From 63b3e7f16a4c28ced811d660e52f1139718b8402 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Phillips Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 22:53:55 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Clarifies format of stats aggregator configurations as host:port. --- .../source/docs/agent/options.html.markdown | 21 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.markdown index b59db3210a..cadd50621b 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.markdown +++ b/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.markdown @@ -557,24 +557,25 @@ definitions support being updated during a reload. * `start_join_wan` An array of strings specifying addresses of WAN nodes to [`-join-wan`](#_join_wan) upon startup. -* `statsd_addr` This provides the address of a statsd - instance. If provided, Consul will send various telemetry information to that instance for aggregation. - This can be used to capture runtime information. This sends UDP packets only and can be used with statsd - or statsite. + * `statsd_addr` This provides the address of a + statsd instance in the format `host:port`. If provided, Consul will send various telemetry information + to that instance for aggregation. This can be used to capture runtime information. This sends UDP packets + only and can be used with statsd or statsite. * `dogstatsd_addr` This provides the - address of a DogStatsD instance. DogStatsD is a protocol-compatible flavor of statsd, with the added ability - to decorate metrics with tags and event information. If provided, Consul will send various telemetry information - to that instance for aggregation. This can be used to capture runtime information. + address of a DogStatsD instance in the format `host:port`. DogStatsD is a protocol-compatible flavor of + statsd, with the added ability to decorate metrics with tags and event information. If provided, Consul will + send various telemetry information to that instance for aggregation. This can be used to capture runtime + information. * `dogstatsd_tags` This provides a list of global tags that will be added to all telemetry packets sent to DogStatsD. It is a list of strings, where each string looks like "my_tag_name:my_tag_value". * `statsite_addr` This provides the address of a - statsite instance. If provided, Consul will stream various telemetry information to that instance for - aggregation. This can be used to capture runtime information. This streams via - TCP and can only be used with statsite. + statsite instance in the format `host:port`. If provided, Consul will stream various telemetry information + to that instance for aggregation. This can be used to capture runtime information. This streams via TCP and + can only be used with statsite. * `statsite_prefix` The prefix used while writing all telemetry data to statsite. By default, this