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diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
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=item B<LoadPlugin> I<Plugin>
-Loads the plugin I<Plugin>. There must be at least one such line or B<collectd>
-will be mostly useless.
+Loads the plugin I<Plugin>. This is required to load plugins, unless the
+B<AutoLoadPlugin> option is enabled (see below). Without any loaded plugins,
+I<collectd> will be mostly useless.
-Starting with collectd 4.9, this may also be a block in which further options
-affecting the behavior of B<LoadPlugin> may be specified. The following
-options are allowed inside a B<LoadPlugin> block:
+Only the first B<LoadPlugin> statement or block for a given plugin name has any
+effect. This is useful when you want to split up the configuration into smaller
+files and want each file to be "self contained", i.e. it contains a B<Plugin>
+block I<and> then appropriate B<LoadPlugin> statement. The downside is that if
+you have multiple conflicting B<LoadPlugin> blocks, e.g. when they specify
+different intervals, only one of them (the first one encountered) will take
+effect and all others will be silently ignored.
- <LoadPlugin perl>
- Globals true
- Interval 10
- </LoadPlugin>
+B<LoadPlugin> may either be a simple configuration I<statement> or a I<block>
+with additional options, affecting the behavior of B<LoadPlugin>. A simple
+statement looks like this:
+
+ LoadPlugin "cpu"
+
+Options inside a B<LoadPlugin> block can override default settings and
+influence the way plugins are loaded, e.g.:
+
+ <LoadPlugin perl>
+ Globals true
+ Interval 60
+ </LoadPlugin>
+
+The following options are valid inside B<LoadPlugin> blocks:
=over 4
=back
-=item B<Include> I<Path>
+=item B<AutoLoadPlugin> B<false>|B<true>
+
+When set to B<false> (the default), each plugin needs to be loaded explicitly,
+using the B<LoadPlugin> statement documented above. If a
+B<E<lt>PluginE<nbsp>...E<gt>> block is encountered and no configuration
+handling callback for this plugin has been registered, a warning is logged and
+the block is ignored.
+
+When set to B<true>, explicit B<LoadPlugin> statements are not required. Each
+B<E<lt>PluginE<nbsp>...E<gt>> block acts as if it was immediately preceded by a
+B<LoadPlugin> statement. B<LoadPlugin> statements are still required for
+plugins that don't provide any configuration, e.g. the I<Load plugin>.
+
+=item B<Include> I<Path> [I<pattern>]
If I<Path> points to a file, includes that file. If I<Path> points to a
directory, recursively includes all files within that directory and its
=back
+=head2 Plugin C<cgroups>
+
+This plugin collects the CPU user/system time for each I<cgroup> by reading the
+F<cpuacct.stat> files in the first cpuacct-mountpoint (typically
+F</sys/fs/cgroup/cpu.cpuacct> on machines using systemd).
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<CGroup> I<Directory>
+
+Select I<cgroup> based on the name. Whether only matching I<cgroups> are
+collected or if they are ignored is controlled by the B<IgnoreSelected> option;
+see below.
+
+=item B<IgnoreSelected> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Invert the selection: If set to true, all cgroups I<except> the ones that
+match any one of the criteria are collected. By default only selected
+cgroups are collected if a selection is made. If no selection is configured
+at all, B<all> cgroups are selected.
+
+=back
+
=head2 Plugin C<cpufreq>
This plugin doesn't have any options. It reads
many small files are stored on the disk. This is a usual scenario for mail
transfer agents and web caches.
+=item B<ValuesAbsolute> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Enables or disables reporting of free, used and used disk space in 1K-blocks.
+Defaults to true.
+
+=item B<ValuesPercentage> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Enables or disables reporting of free, used and used disk space in percentage.
+Defaults to false.
+
+This is useful for deploying collectd on the cloud, where machines with
+different disk size may exist. Then it is more practical to configure thresholds
+based on relative disk size.
+
=back
=head2 Plugin C<disk>
=head2 Plugin C<memcached>
-The C<memcached plugin> connects to a memcached server and queries statistics
+The B<memcached plugin> connects to a memcached server and queries statistics
about cache utilization, memory and bandwidth used.
L<http://www.danga.com/memcached/>
=back
+=head2 Plugin C<mic>
+
+The B<mic plugin> gathers CPU statistics, memory usage and temperatures from
+Intel's Many Integrated Core (MIC) systems.
+
+B<Synopsis:>
+
+ <Plugin mic>
+ ShowCPU true
+ ShowCPUCores true
+ ShowMemory true
+
+ ShowTemperatures true
+ Temperature vddg
+ Temperature vddq
+ IgnoreSelectedTemperature true
+
+ ShowPower true
+ Power total0
+ Power total1
+ IgnoreSelectedPower true
+ </Plugin>
+
+The following options are valid inside the B<PluginE<nbsp>mic> block:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<ShowCPU> B<true>|B<false>
+
+If enabled (the default) a sum of the CPU usage accross all cores is reported.
+
+=item B<ShowCPUCores> B<true>|B<false>
+
+If enabled (the default) per-core CPU usage is reported.
+
+=item B<ShowMemory> B<true>|B<false>
+
+If enabled (the default) the physical memory usage of the MIC system is
+reported.
+
+=item B<ShowTemperatures> B<true>|B<false>
+
+If enabled (the default) various temperatures of the MIC system are reported.
+
+=item B<Temperature> I<Name>
+
+This option controls which temperatures are being reported. Whether matching
+temperatures are being ignored or I<only> matching temperatures are reported
+depends on the B<IgnoreSelectedTemperature> setting below. By default I<all>
+temperatures are reported.
+
+=item B<IgnoreSelectedTemperature> B<false>|B<true>
+
+Controls the behavior of the B<Temperature> setting above. If set to B<false>
+(the default) only temperatures matching a B<Temperature> option are reported
+or, if no B<Temperature> option is specified, all temperatures are reported. If
+set to B<true>, matching temperatures are I<ignored> and all other temperatures
+are reported.
+
+Known temperature names are:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item die
+
+Die of the CPU
+
+=item devmem
+
+Device Memory
+
+=item fin
+
+Fan In
+
+=item fout
+
+Fan Out
+
+=item vccp
+
+Voltage ccp
+
+=item vddg
+
+Voltage ddg
+
+=item vddq
+
+Voltage ddq
+
+=back
+
+=item B<ShowPower> B<true>|B<false>
+
+If enabled (the default) various temperatures of the MIC system are reported.
+
+=item B<Power> I<Name>
+
+This option controls which power readings are being reported. Whether matching
+power readings are being ignored or I<only> matching power readings are reported
+depends on the B<IgnoreSelectedPower> setting below. By default I<all>
+power readings are reported.
+
+=item B<IgnoreSelectedPower> B<false>|B<true>
+
+Controls the behavior of the B<Power> setting above. If set to B<false>
+(the default) only power readings matching a B<Power> option are reported
+or, if no B<Power> option is specified, all power readings are reported. If
+set to B<true>, matching power readings are I<ignored> and all other power readings
+are reported.
+
+Known power names are:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item total0
+
+Total power utilization averaged over Time Window 0 (uWatts).
+
+=item total1
+
+Total power utilization averaged over Time Window 0 (uWatts).
+
+=item inst
+
+Instantaneous power (uWatts).
+
+=item imax
+
+Max instantaneous power (uWatts).
+
+=item pcie
+
+PCI-E connector power (uWatts).
+
+=item c2x3
+
+2x3 connector power (uWatts).
+
+=item c2x4
+
+2x4 connector power (uWatts).
+
+=item vccp
+
+Core rail (uVolts).
+
+=item vddg
+
+Uncore rail (uVolts).
+
+=item vddq
+
+Memory subsystem rail (uVolts).
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
=head2 Plugin C<modbus>
The B<modbus plugin> connects to a Modbus "slave" via Modbus/TCP and reads
values), large integer values (unsigned 32E<nbsp>bit values) and floating point
values (two registers interpreted as IEEE floats in big endian notation).
-Synopsis:
+B<Synopsis:>
<Data "voltage-input-1">
RegisterBase 0
Statistics about the shared memory log, a memory region to store
log messages which is flushed to disk when full. True by default.
+=item B<CollectBan> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Statistics about ban operations, such as number of bans added, retired, and
+number of objects tested against ban operations. Only available with Varnish
+3.x. False by default.
+
+=item B<CollectDirectorDNS> B<true>|B<false>
+
+DNS director lookup cache statistics. Only available with Varnish 3.x. False by
+default.
+
=item B<CollectESI> B<true>|B<false>
Edge Side Includes (ESI) parse statistics. False by default.
@@ -5552,10 +5789,27 @@ Statistics about fetches (HTTP requests sent to the backend). False by default.
Inserts and look-ups in the crit bit tree based hash. Look-ups are
divided into locked and unlocked look-ups. False by default.
+=item B<CollectObjects> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Statistics on cached objects: number of objects expired, nuked (prematurely
+expired), saved, moved, etc. False by default.
+
+=item B<CollectPurge> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Statistics about purge operations, such as number of purges added, retired, and
+number of objects tested against purge operations. Only available with Varnish
+2.x. False by default.
+
+=item B<CollectSession> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Client session statistics. Number of past and current sessions, session herd and
+linger counters, etc. False by default.
+
=item B<CollectSMA> B<true>|B<false>
-malloc or umem (umem_alloc(3MALLOC) based) storage statistics.
-The umem storage component is Solaris specific. False by default.
+malloc or umem (umem_alloc(3MALLOC) based) storage statistics. The umem storage
+component is Solaris specific. Only available with Varnish 2.x. False by
+default.
=item B<CollectSMS> B<true>|B<false>
=item B<CollectSM> B<true>|B<false>
-file (memory mapped file) storage statistics. False by default.
+file (memory mapped file) storage statistics. Only available with Varnish 2.x.
+False by default.
+
+=item B<CollectStruct> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Current varnish internal state statistics. Number of current sessions, objects
+in cache store, open connections to backends (with Varnish 2.x), etc. False by
+default.
=item B<CollectTotals> B<true>|B<false>
Collects overview counters, such as the number of sessions created,
the number of requests and bytes transferred. False by default.
+=item B<CollectUptime> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Varnish uptime. False by default.
+
+=item B<CollectVCL> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Number of total (available + discarded) VCL (config files). False by default.
+
=item B<CollectWorkers> B<true>|B<false>
Collect statistics about worker threads. False by default.
The C<write_graphite> plugin writes data to I<Graphite>, an open-source metrics
storage and graphing project. The plugin connects to I<Carbon>, the data layer
-of I<Graphite>, and sends data via the "line based" protocol (per default using
-portE<nbsp>2003). The data will be sent in blocks of at most 1428 bytes to
-minimize the number of network packets.
+of I<Graphite>, via I<TCP> or I<UDP> and sends data via the "line based"
+protocol (per default using portE<nbsp>2003). The data will be sent in blocks
+of at most 1428 bytes to minimize the number of network packets.
Synopsis:
<Node "example">
Host "localhost"
Port "2003"
+ Protocol "udp"
+ LogSendErrors true
Prefix "collectd"
</Node>
</Plugin>
Service name or port number to connect to. Defaults to C<2003>.
+=item B<Protocol> I<String>
+
+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
Protocol UDP
StoreRates true
AlwaysAppendDS false
- Delay 10
+ TTLFactor 2.0
</Node>
Tag "foobar"
</Plugin>
identifies a metric in I<Riemann>. If set to B<false> (the default), this is
only done when there is more than one DS.
+=item B<TTLFactor> I<Factor>
+
+I<Riemann> events have a I<Time to Live> (TTL) which specifies how long each
+event is considered active. I<collectd> populates this field based on the
+metrics interval setting. This setting controls the factor with which the
+interval is multiplied to set the TTL. The default value is B<2.0>. Unless you
+know exactly what you're doing, you should only increase this setting from its
+default value.
+
=back
=item B<Tag> I<String>