doc: add chronyd section to manpage

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

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 605ba05..9e57f87 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -1361,6 +1361,32 @@ at all, B<all> cgroups are selected.
 
 =back
 
+=head2 Plugin C<chrony>
+
+The C<chrony> plugin collects ntp data from a B<chronyd> server, such as clock
+skew and per-peer stratum.
+
+For talking to B<chronyd>, it mimics what the B<chronyc> control program does
+on the wire.
+
+Available configuration options for the C<chrony> plugin:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Host> I<Hostname>
+
+Hostname of the host running B<chronyd>. Defaults to B<localhost>.
+
+=item B<Port> I<Port>
+
+UDP-Port to connect to. Defaults to B<323>.
+
+=item B<Timeout> I<Timeout>
+
+Connection timeout in seconds. Defaults to B<2>.
+
+=back
+
 =head2 Plugin C<conntrack>
 
 This plugin collects IP conntrack statistics.
@@ -1457,7 +1483,7 @@ All cURL-based plugins support collection of generic, request-based
 statistics. These are disabled by default and can be enabled selectively for
 each page or URL queried from the curl, curl_json, or curl_xml plugins. See
 the documentation of those plugins for specific information. This section
-describes the available metrics that can be configured with each plugin. All
+describes the available metrics that can be configured for each plugin. All
 options are disabled by default.
 
 See L<http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_getinfo.html> for more details.
@@ -1484,7 +1510,7 @@ host was completed.
 
 =item B<PretransferTime> B<true|false>
 
-Time it took from the start until the file transfer is just about to begin.
+Time it took from the start until just before the transfer begins.
 
 =item B<StarttransferTime> B<true|false>
 
@@ -1637,6 +1663,9 @@ Beware that requests will get aborted if they take too long to complete. Adjust
 B<Timeout> accordingly if you expect B<MeasureResponseTime> to report such slow
 requests.
 
+This option is similar to enabling the B<TotalTime> statistic but it's
+measured by collectd instead of cURL.
+
 =item B<MeasureResponseCode> B<true>|B<false>
 
 Measure response code for the request. If this setting is enabled, B<Match>