collectd.conf(5): Documented the `ascent' plugin.

Also updated the `README' file and the sample configuration.

diff --git a/README b/README
index f298bd3..904e7c7 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ Features
       Sensors in Macs running Mac OS X / Darwin: Temperature, fanspeed and
       voltage sensors.
 
+    - ascent
+      Statistics about Ascent, a free server for the game `World of Warcraft'.
+
     - battery
       Batterycharge, -current and voltage of ACPI and PMU based laptop
       batteries.
@@ -313,7 +316,7 @@ Prerequisites
     platforms.
 
   * libcurl (optional)
-    If you want to use the `apache' and/or `nginx' plugins.
+    If you want to use the `apache', `ascent', or `nginx' plugin.
 
   * libhal (optional)
     If present, the uuid plugin will check for UUID from HAL.
@@ -371,7 +374,7 @@ Prerequisites
     Collect statistics from virtual machines.
 
   * libxml2 (optional)
-    Parse XML data provided by libvirt.
+    Parse XML data. This is needed for the `ascent' and `libvirt' plugins.
 
 
 Configuring / Compiling / Installing

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.in b/src/collectd.conf.in
index 6e6e6f7..f9980f1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.in
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.in
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ FQDNLookup   true
 @BUILD_PLUGIN_APACHE_TRUE@LoadPlugin apache
 @BUILD_PLUGIN_APCUPS_TRUE@LoadPlugin apcups
 @BUILD_PLUGIN_APPLE_SENSORS_TRUE@LoadPlugin apple_sensors
+@BUILD_PLUGIN_ASCENT_TRUE@LoadPlugin ascent
 @BUILD_PLUGIN_BATTERY_TRUE@LoadPlugin battery
 @BUILD_PLUGIN_CPU_TRUE@LoadPlugin cpu
 @BUILD_PLUGIN_CPUFREQ_TRUE@LoadPlugin cpufreq
@@ -77,6 +78,13 @@ FQDNLookup   true
 #      Port "3551"
 #</Plugin>
 
+#<Plugin ascent>
+#      URL "http://localhost/ascent/status/"
+#      User "www-user"
+#      Password "secret"
+#      CACert "/etc/ssl/ca.crt"
+#</Plugin>
+
 #<Plugin csv>
 #      DataDir "@prefix@/var/lib/@PACKAGE_NAME@/csv"
 #      StoreRates false

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index d3f5195..614fb0f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -197,6 +197,36 @@ TCP-Port to connect to. Defaults to B<3551>.
 
 =back
 
+=head2 Plugin C<ascent>
+
+This plugin collects information about an Ascent server, a free server for the
+"World of Warcraft" game. This plugin gathers the information by fetching the
+XML status page using C<libcurl> and parses it using C<libxml2>.
+
+The configuration options are the same as for the C<apache> plugin above:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<URL> I<http://localhost/ascent/status/>
+
+Sets the URL of the XML status output.
+
+=item B<User> I<Username>
+
+Optional user name needed for authentication.
+
+=item B<Password> I<Password>
+
+Optional password needed for authentication.
+
+=item B<CACert> I<File>
+
+File that holds one or more SSL certificates. If you want to use HTTPS you will
+possibly need this option. What CA certificates come bundled with C<libcurl>
+and are checked by default depends on the distribution you use.
+
+=back
+
 =head2 Plugin C<cpufreq>
 
 This plugin doesn't have any options. It reads