From: Florian Forster Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 10:00:29 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Merge branch 'collectd-4.9' into collectd-4.10 X-Git-Tag: collectd-4.10.2~1 X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?p=collectd.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=66f9d645f883eee0aa408428eefdebdcc6dcfa7e Merge branch 'collectd-4.9' into collectd-4.10 Conflicts: ChangeLog src/collectd.conf.pod version-gen.sh --- 66f9d645f883eee0aa408428eefdebdcc6dcfa7e diff --cc ChangeLog index c50ae2a9,b313302c..b447b07c --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@@ -1,80 -1,30 +1,107 @@@ +2010-07-09, Version 4.10.1 + * Build system: Checking for "strtok_r" under Solaris has been fixed. + * Portability: Fixes for Solaris 8 have been applied. Thanks to + Alexander Wuerstlein for his patch. + * collectd: The shutdown speed when terminating the read threads has + been improved. + * libcollectdclient: A format error in the PUTVAL command has been + removed. Thanks to Johan Van den Brande for fixing this. + * df plugin: An error message shown when "cu_mount_getlist" fails has + been added. + * processes plugin: Missing initialization code for IO members of a + struct has been added. Thanks to Aurélien Reynaud for fixing this. + * python plugin: Memory leaks in the write and notification callbacks + have been fixed. A possible crash when the plugin was loaded but not + configured has been fixed. Thanks to Sven Trenkel for his patches. + * snmp plugin: Verbosity with regard to unknown ASN types has been + increased. A build problem on PowerPC and ARM processors has been + fixed by Aurélien Reynaud; thanks! + * powerdns plugin: Compatibility changes for PowerDNS 2.9.22 and above + have been applied. Thanks to Luke Heberling for his changes. + +2010-05-01, Version 4.10.0 + * collectd: JSON output now includes the "dstypes" and "dsnames" + fields. This makes it easier for external applications to interpret + the data. Thanks to Chris Buben for his work. + * collectd: The new "Timeout" option can be used to specify a + "timeout" for missing values. This is used in the threshold checking + code to detect missing values. Thanks to Andrés J. Díaz for the + patch. + * apache plugin: Support for "IdleWorkers" (Apache 1.*: "IdleServers") + has been added. + * curl plugin: The new "ExcludeRegex" allows to easily exclude certain + lines from the match. + * curl_xml plugin: This new plugin allows to read XML files using cURL + and extract metrics included in the files. Thanks to Amit Gupta for + his work. + * filecount plugin: The new "IncludeHidden" option allows to include + "hidden" files and directories in the statistics. Thanks to Vaclav + Malek for the patch. + * logfile plugin: The new "PrintSeverity" option allows to include the + severity of a message in the output. Thanks to Clément Stenac for + his patch. + * memcachec plugin: The new "ExcludeRegex" allows to easily exclude + certain lines from the match. + * modbus plugin: This new plugin allows to read registers from + Modbus-TCP enabled devices. + * network plugin: The new "Interface" option allows to set the + interface to be used for multicast and, if supported, unicast + traffic. Thanks to Max Henkel for his work. + * openvpn plugin: The "CollectUserCount" and "CollectIndividualUsers" + options allow more detailed control over how to report sessions of + multiple users. Thanks to Fabian Schuh for his work. + * pinba plugin: This new plugin receives timing information from the + Pinba PHP extension, which can be used for profiling PHP code and + webserver performance. Thanks to Phoenix Kayo for his work. + * ping plugin: The new "MaxMissed" allows to re-resolve a hosts + address when it doesn't reply to a number of ping requests. Thanks + to Stefan Völkel for the patch. + * postgresql plugin: The "Interval" config option has been added. The + plugin has been relicensed under the 2-clause BSD license. Thanks to + Sebastian Harl for his work. + * processes plugin: Support for "code" and "data" virtual memory sizes + has been added. Thanks to Clément Stenac for his patch. + * python plugin: Support for Python 3 has been implemented. Thanks to + Sven Trenkel for his work. + * routeros plugin: Support for collecting CPU load, memory usage, used + and free disk space, sectors written and number of bad blocks from + MikroTik devices has been added. + * swap plugin: Support for Linux < 2.6 has been added. Thanks to Lorin + Scraba for his patch. + * tail plugin: The new "ExcludeRegex" allows to easily exclude certain + lines from the match. Thanks to Peter Warasin for his patch. + * write_http plugin: The "StoreRates" option has been added. Thanks to + Paul Sadauskas for his patch. + * regex match: The "Invert" option has been added. Thanks to Julien + Ammous for his patch. + + 2010-11-27, Version 4.9.4 + * Documentation: Various documentation fixes. + * collectd: If including one configuration file fails, continue with + the rest of the configuration if possible. + * collectd: Fix a bug in the read function scheduling. In rare cases + read functions may not have been called as often as requested. + * collectd: Concurrency issues with errno(3) under AIX have been + fixed: A thread-safe version of errno has to be requested under AIX. + Thanks to Aurélien Reynaud for his patch. + * curl, memcachec, tail plugins: Fix handling of "DERIVE" data + sources. Matching the end of a string has been improved; thanks to + Sebastian Harl for the patch. + * curl_json plugin: Fix a problem when parsing 64bit integers. Reading + JSON data from non-HTTP sources has been fixed. + * netapp plugin: Pass the interval setting to the dispatch function. + Restore compatibility to NetApp Release 7.3. Thanks to Sven Trenkel + for the patch. + * network plugin: Be less verbose about unchecked signatures, in order + to prevent spamming the logs. + * notify_email plugin: Concurrency problems have been fixed. + * python plugin: Set "sys.argv", since many scripts don't expect that + it may not be set. Thanks to Sven Trenkel for the patch. + * rrdtool, rrdcached plugin: Fix a too strict assertion when creating + RRD files. + * value match: A minor memory leak has been fixed. Thanks to Sven + Trenkel for the patch. + 2010-07-09, Version 4.9.3 * Build system: Checking for "strtok_r" under Solaris has been fixed. * Portability: Fixes for Solaris 8 have been applied. Thanks to diff --cc src/collectd.conf.pod index 4faba997,5fc75c52..bfb73095 --- a/src/collectd.conf.pod +++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod @@@ -129,16 -129,10 +129,20 @@@ Configures the interval in which to que values lead to a higher system load produced by collectd, while higher values lead to more coarse statistics. + B You should set this once and then never touch it again. If you do, + I or know some serious RRDtool + magic! (Assuming you're using the I or I plugin.) + +=item B I + +Consider a value list "missing" when no update has been read or received for +I iterations. By default, I considers a value list +missing when no update has been received for twice the update interval. Since +this setting uses iterations, the maximum allowed time without update depends +on the I information contained in each value list. This is used in +the I configuration to dispatch notifications about missing values, +see L<"THRESHOLD CONFIGURATION"> below. + =item B I Number of threads to start for reading plugins. The default value is B<5>, but