Add final documentation for new libvirt plugin option PluginInstanceFormat

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.in b/src/collectd.conf.in
index 80aba6a46fbc2e84cc341d3ef33234015de6fa40..3581db44398c495d3c4f1a67195c1909f5258879 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.in
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.in
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@
 #      IgnoreSelected false
 #      HostnameFormat name
 #      InterfaceFormat name
+#      PluginInstanceFormat name
 #</Plugin>
 
 #<Plugin lpar>

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 11db1ccdc3d1e07c49f7c6efc93761ba43c0e21b..858dc16db11cc09b84f1261ca674160a31155e9e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -2153,6 +2153,14 @@ 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<logfile>