Merge branch 'pr/1791'

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

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 04c654a..ac06547 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -2735,6 +2735,18 @@ This will ignore the loopback interface, all interfaces with names starting
 with I<veth> and all interfaces with names starting with I<tun> followed by
 at least one digit.
 
+=item B<ReportInactive> I<true>|I<false>
+
+When set to I<false>, only interfaces with non-zero traffic will be
+reported. Note that the check is done by looking into whether a
+package was sent at any time from boot and the corresponding counter
+is non-zero. So, if the interface has been sending data in the past
+since boot, but not during the reported time-interval, it will still
+be reported.
+
+The default value is I<true> and results in collection of the data
+from all interfaces that are selected by B<Interface> and
+B<IgnoreSelected> options.
 
 =item B<UniqueName> I<true>|I<false>