X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fcollectd.conf.pod;h=1310c50d754bcbef6cdce361eeb341960f5dc46c;hb=8c5927c52f4eefebaad3a6ecadc253ee9007ebb5;hp=36a6d00edcd005ed7bf4cc61fd33b16c90bd7176;hpb=141fd306b2f83d9bd7a4434348ef864c109cbaf1;p=collectd.git diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod index 36a6d00e..1310c50d 100644 --- a/src/collectd.conf.pod +++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod @@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ support the SM Bus command subset). The reduction or normalization to mean sea level pressure requires (depending on selected method/approximation) also altitude and reference to temperature -sensor(s). When multiple temperature sensors are configured the minumum of +sensor(s). When multiple temperature sensors are configured the minimum of their values is always used (expecting that the warmer ones are affected by e.g. direct sun light at that moment). @@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ The altitude (in meters) of the location where you meassure the pressure. Temperature sensor(s) which should be used as a reference when normalizing the pressure using C method 2. -When specified more sensors a minumum is found and used each time. The +When specified more sensors a minimum is found and used each time. The temperature reading directly from this pressure sensor/plugin is typically not suitable as the pressure sensor will be probably inside while we want outside temperature. The collectd reference name is something like @@ -2229,7 +2229,7 @@ is passed to them, so invalid settings here may go unnoticed. This is not the plugin's fault, it will report errors if it gets them from the libraryE/ the driver. If a driver complains about an option, the plugin will dump a complete list of all options understood by that driver to the log. There is no -way to programatically find out if an option expects a string or a numeric +way to programmatically find out if an option expects a string or a numeric argument, so you will have to refer to the appropriate DBD's documentation to find this out. Sorry. @@ -3395,11 +3395,12 @@ interpreted. For a description of match blocks, please see L<"Plugin tail">. The B connects to a memcached server and queries statistics about cache utilization, memory and bandwidth used. -L +L - Host "memcache.example.com" + #Host "memcache.example.com" + Address "127.0.0.1" Port 11211 @@ -3412,16 +3413,25 @@ following options are allowed: =item B I -Hostname to connect to. Defaults to B<127.0.0.1>. +Sets the B field of dispatched values. Defaults to the global hostname +setting. +For backwards compatibility, values are also dispatched with the global +hostname when B is set to B<127.0.0.1> or B and B
is +not set. + +=item B
I
+ +Hostname or IP to connect to. For backwards compatibility, defaults to the +value of B or B<127.0.0.1> if B is unset. =item B I -TCP-Port to connect to. Defaults to B<11211>. +TCP port to connect to. Defaults to B<11211>. =item B I Connect to I using the UNIX domain socket at I. If this -setting is given, the B and B settings are ignored. +setting is given, the B
and B settings are ignored. =back @@ -5948,7 +5958,7 @@ transaction fails or if the database server crashes. Specify the plugin instance name that should be used instead of the database name (which is the default, if this option has not been specified). This -allows to query multiple databases of the same name on the same host (e.g. +allows one to query multiple databases of the same name on the same host (e.g. when running multiple database server versions in parallel). The plugin instance name can also be set from the query result using the B option in B block. @@ -6011,7 +6021,7 @@ Use SSL only. Specify the plugin instance name that should be used instead of the database name (which is the default, if this option has not been specified). This -allows to query multiple databases of the same name on the same host (e.g. +allows one to query multiple databases of the same name on the same host (e.g. when running multiple database server versions in parallel). =item B I @@ -6211,11 +6221,11 @@ below this limit. =item B I I -Similar to the B option this allows to select more detailed +Similar to the B option this allows one to select more detailed statistics of processes matching the specified I (see L for details). The statistics of all matching processes are summed up and dispatched to the daemon using the specified I as an identifier. This -allows to "group" several processes together. I must not contain +allows one to "group" several processes together. I must not contain slashes. =item B I @@ -6430,8 +6440,8 @@ C anymore, it does not need to be flushed when C is to be restarted. This results in much shorter (if any) gaps in graphs, especially under heavy load. Also, the C command line utility is aware of the daemon so that it can flush values to disk automatically when needed. This -allows to integrate automated flushing of values into graphing solutions much -more easily. +allows one to integrate automated flushing of values into graphing solutions +much more easily. There are disadvantages, though: The daemon may reside on a different host, so it may not be possible for C to create the appropriate RRD files @@ -8265,7 +8275,7 @@ forwarded to the kafka producer library B. =item B I -Use the specified string as a partioning key for the topic. Kafka breaks +Use the specified string as a partitioning key for the topic. Kafka breaks topic into partitions and guarantees that for a given topology, the same consumer will be used for a specific key. The special (case insensitive) string B can be used to specify that an arbitrary partition should