collectd.conf(5): Updated to reflect the renaming of the “write_http” plugin.

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

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 7ab2172..e794319 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -1832,6 +1832,11 @@ multicast, and IPv4 and IPv6 packets. The default is to not change this value.
 That means that multicast packets will be sent with a TTL of C<1> (one) on most
 operating systems.
 
+=item B<MaxPacketSize> I<1024-65535>
+
+Set the maximum size for datagrams received over the network. Packets larger
+than this will be truncated.
+
 =item B<Forward> I<true|false>
 
 If set to I<true>, write packets that were received via the network plugin to
@@ -2785,7 +2790,7 @@ matching values will be ignored.
 
 =head2 Plugin C<rrdcached>
 
-The C<rrdcached> plugin uses the RRDTool accelerator daemon, L<rrdcached(1)>,
+The C<rrdcached> plugin uses the RRDtool accelerator daemon, L<rrdcached(1)>,
 to store values to RRD files in an efficient manner. The combination of the
 C<rrdcached> B<plugin> and the C<rrdcached> B<daemon> is very similar to the
 way the C<rrdtool> plugin works (see below). The added abstraction layer
@@ -2837,7 +2842,7 @@ expected. Default is B<true>.
 
 You can use the settings B<StepSize>, B<HeartBeat>, B<RRARows>, and B<XFF> to
 fine-tune your RRD-files. Please read L<rrdcreate(1)> if you encounter problems
-using these settings. If you don't want to dive into the depths of RRDTool, you
+using these settings. If you don't want to dive into the depths of RRDtool, you
 can safely ignore these settings.
 
 =over 4
@@ -3446,6 +3451,29 @@ traffic (e.E<nbsp>g. due to headers and retransmission). If you want to
 collect on-wire traffic you could, for example, use the logging facilities of
 iptables to feed data for the guest IPs into the iptables plugin.
 
+=head2 Plugin C<write_http>
+
+This output plugin submits values to an http server by POST them using the
+PUTVAL plain-text protocol.
+
+The following options are accepted by the I<write_http plugin>:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<URL> I<http://example.com/collectd-import>
+
+Set the URL location where values will be sent.
+
+=item B<User> I<Username>
+
+Optional user name needed for authentication.
+
+=item B<Password> I<Password>
+
+Optional password needed for authentication.
+
+=back
+
 =head1 THRESHOLD CONFIGURATION
 
 Starting with version C<4.3.0> collectd has support for B<monitoring>. By that