ascent plugin: Added "Verify{Peer,Host}" configuration options.

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

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 2c4ff46..2b3dedf 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -232,6 +232,19 @@ Optional user name needed for authentication.
 
 Optional password needed for authentication.
 
+=item B<VerifyPeer> B<true|false>
+
+Enable or disable peer SSL certificate verification. See
+L<http://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html> for details. Enabled by default.
+
+=item B<VerifyHost> B<true|false>
+
+Enable or disable peer host name verification. If enabled, the plugin checks
+if the C<Common Name> or a C<Subject Alternate Name> field of the SSL
+certificate matches the host name provided by the B<URL> option. If this
+identity check fails, the connection is aborted. Obviously, only works when
+connecting to a SSL enabled server. Enabled by default.
+
 =item B<CACert> I<File>
 
 File that holds one or more SSL certificates. If you want to use HTTPS you will