Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/collectd-4.10' into collectd-5.3

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

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 8606d3e..98b492d 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+=encoding UTF-8
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 collectd.conf - Configuration for the system statistics collection daemon B<collectd>
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ interval, that setting will take precedence.
 
 =back
 
-=item B<Include> I<Path> [I<pattern>]
+=item B<Include> I<Path>
 
 If I<Path> points to a file, includes that file. If I<Path> points to a
 directory, recursively includes all files within that directory and its
@@ -119,15 +121,29 @@ use statements like the following:
 
   Include "/etc/collectd.d/*.conf"
 
+Starting with version 5.3, this may also be a block in which further options
+affecting the behavior of B<Include> may be specified. The following option is
+currently allowed:
+
+  <Include "/etc/collectd.d">
+    Filter "*.conf"
+  </Include>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Filter> I<pattern>
+
 If the C<fnmatch> function is available on your system, a shell-like wildcard
 I<pattern> may be specified to filter which files to include. This may be used
 in combination with recursively including a directory to easily be able to
 arbitrarily mix configuration files and other documents (e.g. README files).
-The following statement is similar to the example above but includes all files
+The given example is similar to the first example above but includes all files
 matching C<*.conf> in any subdirectory of C</etc/collectd.d>:
 
   Include "/etc/collectd.d" "*.conf"
 
+=back
+
 If more than one files are 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
@@ -5475,7 +5491,33 @@ Take the UUID from the given file (default I</etc/uuid>).
 
 =head2 Plugin C<varnish>
 
-The Varnish plugin collects information about Varnish, an HTTP accelerator.
+The I<varnish plugin> collects information about Varnish, an HTTP accelerator.
+
+Synopsis:
+
+ <Plugin "varnish">
+   <Instance "example">
+     CollectCache       true
+     CollectConnections true
+     CollectBackend     true
+     CollectSHM         true
+     CollectESI         false
+     CollectFetch       false
+     CollectHCB         false
+     CollectSMA         false
+     CollectSMS         false
+     CollectSM          false
+     CollectTotals      false
+     CollectWorkers     false
+   </Instance>
+ </Plugin>
+
+The configuration consists of one or more E<lt>B<Instance>E<nbsp>I<Name>E<gt>
+blocks. I<Name> is the parameter passed to "varnishd -n". If left empty, it
+will collectd statistics from the default "varnishd" instance (this should work
+fine in most cases).
+
+Inside each E<lt>B<Instance>E<gt> blocks, the following options are recognized:
 
 =over 4
 
@@ -5858,7 +5900,7 @@ When a value comes within range again or is received after it was missing, an
 Here is a configuration example to get you started. Read below for more
 information.
 
- <Threshold>
+ <Plugin threshold>
    <Type "foo">
      WarningMin    0.00
      WarningMax 1000.00
@@ -5889,7 +5931,7 @@ information.
        </Type>
      </Plugin>
    </Host>
- </Threshold>
+ </Plugin>
 
 There are basically two types of configuration statements: The C<Host>,
 C<Plugin>, and C<Type> blocks select the value for which a threshold should be