From 3f9643dd7e66df83bb18f78490685d31929e5dbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Germ=C3=A1n=20Jaber?= Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:16:53 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] [Docs] Clarify tagging behavior (#9461) --- docs/CONFIGURATION.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/CONFIGURATION.md b/docs/CONFIGURATION.md index 4965a4337..70e7981c9 100644 --- a/docs/CONFIGURATION.md +++ b/docs/CONFIGURATION.md @@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ combining an integer value and time unit as a string value. Valid time units ar Global tags can be specified in the `[global_tags]` table in key="value" format. All metrics that are gathered will be tagged with the tags specified. +Global tags are overriden by tags set by plugins. ```toml [global_tags] @@ -432,7 +433,7 @@ Parameters that can be used with any aggregator plugin: the name of the input). - **name_prefix**: Specifies a prefix to attach to the measurement name. - **name_suffix**: Specifies a suffix to attach to the measurement name. -- **tags**: A map of tags to apply to a specific input's measurements. +- **tags**: A map of tags to apply to the measurement - behavior varies based on aggregator. The [metric filtering][] parameters can be used to limit what metrics are handled by the aggregator. Excluded metrics are passed downstream to the next