Version 5.6

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Changes

Release 5.6.0

Changes through bef004d66a12b74fb64990cd47f681f2efebf5d0

• 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, MaxSetSize, Prefix and StoreRates options have been added. Thanks to Brian Kelly and 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.
• Set 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.
• Write HTTP plugin: The LogHttpError option has been added. Thanks to vzubko.
• Memory plugin: Reporting of ARC memory on Solaris has been added. Thanks to Brian ONeill.
• virt plugin: The PluginInstanceFormat none option has been added. #1100
• notify_nagios plugin: This new plugin sends notifications to Nagios as a passive check result.
• GPS plugin: This new plugin reports the number of sattelites seen by and precision of a GPS receiver. Thanks to Nicolas Jourden.
• statsd plugin: The CounterSum option has been added. #929, #1282, #1311
• Write Graphite plugin: The ForceReconnectTimeout option has been added. Thanks to Toni Moreno.
• GenericJMX plugin: Support TabularData has been added. Thanks to David Crane. #1290