Merge pull request #385 from ccin2p3/libvirt-plugin-instance

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

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 25a51d01852e37d3df13b0cc9f888abf6bd0e173..32ed99034cf0d4cc907fd5499e18a774737a3430 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -2276,6 +2276,14 @@ setting B<name>.
 B<address> means use the interface's mac address. This is useful since the
 interface path might change between reboots of a guest or across migrations.
 
+=item B<PluginInstanceFormat> B<name|uuid>
+
+When the libvirt plugin logs data, it sets the plugin_instance of the collected 
+data according to this setting. The default is to use the guest name as provided 
+by the hypervisor, which is equal to setting B<name>.
+
+B<uuid> means use the guest's UUID.
+
 =back
 
 +=head2 Plugin C<load>