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diff --git a/doc/impstats.html b/doc/impstats.html index 1da09ced..45208ef1 100644 --- a/doc/impstats.html +++ b/doc/impstats.html @@ -34,14 +34,28 @@ settings, this impact may be noticeable (for high-load environments). interval is what is configured here plus the actual time required to generate messages. In general, the difference should not really matter. <br></li> - <li><strong>facility </strong>[templateName]<br> + <li><strong>facility </strong>[facility number]<br> The numerical syslog facility code to be used for generated messages. Default is 5 (syslog). This is useful for filtering messages. <br></li> - <li><strong>severity </strong>[templateName]<br> + <li><strong>severity </strong>[severity number]<br> The numerical syslog severity code to be used for generated messages. Default is 6 (info).This is useful for filtering messages. <br></li> + <li><strong>resetCounters </strong>[<b>off</b>/on]<br> + When set to "on", counters are automatically reset after they are emitted. In that + case, the contain only deltas to the last value emitted. When set + to "off", counters always accumulate their values. + Note that in auto-reset mode not all counters can be reset. Some counters (like queue size) + are directly obtained from internal object and cannot be modified. Also, auto-resetting + introduces some additional slight inaccuracies due to the multi-threaded nature of + rsyslog and the fact that for performance reasons it cannot serialize access + to counter variables.</br> + As an alternative to auto-reset mode, you can use rsyslog's statistics + manipulation scripts to create delta values from the regular statistic + logs. This is the suggested method if deltas are not necessarily needed in + real-time. + <br></li> <li><strong>format </strong>[json/cee/<b>legacy</b>](rsyslog v6.3.8+ only)<br> Specifies the format of emitted stats messages. The default of "legacy" is compatible with pre v6-rsyslog. The other options provide support for |