From: Sebastian Harl Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:52:34 +0000 (+0100) Subject: README: Replaced filter plugins with matches and targets. X-Git-Tag: collectd-4.6.1~7 X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d91477b2d1c226a2008a6db86bdb8df37dda6606;p=collectd.git README: Replaced filter plugins with matches and targets. --- diff --git a/README b/README index efd7688f..a6879f05 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -264,13 +264,6 @@ Features needed. Please read collectd-unixsock(5) for a description on how that's done. - * Filtering and rewriting values dispatched to collectd can be done by the - following plugins: - - - filter_pcre - Filter and rewrite value lists based on Perl-compatible regular - expressions. - * Logging is, as everything in collectd, provided by plugins. The following plugins keep up informed about what's going on: @@ -310,6 +303,27 @@ Features Notifications are propagated to plugins written in Perl as well. See collectd-perl(5). + * Value processing can be controlled using the "filter chain" infrastructure + and "matches" and "targets". The following plugins are available: + + - match_regex + Match values by their identifier based on regular expressions. + + - match_timediff + Match values with an invalid timestamp. + + - match_value + Select values by their data sources' values. + + - target_notification + Create and dispatch a notification. + + - target_replace + Replace parts of an identifier using regular expressions. + + - target_set + Set (overwrite) entire parts of an identifier. + * Miscellaneous plugins: - uuid