Merge branch 'main' into develop

sinks/influxAsyncSink.md

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ The `influxasync` sink uses the official [InfluxDB golang client](https://pkg.go
 {
   "<name>": {
     "type": "influxasync",
-    "meta_as_tags" : true,
     "database" : "mymetrics",
     "host": "dbhost.example.com",
     "port": "4222",
@@ -21,13 +20,13 @@ The `influxasync` sink uses the official [InfluxDB golang client](https://pkg.go
     "retry_interval" : "1s",
     "retry_exponential_base" : 2,
     "max_retries": 20,
-    "max_retry_time" : "168h"
+    "max_retry_time" : "168h",
+    "meta_as_tags" : [],
   }
 }
 ```
 
 - `type`: makes the sink an `influxdb` sink
-- `meta_as_tags`: print all meta information as tags in the output (optional)
 - `database`: All metrics are written to this bucket 
 - `host`: Hostname of the InfluxDB database server
 - `port`: Portnumber (as string) of the InfluxDB database server
@@ -40,5 +39,6 @@ The `influxasync` sink uses the official [InfluxDB golang client](https://pkg.go
 - `retry_exponential_base`: The retry interval is exponentially increased with this base, default 2
 - `max_retries`: Maximal number of retry attempts
 - `max_retry_time`: Maximal time to retry failed writes, default 168h (one week)
+- `meta_as_tags`: move meta information keys to tags (optional)
 
-For information about the calculation of the retry interval settings, see [offical influxdb-client-go documentation](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-go#handling-of-failed-async-writes)
+For information about the calculation of the retry interval settings, see [offical influxdb-client-go documentation](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-go#handling-of-failed-async-writes)

sinks/influxSink.md

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ The `influxdb` sink uses the official [InfluxDB golang client](https://pkg.go.de
 {
   "<name>": {
     "type": "influxdb",
-    "meta_as_tags" : true,
     "database" : "mymetrics",
     "host": "dbhost.example.com",
     "port": "4222",
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ The `influxdb` sink uses the official [InfluxDB golang client](https://pkg.go.de
     "flush_delay" : "1s",
     "batch_size" : 1000,
     "use_gzip": true
+    "meta_as_tags" : [],
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ The `influxdb` sink uses the official [InfluxDB golang client](https://pkg.go.de
 - `batch_size`: Maximal batch size. If `batch_size` is reached before the end of `flush_delay`, the metrics are sent without further delay
 
 Influx client options:
-
+=======
+- `batch_size`: Maximal batch size
+- `meta_as_tags`: move meta information keys to tags (optional)
 - `http_request_timeout`: HTTP request timeout
 - `retry_interval`: retry interval
 - `max_retry_interval`: maximum delay between each retry attempt

sinks/natsSink.md

@@ -8,20 +8,20 @@ The `nats` sink publishes all metrics into a NATS network. The publishing key is
 {
   "<name>": {
     "type": "nats",
-    "meta_as_tags" : true,
     "database" : "mymetrics",
     "host": "dbhost.example.com",
     "port": "4222",
     "user": "exampleuser",
-    "password" : "examplepw"
+    "password" : "examplepw",
+    "meta_as_tags" : [],
   }
 }
 ```
 
 - `type`: makes the sink an `nats` sink
-- `meta_as_tags`: print all meta information as tags in the output (optional)
 - `database`: All metrics are published with this subject
 - `host`: Hostname of the NATS server
 - `port`: Port number (as string) of the NATS server
 - `user`: Username for basic authentication
 - `password`: Password for basic authentication
+- `meta_as_tags`: print all meta information as tags in the output (optional)

sinks/stdoutSink.md

@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ The `stdout` sink is the most simple sink provided by cc-metric-collector. It wr
 {
   "<name>": {
     "type": "stdout",
-    "meta_as_tags" : true,
+    "meta_as_tags" : [],
     "output_file" : "mylogfile.log"
   }
 }
 ```
 
 - `type`: makes the sink an `stdout` sink
-- `meta_as_tags`: print all meta information as tags in the output (optional)
+- `meta_as_tags`: print meta information as tags in the output (optional)
 - `output_file`: Write all data to the selected file (optional). There are two 'special' files: `stdout` and `stderr`. If this option is not provided, the default value is `stdout`