Merge branch 'collectd-4.1' into collectd-4.2

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

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 6c600f047936baea7ba94957b5280f1c84d55f03..72c2430c9534101d7887de636d96af3cdae3bb40 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ ignored. Values are either string, enclosed in double-quotes,
 B<false>. String containing of only alphanumeric characters and underscores do
 not need to be quoted.
 
-Plugins are loaded in the order listed in this config file. It is a good idea
-to load any logging plugins first in order to catch messages from plugins
-during configuration.
+The configuration is read and processed in order, i.E<nbsp>e. from top to
+bottom. So the plugins are loaded in the order listed in this config file. It
+is a good idea to load any logging plugins first in order to catch messages
+from plugins during configuration. Also, the C<LoadPlugin> option B<must> occur
+B<before> the C<E<lt>Plugin ...E<gt>> block.
 
 =head1 GLOBAL OPTIONS
 
@@ -368,6 +370,9 @@ and all other interrupts are collected.
 Sets the log-level. If, for example, set to B<notice>, then all events with
 severity B<notice>, B<warning>, or B<err> will be written to the logfile.
 
+Please note that B<debug> is only available if collectd has been compiled with
+debugging support.
+
 =item B<File> I<File>
 
 Sets the file to write log messages to. The special strings B<stdout> and
@@ -812,6 +817,9 @@ Sets the log-level. If, for example, set to B<notice>, then all events with
 severity B<notice>, B<warning>, or B<err> will be submitted to the
 syslog-daemon.
 
+Please note that B<debug> is only available if collectd has been compiled with
+debugging support.
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Plugin C<tcpconns>