in combination with recursively including a directory to easily be able to
arbitrarily mix configuration files and other documents (e.g. README 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"
+matching C<*.conf> in any subdirectory of C</etc/collectd.d>.
=back
=over 4
-=item
+=item *
The I<Type> cannot be left unspecified, because it is not reasonable to add
apples to oranges. Also, the internal lookup structure won't work if you try
to group by type.
-=item
+=item *
There must be at least one unspecified, ungrouped field. Otherwise nothing
will be aggregated.
=over 4
-=item
+=item *
foo.example.com/cpu-even-average/cpu-idle
-=item
+=item *
foo.example.com/cpu-even-average/cpu-system
-=item
+=item *
foo.example.com/cpu-even-average/cpu-user
-=item
+=item *
...
Sets the plugin instance to I<Instance>.
=item B<User> I<Name>
+
=item B<Password> I<Password>
+
=item B<VerifyPeer> B<true>|B<false>
+
=item B<VerifyHost> B<true>|B<false>
+
=item B<CACert> I<file>
+
=item B<Header> I<Header>
+
=item B<Post> I<Body>
These options behave exactly equivalent to the appropriate options of the
=head2 Plugin C<ntpd>
-The C<ntpd> plugin collects per-peer ntpd data such as time offset and time
+The C<ntpd> plugin collects per-peer ntp data such as time offset and time
dispersion.
For talking to B<ntpd>, it mimics what the B<ntpdc> control program does on
-wire - using B<mode 7> specific requests. This mode is deprecated with
+the wire - using B<mode 7> specific requests. This mode is deprecated with
newer B<ntpd> releases (4.2.7p230 and later). For the C<ntpd> plugin to work
correctly with them, the ntp daemon must be explicitly configured to
enable B<mode 7> (which is disabled by default). Refer to the I<ntp.conf(5)>
(RSS), user- and system-time used, number of processes and number of threads,
io data (where available) and minor and major pagefaults.
+Some platforms have a limit on the length of process names. I<Name> must stay
+below this limit.
+
=item B<ProcessMatch> I<name> I<regex>
Similar to the B<Process> option this allows to select more detailed
=over 4
-=item
+=item *
Check I</etc/uuid> (or I<UUIDFile>).
-=item
+=item *
Check for UUID from HAL (L<http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal>) if
present.
-=item
+=item *
Check for UUID from C<dmidecode> / SMBIOS.
-=item
+=item *
Check for UUID from Xen hypervisor.