docs: add global configuration header (#12107)

plugins/aggregators/basicstats/README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ The BasicStats aggregator plugin give us count, diff, max, min, mean,
 non_negative_diff, sum, s2(variance), stdev for a set of values, emitting the
 aggregate every `period` seconds.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/aggregators/derivative/README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 The Derivative Aggregator Plugin estimates the derivative for all fields of the
 aggregated metrics.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/aggregators/final/README.md

@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ discrete time series such as procstat, cgroup, kubernetes etc.
 When a series has not been updated within the time defined in
 `series_timeout`, the last metric is emitted with the `_final` appended.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/aggregators/histogram/README.md

@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ algorithm which is implemented in the Prometheus [client][2].
 
 [2]: https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/blob/master/prometheus/histogram.go
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/aggregators/merge/README.md

@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ Use this plugin when fields are split over multiple metrics, with the same
 measurement, tag set and timestamp.  By merging into a single metric they can
 be handled more efficiently by the output.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/aggregators/minmax/README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 The minmax aggregator plugin aggregates min & max values of each field it sees,
 emitting the aggrate every `period` seconds.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/aggregators/quantile/README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 The quantile aggregator plugin aggregates specified quantiles for each numeric
 field per metric it sees and emits the quantiles every `period`.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/aggregators/starlark/README.md

@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ files or sockets.
 The **[Starlark specification][]** has details about the syntax and available
 functions.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/aggregators/valuecounter/README.md

@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ Counting fields with a high number of potential values may produce significant
 amounts of new fields and memory usage, take care to only count fields with a
 limited set of values.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/aerospike/README.md

@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ with `_` as Aerospike metrics come in both forms (no idea why).
 
 All metrics are attempted to be cast to integers, then booleans, then strings.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/aliyuncms/README.md

@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ to authenticate.
 
 [1]: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/doc-detail/53045.htm?spm=a2c63.p38356.b99.127.5cba21fdt5MJKr&parentId=28572
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/amd_rocm_smi/README.md

@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ including memory and GPU usage, temperatures and other.
 
 [1]: https://github.com/RadeonOpenCompute/rocm_smi_lib/tree/master/python_smi_tools
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/amqp_consumer/README.md

@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ For an introduction to AMQP see:
 - [amqp - concepts](https://www.rabbitmq.com/tutorials/amqp-concepts.html)
 - [rabbitmq: getting started](https://www.rabbitmq.com/getstarted.html)
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/apache/README.md

@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ option must be enabled in order to collect all available fields.  For
 information about how to configure your server reference the [module
 documentation](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_status.html#enable).
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/apcupsd/README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ This plugin reads data from an apcupsd daemon over its NIS network protocol.
 
 apcupsd should be installed and it's daemon should be running.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/aurora/README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ Aurora](https://aurora.apache.org/) schedulers.
 For monitoring recommendations reference [Monitoring your Aurora
 cluster](https://aurora.apache.org/documentation/latest/operations/monitoring/)
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/azure_storage_queue/README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 This plugin gathers sizes of Azure Storage Queues.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/bcache/README.md

@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ cache_readaheads
   Count of times readahead occurred.
 ```
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/beanstalkd/README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 The `beanstalkd` plugin collects server stats as well as tube stats (reported by
 `stats` and `stats-tube` commands respectively).
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/beat/README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 The Beat plugin will collect metrics from the given Beat instances. It is
 known to work with Filebeat and Kafkabeat.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/bind/README.md

@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ XML format in BIND 9.10+.
 JSON statistics schema version 1 (BIND 9.10+) is supported. As of writing, some
 distros still do not enable support for JSON statistics in their BIND packages.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/bond/README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ The Bond input plugin collects network bond interface status for both the
 network bond interface as well as slave interfaces.
 The plugin collects these metrics from `/proc/net/bonding/*` files.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/burrow/README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ Collect Kafka topic, consumer and partition status via
 
 Supported Burrow version: `1.x`
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/cassandra/README.md

@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ Cassandra plugin produces one or more measurements for each metric configured,
 adding Server's name as `host` tag. More than one measurement is generated when
 querying table metrics with a wildcard for the keyspace or table name.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/ceph/README.md

@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ wish which has access to the cluster.  The currently supported commands are:
 - ceph df
 - ceph osd pool stats
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/cgroup/README.md

@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ KEY1 ... VAL1\n
 
 All measurements have the `path` tag.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/chrony/README.md

@@ -59,6 +59,15 @@ tracking`.
 - Leap status - This is the leap status, which can be Normal, Insert second,
   Delete second or Not synchronised.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/cisco_telemetry_mdt/README.md

@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ later, IOS XE 16.10 and later, as well as NX-OS 7.x and later platforms.
 The TCP dialout transport is supported on IOS XR (32-bit and 64-bit) 6.1.x and
 later.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/clickhouse/README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 This plugin gathers the statistic data from
 [ClickHouse](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse) server.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/cloud_pubsub/README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 The GCP PubSub plugin ingests metrics from [Google Cloud PubSub][pubsub]
 and creates metrics using one of the supported [input data formats][].
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/cloud_pubsub_push/README.md

@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ Enable mutually authenticated TLS and authorize client connections by signing
 certificate authority by including a list of allowed CA certificate file names
 in `tls_allowed_cacerts`.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/README.md

@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ API endpoint. In the following order the plugin will attempt to authenticate.
 5. [Shared Credentials][credentials]
 6. [EC2 Instance Profile][iam-roles]
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/cloudwatch_metric_streams/README.md

@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ for metrics sent via HTTP and performs the required processing for
 For cost, see the Metric Streams example in
 [CloudWatch pricing](#troubleshooting-documentation).
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/conntrack/README.md

@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ will be ignored.
 For more information on conntrack-tools, see the
 [Netfilter Documentation](http://conntrack-tools.netfilter.org/).
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/consul/README.md

@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ if needed.
 
 [2]: https://www.consul.io/docs/agent/telemetry.html
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/consul_agent/README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ node and connect to the agent locally. In this case should be something like
 
 > Tested on Consul 1.10.4 .
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/couchbase/README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ Couchbase is a distributed NoSQL database.  This plugin gets metrics for each
 Couchbase node, as well as detailed metrics for each bucket, for a given
 couchbase server.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/couchdb/README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 The CouchDB plugin gathers metrics of CouchDB using [_stats] endpoint.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/cpu/README.md

@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ produce CPU metrics.
 [1]: https://github.com/shirou/gopsutil/blob/master/cpu/cpu_darwin_nocgo.go
 [2]: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/telegraf
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/csgo/README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 The `csgo` plugin gather metrics from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive servers.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/dcos/README.md

@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ your database.
 - Monitor your databases
   [series cardinality](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/latest/query_language/spec/#show-cardinality).
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/directory_monitor/README.md

@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ directly after they've been in the directory for the length of the configurable
 the monitored directory. If you absolutely must write files directly, they must
 be guaranteed to finish writing before the `directory_duration_threshold`.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/disk/README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ Note that `used_percent` is calculated by doing `used / (used + free)`, _not_
 `used / total`, which is how the unix `df` command does it. See
 [wikipedia - df](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Df_(Unix)) for more details.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/diskio/README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 The diskio input plugin gathers metrics about disk traffic and timing.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/disque/README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 [Disque](https://github.com/antirez/disque) is an ongoing experiment to build a
 distributed, in-memory, message broker.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/dmcache/README.md

@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ telegraf is able to execute sudo without a password.
 `sudo /sbin/dmsetup status --target cache` is the full command that telegraf
 will run for debugging purposes.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/dns_query/README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 The DNS plugin gathers dns query times in miliseconds - like
 [Dig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dig_\(command\))
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/docker/README.md

@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ The docker plugin uses the [Official Docker Client][1] to gather stats from the
 
 [2]: https://docs.docker.com/engine/api/v1.24/
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/docker_log/README.md

@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ The docker plugin uses the [Official Docker Client][] to gather logs from the
 [Official Docker Client]: https://github.com/moby/moby/tree/master/client
 [Engine API]: https://docs.docker.com/engine/api/v1.24/
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/dovecot/README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ metrics on configured domains.
 When using Dovecot v2.3 you are still able to use this protocol by following
 the [upgrading steps][upgrading].
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/dpdk/README.md

@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ and to explore the exposed metrics.
 > Telegraf will attempt to connect to the DPDK socket during the initialization
 > phase.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/ecs/README.md

@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ plugin, with some ECS specific modifications for AWS metadata and stats formats.
 The amazon-ecs-agent (though it _is_ a container running on the host) is not
 present in the metadata/stats endpoints.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/elasticsearch/README.md

@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ mid-low level.
 [4]: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-stats.html
 [5]: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-stats.html
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/elasticsearch_query/README.md

@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ The following is supported:
 This plugins is tested against Elasticsearch 5.x and 6.x releases.
 Currently it is known to break on 7.x or greater versions.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/ethtool/README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 The ethtool input plugin pulls ethernet device stats. Fields pulled will depend
 on the network device and driver.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/eventhub_consumer/README.md

@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ The main focus for development of this plugin is Azure IoT hub:
 3. The connection string needed for the plugin is located under *Shared access
    policies*, both the *iothubowner* and *service* policies should work
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/example/README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ additional information can be found.
 
 Telegraf minimum version: Telegraf x.x Plugin minimum tested version: x.x
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/exec/README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ Formats](../../../docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md).
 
 This plugin can be used to poll for custom metrics from any source.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/execd/README.md

@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ new line to the process's STDIN.
 
 STDERR from the process will be relayed to Telegraf as errors in the logs.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/fail2ban/README.md

@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ access.  Acquiring the required permissions can be done using several methods:
 - [Use sudo](#using-sudo) run fail2ban-client.
 - Run telegraf as root. (not recommended)
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/fibaro/README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ The Fibaro plugin makes HTTP calls to the Fibaro controller API to gather values
 of hooked devices. Those values could be true (1) or false (0) for switches,
 percentage for dimmers, temperature, etc.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/file/README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ using the selected [input data format][].
 **Note:** If you wish to parse only newly appended lines use the [tail][] input
 plugin instead.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/filecount/README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 Reports the number and total size of files in specified directories.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/filestat/README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 The filestat plugin gathers metrics about file existence, size, and other stats.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/fireboard/README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ The fireboard plugin gathers the real time temperature data from fireboard
 thermometers.  In order to use this input plugin, you'll need to sign up to use
 the [Fireboard REST API](https://docs.fireboard.io/reference/restapi.html).
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/fluentd/README.md

@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ example configuration with `@id` parameter for http plugin:
 [1]: https://docs.fluentd.org/input/monitor_agent
 [2]: https://docs.fluentd.org/configuration/config-file#common-plugin-parameter
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/github/README.md

@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ Gather repository information from [GitHub][] hosted repositories.
 **Note:** Telegraf also contains the [webhook][] input which can be used as an
 alternative method for collecting repository information.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/gnmi/README.md

@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ It has been optimized to support gNMI telemetry as produced by Cisco IOS XR
 
 [1]: https://github.com/openconfig/reference/blob/master/rpc/gnmi/gnmi-specification.md
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/google_cloud_storage/README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 The Google Cloud Storage plugin will collect metrics
 on the given Google Cloud Storage Buckets.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/graylog/README.md

@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ points
 Note: if namespace end point specified metrics array will be ignored for that
 call.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/haproxy/README.md

@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ using the [stats socket][2] or [HTTP statistics page][3] of a HAProxy server.
 [2]: https://cbonte.github.io/haproxy-dconv/1.9/management.html#9.3
 [3]: https://cbonte.github.io/haproxy-dconv/1.9/management.html#9
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/hddtemp/README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ This plugin reads data from hddtemp daemon.
 
 Hddtemp should be installed and its daemon running.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/http/README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ formats](../../../docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md).  Each data format has its own
 unique set of configuration options which can be added to the input
 configuration.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/http_listener_v2/README.md

@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ metrics in [InfluxDB Line Protocol][line_protocol] it's recommended to use the
 InfluxDB it is recommended to use [`influxdb_listener`][influxdb_listener] or
 [`influxdb_v2_listener`][influxdb_v2_listener].
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/http_response/README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 This input plugin checks HTTP/HTTPS connections.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/httpjson/README.md

@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@
 The httpjson plugin collects data from HTTP URLs which respond with JSON.  It
 flattens the JSON and finds all numeric values, treating them as floats.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/hugepages/README.md

@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ Consult [the website][website] for more details.
 
 [website]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.html
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/icinga2/README.md

@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ services and hosts. You can read Icinga2's documentation for their remote API
 
 [1]: https://docs.icinga.com/icinga2/latest/doc/module/icinga2/chapter/icinga2-api
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/infiniband/README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ system. These are the counters that can be found in
 
 **Supported Platforms**: Linux
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/influxdb/README.md

@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ InfluxDB-formatted endpoints. See below for more information.
 
 [1]: https://docs.influxdata.com/platform/monitoring/influxdata-platform/tools/measurements-internal/
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/influxdb_listener/README.md

@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ receive a 200 OK response with message body `{"results":[]}` but they are not
 relayed. The output configuration of the Telegraf instance which ultimately
 submits data to InfluxDB determines the destination database.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/influxdb_v2_listener/README.md

@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ to the output plugins configuration.
 
 Telegraf minimum version: Telegraf 1.16.0
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/intel_dlb/README.md

@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ best suits their needs.
 > interface to allow Telegraf to access it, or Telegraf should run with root
 > privileges.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/intel_pmu/README.md

@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ as instructions executed, cache-misses suffered, or branches mispredicted. They
 form a basis for profiling applications to trace dynamic control flow and
 identify hotspots.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/intel_powerstat/README.md

@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ telemetry is power domain that is beneficial for MANO Monitoring&Analytics
 systems to take preventive/corrective actions based on platform busyness, CPU
 temperature, actual CPU utilization and power statistics.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/intel_rdt/README.md

@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ process availability.
 - Enabling OS interface: <https://github.com/intel/intel-cmt-cat/wiki>, <https://github.com/intel/intel-cmt-cat/wiki/resctrl>
 - More about Intel RDT: <https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/resource-director-technology.html>
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/internal/README.md

@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ The `internal` plugin collects metrics about the telegraf agent itself.
 Note that some metrics are aggregates across all instances of one type of
 plugin.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/internet_speed/README.md

@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ please be aware that this may also reduce the accuracy of the test for fast
 (>30Mb/s) connections. This setting enables the upstream
 [Memory Saving Mode](https://github.com/showwin/speedtest-go#memory-saving-mode)
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/interrupts/README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 The interrupts plugin gathers metrics about IRQs from `/proc/interrupts` and
 `/proc/softirqs`.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor/README.md

@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ they're configured:
 -y hex_key -L privilege
 ```
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/ipset/README.md

@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ telegraf  ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: IPSETSAVE
 Defaults!IPSETSAVE !logfile, !syslog, !pam_session
 ```
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/iptables/README.md

@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ status 4" messages in telegraf.log and missing metrics. Setting 'use_lock =
 true' in the plugin configuration will run IPtables with the '-w' switch,
 allowing a lock usage to prevent this error.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/ipvs/README.md

@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ metrics about ipvs virtual and real servers.
 
 **Supported Platforms:** Linux
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/jenkins/README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ jenkins instance.
 This plugin does not require a plugin on jenkins and it makes use of Jenkins API
 to retrieve all the information needed.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/jolokia/README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 **Deprecated in version 1.5: Please use the [jolokia2][] plugin**
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/jolokia2_agent/README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 The `jolokia2_agent` input plugin reads JMX metrics from one or more
 [Jolokia agent](https://jolokia.org/agent/jvm.html) REST endpoints.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/jolokia2_proxy/README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ The `jolokia2_proxy` input plugin reads JMX metrics from one or more _targets_
 by interacting with a [Jolokia proxy](https://jolokia.org/features/proxy.html)
 REST endpoint.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/jti_openconfig_telemetry/README.md

@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ from listed sensors using Junos Telemetry Interface. Refer to
 
 [1]: https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos/topics/concept/junos-telemetry-interface-oveview.html
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ and creates metrics using one of the supported [input data formats][].
 For old kafka version (< 0.8), please use the [kafka_consumer_legacy][] input
 plugin and use the old zookeeper connection method.
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf

plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer_legacy/README.md

@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ instances of telegraf can read from the same topic in parallel.
 
 [1]: http://godoc.org/github.com/wvanbergen/kafka/consumergroup
 
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf