Set one or more files that contain the data-set descriptions. See
L<types.db(5)> for a description of the format of this file.
+If this option is not specified, a default file is read. If you need to define
+custom types in addition to the types defined in the default file, you need to
+explicitly load both. In other words, if the B<TypesDB> option is encountered
+the default behavior is disabled and if you need the default types you have to
+also explicitly load them.
+
=item B<Interval> I<Seconds>
Configures the interval in which to query the read plugins. Obviously smaller
and "remaining capacity") and B<degraded> (difference between "design capacity"
and "last full capacity").
+=item B<QueryStateFS> B<false>|B<true>
+
+When set to B<true>, the battery plugin will only read statistics
+related to battery performance as exposed by StateFS at
+/run/state. StateFS is used in Mer-based Sailfish OS, for
+example.
+
=back
=head2 Plugin C<bind>
=over 4
+=item B<Host> I<Name>
+
+Use I<Name> as the host name when submitting values. Defaults to the global
+host name setting.
+
=item B<Instance> I<Instance>
Sets the plugin instance to I<Instance>.
=back
+=head2 Plugin C<dpdkstat>
+
+The I<dpdkstat plugin> collects information about DPDK interfaces using the
+extended NIC stats API in DPDK.
+
+B<Synopsis:>
+
+ <Plugin "dpdkstat">
+ Coremask "0x4"
+ MemoryChannels "4"
+ ProcessType "secondary"
+ FilePrefix "rte"
+ EnabledPortMask 0xffff
+ PortName "interface1"
+ PortName "interface2"
+ </Plugin>
+
+B<Options:>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Coremask> I<Mask>
+
+A string containing an hexadecimal bit mask of the cores to run on. Note that
+core numbering can change between platforms and should be determined beforehand.
+
+=item B<Memorychannels> I<Channels>
+
+A string containing a number of memory channels per processor socket.
+
+=item B<ProcessType> I<type>
+
+A string containing the type of DPDK process instance.
+
+=item B<FilePrefix> I<File>
+
+The prefix text used for hugepage filenames. The filename will be set to
+/var/run/.<prefix>_config where prefix is what is passed in by the user.
+
+=item B<SocketMemory> I<MB>
+
+A string containing amount of Memory to allocate from hugepages on specific
+sockets in MB
+
+=item B<EnabledPortMask> I<Mask>
+
+A hexidecimal bit mask of the DPDK ports which should be enabled. A mask
+of 0x0 means that all ports will be disabled. A bitmask of all Fs means
+that all ports will be enabled. This is an optional argument - default
+is all ports enabled.
+
+=item B<PortName> I<Name>
+
+A string containing an optional name for the enabled DPDK ports. Each PortName
+option should contain only one port name; specify as many PortName options as
+desired. Default naming convention will be used if PortName is blank. If there
+are less PortName options than there are enabled ports, the default naming
+convention will be used for the additional ports.
+
+=back
+
=head2 Plugin C<email>
=over 4
=over 4
+=item B<Server> I<Host> I<Port>
+
+The B<Server> statement sets the address of a server to which to send metrics
+via the C<DispatchValues> function.
+
+The argument I<Host> may be a hostname, an IPv4 address, or an IPv6 address.
+
+Optionally, B<Server> may be specified as a configuration block which supports
+the following options:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<EnableSSL> B<false>|B<true>
+
+Whether to require SSL for outgoing connections. Default: false.
+
+=item B<SSLCACertificateFile> I<Filename>
+
+=item B<SSLCertificateFile> I<Filename>
+
+=item B<SSLCertificateKeyFile> I<Filename>
+
+Filenames specifying SSL certificate and key material to be used with SSL
+connections.
+
+=back
+
=item B<Listen> I<Host> I<Port>
The B<Listen> statement sets the network address to bind to. When multiple
Whether to enable SSL for incoming connections. Default: false.
-=item B<SSLRootCerts> I<Filename>
+=item B<SSLCACertificateFile> I<Filename>
-=item B<SSLServerKey> I<Filename>
+=item B<SSLCertificateFile> I<Filename>
-=item B<SSLServerCert> I<Filename>
+=item B<SSLCertificateKeyFile> I<Filename>
Filenames specifying SSL certificate and key material to be used with SSL
connections.
=back
+=head2 Plugin C<hugepages>
+
+To collect B<hugepages> information, collectd reads directories
+"/sys/devices/system/node/*/hugepages" and
+"/sys/kernel/mm/hugepages".
+Reading of these directories can be disabled by the following
+options (default is enabled).
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<ReportPerNodeHP> B<true>|B<false>
+
+If enabled, information will be collected from the hugepage
+counters in "/sys/devices/system/node/*/hugepages".
+This is used to check the per-node hugepage statistics on
+a NUMA system.
+
+=item B<ReportRootHP> B<true>|B<false>
+
+If enabled, information will be collected from the hugepage
+counters in "/sys/kernel/mm/hugepages".
+This can be used on both NUMA and non-NUMA systems to check
+the overall hugepage statistics.
+
+=item B<ValuesPages> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Whether to report hugepages metrics in number of pages.
+Defaults to B<true>.
+
+=item B<ValuesBytes> B<false>|B<true>
+
+Whether to report hugepages metrics in bytes.
+Defaults to B<false>.
+
+=item B<ValuesPercentage> B<false>|B<true>
+
+Whether to report hugepages metrics as percentage.
+Defaults to B<false>.
+
+=back
+
=head2 Plugin C<interface>
=over 4
=item B<$1>
-The timestamp of the queried value as a floating point number.
+The timestamp of the queried value as an RFC 3339-formatted local time.
=item B<$2>
identifier. If set to B<false> (the default), this is only done when there is
more than one DS.
+=item B<DropDuplicateFields> B<false>|B<true>
+
+If set to B<true>, detect and remove duplicate components in Graphite metric
+names. For example, the metric name C<host.load.load.shortterm> will
+be shortened to C<host.load.shortterm>.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Plugin C<write_log>
+
+The C<write_log> plugin writes metrics as INFO log messages.
+
+This plugin supports two output formats: I<Graphite> and I<JSON>.
+
+Synopsis:
+
+ <Plugin write_log>
+ Format Graphite
+ </Plugin>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Format> I<Format>
+
+The output format to use. Can be one of C<Graphite> or C<JSON>.
+
=back
=head2 Plugin C<write_tsdb>
=item B<TypeInstance> I<Regex>
+=item B<MetaData> I<String> I<Regex>
+
Match values where the given regular expressions match the various fields of
the identifier of a value. If multiple regular expressions are given, B<all>
regexen must match for a value to match.
=item B<TypeInstance> I<Regex> I<Replacement>
+=item B<MetaData> I<String> I<Regex> I<Replacement>
+
+=item B<DeleteMetaData> I<String> I<Regex>
+
Match the appropriate field with the given regular expression I<Regex>. If the
regular expression matches, that part that matches is replaced with
I<Replacement>. If multiple places of the input buffer match a given regular
=item B<TypeInstance> I<String>
-=item B<MetaDataSet> I<String> I<String>
+=item B<MetaData> I<String> I<String>
+
+Set the appropriate field to the given string. The strings for plugin instance,
+type instance, and meta data may be empty, the strings for host and plugin may
+not be empty. It's currently not possible to set the type of a value this way.
+
+The following placeholders will be replaced by an appropriate value:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<%{host}>
+
+=item B<%{plugin}>
+
+=item B<%{plugin_instance}>
+
+=item B<%{type}>
+
+=item B<%{type_instance}>
+
+These placeholders are replaced by the identifier field of the same name.
+
+=item B<%{meta:>I<name>B<}>
+
+These placeholders are replaced by the meta data value with the given name.
+
+=back
+
+Please note that these placeholders are B<case sensitive>!
+
+=item B<DeleteMetaData> I<String>
-Set the appropriate field to the given string. The strings for plugin instance
-and type instance may be empty, the strings for host and plugin may not be
-empty. It's currently not possible to set the type of a value this way.
+Delete the named meta data field.
=back
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