types.db(5): Added a manpage documenting the format of the TypesDB file.

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

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 447870d..4671ae1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ ignored. Values are either string, enclosed in double-quotes,
 B<false>. String containing of only alphanumeric characters and underscores do
 not need to be quoted.
 
-Plugins are loaded in the order listed in this config file. It is a good idea
-to load any logging plugins first in order to catch messages from plugins
-during configuration.
+The configuration is read and processed in order, i.E<nbsp>e. from top to
+bottom. So the plugins are loaded in the order listed in this config file. It
+is a good idea to load any logging plugins first in order to catch messages
+from plugins during configuration. Also, the C<LoadPlugin> option B<must> occur
+B<before> the C<E<lt>Plugin ...E<gt>> block.
 
 =head1 GLOBAL OPTIONS
 
@@ -70,9 +72,10 @@ setting using the B<-P> command-line option.
 
 Path to the plugins (shared objects) of collectd.
 
-=item B<TypesDB> I<File>
+=item B<TypesDB> I<File> [I<File> ...]
 
-Set the file that contains the data-set descriptions.
+Set one or more files that contain the data-set descriptions. See
+L<types.db(5)> for a description of the format of this file.
 
 =item B<Interval> I<Seconds>
 
@@ -467,6 +470,9 @@ between, thus I<"foo:1234-1234-1234-1234">).
 Sets the log-level. If, for example, set to B<notice>, then all events with
 severity B<notice>, B<warning>, or B<err> will be written to the logfile.
 
+Please note that B<debug> is only available if collectd has been compiled with
+debugging support.
+
 =item B<File> I<File>
 
 Sets the file to write log messages to. The special strings B<stdout> and
@@ -918,6 +924,9 @@ Sets the log-level. If, for example, set to B<notice>, then all events with
 severity B<notice>, B<warning>, or B<err> will be submitted to the
 syslog-daemon.
 
+Please note that B<debug> is only available if collectd has been compiled with
+debugging support.
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Plugin C<tcpconns>
@@ -1136,6 +1145,7 @@ L<collectd(1)>,
 L<collectd-exec(5)>,
 L<collectd-perl(5)>,
 L<collectd-unixsock(5)>,
+L<types.db(5)>,
 L<hddtemp(8)>,
 L<kstat(3KSTAT)>,
 L<mbmon(1)>,