Added documentation and sample configuration for the facter backend.

[sysdb.git] / doc / sysdbd.conf.5.txt

diff --git a/doc/sysdbd.conf.5.txt b/doc/sysdbd.conf.5.txt
index ed6d765fb0f293d21bcbd76f7220a537d1dd216f..ff4c7102cf90935a5c896746c410897751db57ed 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/sysdbd.conf.5.txt
+++ b/doc/sysdbd.conf.5.txt
@@ -105,10 +105,16 @@ Backends:
 *collectd::unixsock*::
 This backend module accesses the system statistics collection daemon
 *collectd* through its UNIX socket interface. It periodically queries all host
-and service information.
+and metric information.
 +
 See also: http://collectd.org
 
+*facter*::
+This backend module retrieves local facter fact values and submits them as
+host attributes.
++
+See also: https://github.com/puppetlabs/cfacter
+
 *mk-livestatus*::
 This backend modules accesses monitoring systems supporting the *livestatus*
 addon (e.g., *Nagios*, *Icinga*, and *Shinken*). It periodically queries all
@@ -152,8 +158,8 @@ The SysDB homepage: https://sysdb.io/
 Backend documentation:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-manpage:sysdbd-collectd-unixsock[5], manpage:sysdbd-mk-livestatus[5],
-manpage:sysdbd-puppet-store-configs[5]
+manpage:sysdbd-collectd-unixsock[5], manpage:sysdbd-facter[5],
+manpage:sysdbd-mk-livestatus[5], manpage:sysdbd-puppet-store-configs[5]
 
 Time-series fetcher documentation:
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