given device, the default name is used. Example:
+
+  UdevNameAttr "DM_NAME"
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Plugin C<dns>
@@ -2291,6 +2305,34 @@ B<Note>: There is no need to notify the daemon after moving or removing the
 log file (e.E<nbsp>g. when rotating the logs). The plugin reopens the file
 for each line it writes.
 
+=head2 Plugin C<log_logstash>
+
+The I<log logstash plugin> behaves like the logfile plugin but formats
+messages as JSON events for logstash to parse and input.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<LogLevel> B<debug|info|notice|warning|err>
+
+Sets the log-level. If, for example, set to B<notice>, then all events with
+severity B<notice>, B<warning>, or B<err> will be written to the logfile.
+
+Please note that B<debug> is only available if collectd has been compiled with
+debugging support.
+
+=item B<File> I<File>
+
+Sets the file to write log messages to. The special strings B<stdout> and
+B<stderr> can be used to write to the standard output and standard error
+channels, respectively. This, of course, only makes much sense when I<collectd>
+is running in foreground- or non-daemon-mode.
+
+=back
+
+B<Note>: There is no need to notify the daemon after moving or removing the
+log file (e.E<nbsp>g. when rotating the logs). The plugin reopens the file
+for each line it writes.
+
 =head2 Plugin C<lpar>
 
 The I<LPAR plugin> reads CPU statistics of I<Logical Partitions>, a
@@ -6543,6 +6585,17 @@ interval is multiplied to set the TTL. The default value is B<2.0>. Unless you
 know exactly what you're doing, you should only increase this setting from its
 default value.
 
+=item B<Notifications> B<false>|B<true>
+
+If set to B<true>, create riemann events for notifications. This is B<true>
+by default. When processing thresholds from write_riemann, it might prove
+useful to avoid getting notification events.
+
+=item B<CheckThresholds> B<false>|B<true>
+
+If set to B<true>, attach state to events based on thresholds defined
+in the B<Threshold> plugin. Defaults to B<false>.
+
 =back
 
 =item B<Tag> I<String>