Version 5.6

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Changes

Release 5.6.0

Changes through 8ed3735980de12f32dd488d0d285d108f098836e

• collectd: Support for a timeout has been added to FLUSH callbacks.
• collectd: A number of unit tests for commonly used functions have been added.
• Zone plugin: This new plugin reads per-zone CPU usage on Solaris. Thanks to Mathijs Mohlmann and Dagobert Michelsen.
• Processes plugin: Improve reliability of thread counts on Linux. Thanks to Manuel Luis Sanmartín Rozada.
• Processes plugin: Counting of context switches was added for Linux. Thanks to Manuel Luis Sanmartín Rozada.
• APC UPS plugin: Parsing of end markers has been fixed. #617
• APC UPS plugin: The PersistentConnection option has been added. #617
• Write Redis plugin: The Database and Prefix options have been added. Thanks to Sebastian Pfahl.
• MySQL plugin: mysql_bpool_pages-flushed has been renamed to mysql_bpool_counters-pages_flushed because the value is cumulative. Thanks to Marek Becka.
• OpenLDAP plugin: Support for "simple authentication" has been added. Thanks to Marek Becka.
• Template:Target: The MetaData option has been added. Thanks to Yves Mettier.
• MQTT plugin: This new plugin sends metrics to and/or receives metrics from an MQTT broker. Thanks to Marc Falzon and Jan-Piet Mens.
• Disk plugin: Support for FreeBSD has been added. Thanks to Xin Li.
• ZFS ARC plugin: Reporting of minimum and maximum cache size has been added. Thanks to Brian ONeill.
• PowerDNS plugin: The recursor metrics have been updated to 3.7.3.
• DBI plugin: The Interval option has been added to Database blocks. Thanks to Michal Bebjak.
• Sensors plugin: The UseLabels option has been added. Thanks to Christian Fetzer.