write_graphite plugin: Adding LogSendErrors to docs, README, etc.

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

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index bce17bd73a32c2e5ce33cc365743ed27248d880e..55b964330b41600337cd67e6ed8fa950096cbbbb 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -5848,6 +5848,7 @@ Synopsis:
      Host "localhost"
      Port "2003"
      Protocol "udp"
+     LogSendErrors true
      Prefix "collectd"
    </Node>
  </Plugin>
@@ -5869,6 +5870,13 @@ Service name or port number to connect to. Defaults to C<2003>.
 
 Protocol to use when connecting to I<Graphite>. Defaults to C<tcp>.
 
+=item B<LogSendErrors> B<false>|B<true>
+
+If set to B<true> (the default), logs errors when sending data to I<Graphite>.
+If set to B<false>, it will not log the errors. This is especially useful when
+using Protocol UDP since many times we want to use the "fire-and-forget"
+approach and logging errors fills syslog with unneeded messages.
+
 =item B<Prefix> I<String>
 
 When set, I<String> is added in front of the host name. Dots and whitespace are