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@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ Features
- conntrack
Number of nf_conntrack entries.
+ - couchdb
+ Parse statistics from CouchDB JSON documents.
+
- cpu
CPU utilization: Time spent in the system, user, nice, idle, and related
states.
@@ -539,6 +542,9 @@ Prerequisites
* libxmms (optional)
+ * libyajl (optional)
+ Parse JSON data. This is needed for the `couchdb' plugin.
+
Configuring / Compiling / Installing
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@@ -553,10 +559,16 @@ Configuring / Compiling / Installing
will be enabled). To enable a plugin, install missing dependencies (see
section `Prerequisites' above) and rerun `configure'. If you specify the
`--enable-' configure option, the script will fail if the depen-
- dencies for the specified plugin are not met. If you specify the
- `--disable-' configure option, the plugin will not be built. Both
- options are meant for package maintainers and should not be used in everyday
- situations.
+ dencies for the specified plugin are not met. In that case you can force the
+ plugin to be built using the `--enable-=force' configure option.
+ This will most likely fail though unless you're working in a very unusual
+ setup and you really know what you're doing. If you specify the
+ `--disable-' configure option, the plugin will not be built. If you
+ specify the `--enable-all-plugins' or `--disable-all-plugins' configure
+ options, all plugins will be enabled or disabled respectively by default.
+ Explicitly enabling or disabling a plugin overwrites the default for the
+ specified plugin. These options are meant for package maintainers and should
+ not be used in everyday situations.
By default, collectd will be installed into `/opt/collectd'. You can adjust
this setting by specifying the `--prefix' configure option - see INSTALL for