From e4170339b19aad03188474c0d6b99be43ceed11d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Nelson Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:05:11 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Document alias option on output, processor, aggregator plugins --- docs/CONFIGURATION.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/CONFIGURATION.md b/docs/CONFIGURATION.md index 55ab3498e..d5e5ad072 100644 --- a/docs/CONFIGURATION.md +++ b/docs/CONFIGURATION.md @@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ databases, network services, and messaging systems. Parameters that can be used with any output plugin: +- **alias**: Name an instance of a plugin. - **flush_interval**: The maximum time between flushes. Use this setting to override the agent `flush_interval` on a per plugin basis. - **metric_batch_size**: The maximum number of metrics to send at once. Use @@ -294,6 +295,7 @@ input plugins and before any aggregator plugins. Parameters that can be used with any processor plugin: +- **alias**: Name an instance of a plugin. - **order**: The order in which the processor(s) are executed. If this is not specified then processor execution order will be random. @@ -328,6 +330,7 @@ processors have been applied. Parameters that can be used with any aggregator plugin: +- **alias**: Name an instance of a plugin. - **period**: The period on which to flush & clear each aggregator. All metrics that are sent with timestamps outside of this period will be ignored by the aggregator.