Merge branch 'collectd-5.4'

[collectd.git] / src / collectd.conf.pod

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index acd0cbb..3a8af84 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -494,6 +494,8 @@ possibly filtering or messages.
  #   StoreRates false
  #   GraphitePrefix "collectd."
  #   GraphiteEscapeChar "_"
+ #   GraphiteSeparateInstances false
+ #   GraphiteAlwaysAppendDS false
    </Publish>
 
    # Receive values from an AMQP broker
@@ -647,6 +649,19 @@ In I<Graphite> metric name, dots are used as separators between different
 metric parts (host, plugin, type).
 Default is "_" (I<Underscore>).
 
+=item B<GraphiteSeparateInstances> B<true>|B<false>
+
+If set to B<true>, the plugin instance and type instance will be in their own
+path component, for example C<host.cpu.0.cpu.idle>. If set to B<false> (the
+default), the plugin and plugin instance (and likewise the type and type
+instance) are put into one component, for example C<host.cpu-0.cpu-idle>.
+
+=item B<GraphiteAlwaysAppendDS> B<true>|B<false>
+
+If set to B<true>, append the name of the I<Data Source> (DS) to the "metric"
+identifier. If set to B<false> (the default), this is only done when there is
+more than one DS.
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Plugin C<apache>
@@ -6512,7 +6527,7 @@ instance) are put into one component, for example C<host.cpu-0.cpu-idle>.
 
 =item B<AlwaysAppendDS> B<false>|B<true>
 
-If set the B<true>, append the name of the I<Data Source> (DS) to the "metric"
+If set to B<true>, append the name of the I<Data Source> (DS) to the "metric"
 identifier. If set to B<false> (the default), this is only done when there is
 more than one DS.
 
@@ -7387,19 +7402,36 @@ Available options:
 =item B<Plugin> I<Name>
 
 Name of the write plugin to which the data should be sent. This option may be
-given multiple times to send the data to more than one write plugin.
+given multiple times to send the data to more than one write plugin. If the
+plugin supports multiple instances, the plugin's instance(s) must also be
+specified.
 
 =back
 
 If no plugin is explicitly specified, the values will be sent to all available
 write plugins.
 
-Example:
+Single-instance plugin example:
 
  <Target "write">
    Plugin "rrdtool"
  </Target>
 
+Multi-instance plugin example:
+
+ <Plugin "write_graphite">
+   <Node "foo">
+   ...
+   </Node>
+   <Node "bar">
+   ...
+   </Node>
+ </Plugin>
+  ...
+ <Target "write">
+   Plugin "write_graphite/foo"
+ </Target>
+
 =item B<jump>
 
 Starts processing the rules of another chain, see L<"Flow control"> above. If