=back
+=head2 Plugin C<grpc>
+
+The I<grpc> plugin provides an RPC interface to submit values to or query
+values from collectd based on the open source gRPC framework. It exposes and
+end-point for dispatching values to the daemon.
+
+The B<gRPC> homepage can be found at L<https://grpc.io/>.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Listen> I<Host> I<Port>
+
+The B<Listen> statement sets the network address to bind to. When multiple
+statements are specified, the daemon will bin to all of them. If none are
+specified, it defaults to B<0.0.0.0:50051>.
+
+The argument I<Host> may be a hostname, an IPv4 address, or an IPv6 address.
+
+=item B<WorkerThreads> I<Num>
+
+Number of threads to start for handling incoming connections. The default
+value is B<5>.
+
+=back
+
=head2 Plugin C<hddtemp>
To get values from B<hddtemp> collectd connects to B<localhost> (127.0.0.1),
database definition. It accepts a single mandatory argument which specifies
the name of the query. The names of all queries have to be unique (see the
B<MinVersion> and B<MaxVersion> options below for an exception to this
-rule). The following configuration options are available to define the query:
+rule).
-In each B<Query> block, there is one or more B<Result> blocks. B<Result>
-blocks define how to handle the values returned from the query. They define
-which column holds which value and how to dispatch that value to the daemon.
-Multiple B<Result> blocks may be used to extract multiple values from a single
-query.
+In each B<Query> block, there is one or more B<Result> blocks. Multiple
+B<Result> blocks may be used to extract multiple values from a single query.
+
+The following configuration options are available to define the query:
=over 4
The returned lines will be handled separately one after another.
-=item B<Param> I<hostname>|I<database>|I<username>|I<interval>
+=item B<Param> I<hostname>|I<database>|I<instance>|I<username>|I<interval>
Specify the parameters which should be passed to the SQL query. The parameters
are referred to in the SQL query as B<$1>, B<$2>, etc. in the same order as
Please note that parameters are only supported by PostgreSQL's protocol
version 3 and above which was introduced in version 7.4 of PostgreSQL.
+=item B<PluginInstanceFrom> I<column>
+
+Specify how to create the "PluginInstance" for reporting this query results.
+Only one column is supported. You may concatenate fields and string values in
+the query statement to get the required results.
+
+=item B<MinVersion> I<version>
+
+=item B<MaxVersion> I<version>
+
+Specify the minimum or maximum version of PostgreSQL that this query should be
+used with. Some statistics might only be available with certain versions of
+PostgreSQL. This allows you to specify multiple queries with the same name but
+which apply to different versions, thus allowing you to use the same
+configuration in a heterogeneous environment.
+
+The I<version> has to be specified as the concatenation of the major, minor
+and patch-level versions, each represented as two-decimal-digit numbers. For
+example, version 8.2.3 will become 80203.
+
+=back
+
+The B<Result> block defines how to handle the values returned from the query.
+It defines which column holds which value and how to dispatch that value to
+the daemon.
+
+=over 4
+
=item B<Type> I<type>
The I<type> name to be used when dispatching the values. The type describes
details on types and their configuration. The number and type of values (as
selected by the B<ValuesFrom> option) has to match the type of the given name.
-This option is required inside a B<Result> block.
+This option is mandatory.
=item B<InstancePrefix> I<prefix>
times. If multiple B<ValuesFrom> options are specified, the columns are read
in the given order.
-=item B<MinVersion> I<version>
-
-=item B<MaxVersion> I<version>
-
-Specify the minimum or maximum version of PostgreSQL that this query should be
-used with. Some statistics might only be available with certain versions of
-PostgreSQL. This allows you to specify multiple queries with the same name but
-which apply to different versions, thus allowing you to use the same
-configuration in a heterogeneous environment.
-
-The I<version> has to be specified as the concatenation of the major, minor
-and patch-level versions, each represented as two-decimal-digit numbers. For
-example, version 8.2.3 will become 80203.
-
=back
The following predefined queries are available (the definitions can be found
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.
when running multiple database server versions in parallel).
+The plugin instance name can also be set from the query result using
+the B<PluginInstanceFrom> option in B<Query> block.
=item B<Host> I<hostname>
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