influence the way plugins are loaded, e.g.:
<LoadPlugin perl>
- Globals true
Interval 60
</LoadPlugin>
possibly need this option. What CA certificates come bundled with C<libcurl>
and are checked by default depends on the distribution you use.
+=item B<SSLCiphers> I<list of ciphers>
+
+Specifies which ciphers to use in the connection. The list of ciphers
+must specify valid ciphers. See
+L<http://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/ciphers.html> for details.
+
+=item B<Timeout> I<Milliseconds>
+
+The B<Timeout> option sets the overall timeout for HTTP requests to B<URL>, in
+milliseconds. By default, the configured B<Interval> is used to set the
+timeout.
+
=back
=head2 Plugin C<apcups>
TCP-Port to connect to. Defaults to B<3551>.
-=item B<ReportSeconds> B<true|false>
+=item B<ReportSeconds> B<true>|B<false>
If set to B<true>, the time reported in the C<timeleft> metric will be
converted to seconds. This is the recommended setting. If set to B<false>, the
default for backwards compatibility, the time will be reported in minutes.
+=item B<PersistentConnection> B<true>|B<false>
+
+By default, the plugin will try to keep the connection to UPS open between
+reads. Since this appears to be somewhat brittle (I<apcupsd> appears to close
+the connection due to inactivity quite quickly), the plugin will try to detect
+this problem and switch to an open-read-close mode in such cases.
+
+You can instruct the plugin to close the connection after each read by setting
+this option to B<false>.
+
=back
=head2 Plugin C<aquaero>
possibly need this option. What CA certificates come bundled with C<libcurl>
and are checked by default depends on the distribution you use.
+=item B<Timeout> I<Milliseconds>
+
+The B<Timeout> option sets the overall timeout for HTTP requests to B<URL>, in
+milliseconds. By default, the configured B<Interval> is used to set the
+timeout.
+
=back
=head2 Plugin C<barometer>
Default: Enabled.
+=item B<Timeout> I<Milliseconds>
+
+The B<Timeout> option sets the overall timeout for HTTP requests to B<URL>, in
+milliseconds. By default, the configured B<Interval> is used to set the
+timeout.
+
=item B<View> I<Name>
Collect statistics about a specific I<"view">. BIND can behave different,
Measure response time for the request. If this setting is enabled, B<Match>
blocks (see below) are optional. Disabled by default.
+Beware that requests will get aborted if they take too long to complete. Adjust
+B<Timeout> accordingly if you expect B<MeasureResponseTime> to report such slow
+requests.
+
=item B<MeasureResponseCode> B<true>|B<false>
Measure response code for the request. If this setting is enabled, B<Match>
B<MeasureResponseCode> options are set to B<true>, B<Match> blocks are
optional.
+=item B<Timeout> I<Milliseconds>
+
+The B<Timeout> option sets the overall timeout for HTTP requests to B<URL>, in
+milliseconds. By default, the configured B<Interval> is used to set the
+timeout. Prior to version 5.5.0, there was no timeout and requests could hang
+indefinitely. This legacy behaviour can be achieved by setting the value of
+B<Timeout> to 0.
+
+If B<Timeout> is 0 or bigger than the B<Interval>, keep in mind that each slow
+network connection will stall one read thread. Adjust the B<ReadThreads> global
+setting accordingly to prevent this from blocking other plugins.
+
=back
=head2 Plugin C<curl_json>
=item B<Post> I<Body>
+=item B<Timeout> I<Milliseconds>
+
These options behave exactly equivalent to the appropriate options of the
I<cURL> plugin. Please see there for a detailed description.
=item B<Post> I<Body>
+=item B<Timeout> I<Milliseconds>
+
These options behave exactly equivalent to the appropriate options of the
I<cURL plugin>. Please see there for a detailed description.
=back
+=head2 Plugin C<fhcount>
+
+The C<fhcount> plugin provides statistics about used, unused and total number of
+file handles.
+
+The I<fhcount plugin> provides the following configuration options:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<ValuesAbsolute> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Enables or disables reporting of file handles usage in absolute numbers,
+e.g. file handles used. Defaults to B<true>.
+
+=item B<ValuesPercentage> B<false>|B<true>
+
+Enables or disables reporting of file handles usage in percentages, e.g.
+percent of file handles used. Defaults to B<false>.
+
+=back
+
=head2 Plugin C<filecount>
The C<filecount> plugin counts the number of files in a certain directory (and
=back
+=head2 Plugin C<netcmd>
+
+The C<netcmd> plugin provides a management interface for I<collectd> much like
+the C<unixsock> plugin. Please see L<collectd-unixsock(5)> for a description of
+the commands understood on the socket.
+
+Optionally, network traffic is encrypted and authenticated using I<Transport
+Layer Security> (TLS). To use TLS you have to specify the B<TLSCertFile> and
+B<TLSKeyFile> options.
+
+The configuration of the C<netcmd> plugin consists of one or more B<Listen>
+block, each defining a socket to bind to and listen on. Example:
+
+ <Plugin netcmd>
+ <Listen>
+ Address "::1"
+ Port "25826"
+ TLSCertFile "/path/to/cert"
+ TLSKeyFile "/path/to/key"
+ TLSCAFile "/path/to/ca"
+ TLSCRLFile "/path/to/crl"
+ TLSVerifyPeer true
+ </Listen>
+ </Plugin>
+
+Valid options inside a B<Listen> block are:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Address> I<Address>|I<Hostname>
+
+Address or hostname to bind to. If not specified, bind to the I<any> address.
+
+=item B<Port> I<Port>|I<Service>
+
+Port number or service name to bind to. Defaults to C<"25826">.
+
+=item B<TLSCertFile> I<Path>
+
+Path to the TLS certificate file.
+If this option is unset, TLS will not be enabled.
+
+=item B<TLSKeyFile> I<Path>
+
+Path to the TLS key file.
+If this option is unset, TLS will not be enabled.
+
+=item B<TLSCAFile> I<Path>
+
+Path to the TLS I<Certificate Authority> (CA) file.
+
+=item B<TLSCRLFile> I<Path>
+
+Path to the TLS I<Certificate Revokation List> (CRL) file.
+
+=item B<TLSVerifyPeer> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Controls whether or not to verify the client certificate of connecting peers.
+The plugin will I<request> a client certificate either way, but it will only
+I<require> a valid certificate when this option is set to B<true>. Defaults to
+B<false>.
+
+If set to B<true>, the options B<TLSCertFile>, B<TLSKeyFile> and B<TLSCAFile>
+are I<required>.
+
+=item B<TLSDHBits> I<Num>
+
+Sets the number of bits used for I<Diffie-Hellman> (DH) key generation. By
+default, the number of bits of the server's I<public key> is used, i.e. if
+you're using a certificate with a 4096E<nbsp>bit RSA key, then 4096E<nbsp>bit
+will be used for DH as well. Don't change this setting unless you know what
+you're doing.
+
+=back
+
=head2 Plugin C<netlink>
The C<netlink> plugin uses a netlink socket to query the Linux kernel about
possibly need this option. What CA certificates come bundled with C<libcurl>
and are checked by default depends on the distribution you use.
+=item B<Timeout> I<Milliseconds>
+
+The B<Timeout> option sets the overall timeout for HTTP requests to B<URL>, in
+milliseconds. By default, the configured B<Interval> is used to set the
+timeout.
+
=back
=head2 Plugin C<notify_desktop>
amount of time will be lost, for example, if a single statement within the
transaction fails or if the database server crashes.
+=item B<Instance> I<name>
+
+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.
+when running multiple database server versions in parallel).
+
=item B<Host> I<hostname>
Specify the hostname or IP of the PostgreSQL server to connect to. If the
allows to "group" several processes together. I<name> must not contain
slashes.
+=item B<CollectContextSwitch> I<Boolean>
+
+Collect context switch of the process.
+
=back
=head2 Plugin C<protocols>
Use I<Password> to authenticate when connecting to I<Redis>.
-=item B<Timeout> I<Timeout in miliseconds>
+=item B<Timeout> I<Milliseconds>
The B<Timeout> option set the socket timeout for node response. Since the Redis
read function is blocking, you should keep this value as low as possible. Keep
=back
+=head2 Plugin C<turbostat>
+
+The I<Turbostat plugin> reads CPU frequency and C-state residency on modern
+Intel processors by using the new Model Specific Registers.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<CoreCstates> I<Bitmask(Integer)>
+
+Bitmask of the list of core C states supported by the processor.
+This option should only be used if the automated detection fails.
+Default value extracted from the cpu model and family.
+
+Currently supported C-states (by this plugin): 3, 6, 7
+
+Example: (1<<3)+(1<<6)+(1<<7) = 392 for all states
+
+=item B<PackageCstates> I<Bitmask(Integer)>
+
+Bitmask of the list of pacages C states supported by the processor.
+This option should only be used if the automated detection fails.
+Default value extracted from the cpu model and family.
+
+Currently supported C-states (by this plugin): 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
+
+Example: (1<<2)+(1<<3)+(1<<6)+(1<<7) = 396 for states 2, 3, 6 and 7
+
+=item B<SystemManagementInterrupt> I<true>|I<false>
+
+Boolean enabling the collection of the I/O System-Management Interrupt
+counter'. This option should only be used if the automated detection
+fails or if you want to disable this feature.
+
+=item B<DigitalTemperatureSensor> I<true>|I<false>
+
+Boolean enabling the collection of the temperature of each core.
+This option should only be used if the automated detectionfails or
+if you want to disable this feature.
+
+=item B<DigitalTemperatureSensor> I<true>|I<false>
+
+Boolean enabling the collection of the temperature of each package.
+This option should only be used if the automated detectionfails or
+if you want to disable this feature.
+
+=item B<TCCActivationTemp> I<Temperature>
+
+Thermal Control Circuit Activation Temperature of the installed
+CPU. This temperature is used when collecting the temperature of
+cores or packages. This option should only be used if the automated
+detection fails. Default value extracted from B<MSR_IA32_TEMPERATURE_TARGET>
+
+=item B<RunningAveragePowerLimit> I<Bitmask(Integer)>
+
+Bitmask of the list of elements to be thermally monitored. This option
+should only be used if the automated detection fails or if you want to
+disable some collections. The different bits of this bitmask accepted
+by this plugin are:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item 0 ('1'): Package
+
+=item 1 ('2'): DRAM
+
+=item 2 ('4'): Cores
+
+=item 3 ('8'): Embedded graphic device
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
=head2 Plugin C<unixsock>
=over 4
Service name or port number to connect to. Defaults to C<27017>.
-=item B<Timeout> I<Timeout>
+=item B<Timeout> I<Milliseconds>
Set the timeout for each operation on I<MongoDB> to I<Timeout> milliseconds.
Setting this option to zero means no timeout, which is the default.
exceed the size of an C<int>, i.e. 2E<nbsp>GByte.
Defaults to C<4096>.
+=item B<LowSpeedLimit> I<Bytes per Second>
+
+Sets the minimal transfer rate in I<Bytes per Second> below which the
+connection with the HTTP server will be considered too slow and aborted. All
+the data submitted over this connection will probably be lost. Defaults to 0,
+which means no minimum transfer rate is enforced.
+
+=item B<Timeout> I<Timeout>
+
+Sets the maximum time in milliseconds given for HTTP POST operations to
+complete. When this limit is reached, the POST operation will be aborted, and
+all the data in the current send buffer will probably be lost. Defaults to 0,
+which means the connection never times out.
+
+The C<write_http> plugin regularly submits the collected values to the HTTP
+server. How frequently this happens depends on how much data you are collecting
+and the size of B<BufferSize>. The optimal value to set B<Timeout> to is
+slightly below this interval, which you can estimate by monitoring the network
+traffic between collectd and the HTTP server.
+
=back
=head2 Plugin C<write_kafka>
connections. Either a service name of a port number may be given. Please note
that numerical port numbers must be given as a string, too.
-=item B<Timeout> I<Timeout in miliseconds>
+=item B<Timeout> I<Milliseconds>
The B<Timeout> option sets the socket connection timeout, in milliseconds.
=back
+=head2 Plugin C<write_sensu>
+
+The I<write_sensu plugin> will send values to I<Sensu>, a powerful stream
+aggregation and monitoring system. The plugin sends I<JSON> encoded data to
+a local I<Sensu> client using a TCP socket.
+
+At the moment, the I<write_sensu plugin> does not send over a collectd_host
+parameter so it is not possible to use one collectd instance as a gateway for
+others. Each collectd host must pair with one I<Sensu> client.
+
+Synopsis:
+
+ <Plugin "write_sensu">
+ <Node "example">
+ Host "localhost"
+ Port "3030"
+ StoreRates true
+ AlwaysAppendDS false
+ MetricHandler "influx"
+ MetricHandler "default"
+ NotificationHandler "flapjack"
+ NotificationHandler "howling_monkey"
+ Notifications true
+ </Node>
+ Tag "foobar"
+ Attribute "foo" "bar"
+ </Plugin>
+
+The following options are understood by the I<write_sensu plugin>:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item E<lt>B<Node> I<Name>E<gt>
+
+The plugin's configuration consists of one or more B<Node> blocks. Each block
+is given a unique I<Name> and specifies one connection to an instance of
+I<Sensu>. Inside the B<Node> block, the following per-connection options are
+understood:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Host> I<Address>
+
+Hostname or address to connect to. Defaults to C<localhost>.
+
+=item B<Port> I<Service>
+
+Service name or port number to connect to. Defaults to C<3030>.
+
+=item B<StoreRates> B<true>|B<false>
+
+If set to B<true> (the default), convert counter values to rates. If set to
+B<false> counter values are stored as is, i.e. as an increasing integer number.
+
+This will be reflected in the C<collectd_data_source_type> tag: If
+B<StoreRates> is enabled, converted values will have "rate" appended to the
+data source type, e.g. C<collectd_data_source_type:derive:rate>.
+
+=item B<AlwaysAppendDS> B<false>|B<true>
+
+If set the B<true>, append the name of the I<Data Source> (DS) to the
+"service", i.e. the field that, together with the "host" field, uniquely
+identifies a metric in I<Sensu>. If set to B<false> (the default), this is
+only done when there is more than one DS.
+
+=item B<Notifications> B<false>|B<true>
+
+If set to B<true>, create I<Sensu> events for notifications. This is B<false>
+by default. At least one of B<Notifications> or B<Metrics> should be enabled.
+
+=item B<Metrics> B<false>|B<true>
+
+If set to B<true>, create I<Sensu> events for metrics. This is B<false>
+by default. At least one of B<Notifications> or B<Metrics> should be enabled.
+
+
+=item B<Separator> I<String>
+
+Sets the separator for I<Sensu> metrics name or checks. Defaults to "/".
+
+=item B<MetricHandler> I<String>
+
+Add a handler that will be set when metrics are sent to I<Sensu>. You can add
+several of them, one per line. Defaults to no handler.
+
+=item B<NotificationHandler> I<String>
+
+Add a handler that will be set when notifications are sent to I<Sensu>. You can
+add several of them, one per line. Defaults to no handler.
+
+=item B<EventServicePrefix> I<String>
+
+Add the given string as a prefix to the event service name.
+If B<EventServicePrefix> not set or set to an empty string (""),
+no prefix will be used.
+
+=back
+
+=item B<Tag> I<String>
+
+Add the given string as an additional tag to the metric being sent to
+I<Sensu>.
+
+=item B<Attribute> I<String> I<String>
+
+Consider the two given strings to be the key and value of an additional
+attribute for each metric being sent out to I<Sensu>.
+
+=back
+
=head2 Plugin C<zookeeper>
The I<zookeeper plugin> will collect statistics from a I<Zookeeper> server
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