Adding upstream version 1.44.3.upstream/1.44.3

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

37 files changed, 563 insertions, 519 deletions

diff --git a/exporting/aws_kinesis/aws_kinesis.c b/exporting/aws_kinesis/aws_kinesis.c
index d52c676ac..498d9ee23 100644
--- a/exporting/aws_kinesis/aws_kinesis.c
+++ b/exporting/aws_kinesis/aws_kinesis.c
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ void aws_kinesis_connector_worker(void *instance_p)
             char error_message[ERROR_LINE_MAX + 1] = "";
 
             netdata_log_debug(D_EXPORTING,
-                              "EXPORTING: kinesis_put_record(): dest = %s, id = %s, key = %s, stream = %s, partition_key = %s, \ "
-                              "                 buffer = %zu, record = %zu",
+                              "EXPORTING: kinesis_put_record(): dest = %s, id = %s, key = %s, stream = %s, partition_key = %s, "
+                              "buffer = %zu, record = %zu",
                               instance->config.destination,
                               connector_specific_config->auth_key_id,
                               connector_specific_config->secure_key,
diff --git a/exporting/aws_kinesis/integrations/aws_kinesis.md b/exporting/aws_kinesis/integrations/aws_kinesis.md
index b9246d391..deff55be7 100644
--- a/exporting/aws_kinesis/integrations/aws_kinesis.md
+++ b/exporting/aws_kinesis/integrations/aws_kinesis.md
@@ -66,21 +66,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | Netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 2 * update_every * 1000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | Netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 2 * update_every * 1000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/graphite/integrations/blueflood.md b/exporting/graphite/integrations/blueflood.md
index 3494045a5..a4c3c9793 100644
--- a/exporting/graphite/integrations/blueflood.md
+++ b/exporting/graphite/integrations/blueflood.md
@@ -52,21 +52,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/graphite/integrations/graphite.md b/exporting/graphite/integrations/graphite.md
index b550aa3f4..fec988027 100644
--- a/exporting/graphite/integrations/graphite.md
+++ b/exporting/graphite/integrations/graphite.md
@@ -52,21 +52,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/graphite/integrations/influxdb.md b/exporting/graphite/integrations/influxdb.md
index f365f26e1..df401bf01 100644
--- a/exporting/graphite/integrations/influxdb.md
+++ b/exporting/graphite/integrations/influxdb.md
@@ -52,21 +52,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/graphite/integrations/kairosdb.md b/exporting/graphite/integrations/kairosdb.md
index 605cc8289..e35d2497c 100644
--- a/exporting/graphite/integrations/kairosdb.md
+++ b/exporting/graphite/integrations/kairosdb.md
@@ -52,21 +52,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/json/integrations/json.md b/exporting/json/integrations/json.md
index 302d57c87..ab4699d99 100644
--- a/exporting/json/integrations/json.md
+++ b/exporting/json/integrations/json.md
@@ -52,21 +52,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | pubsub.googleapis.com | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | Netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 2 * update_every * 1000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | pubsub.googleapis.com | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | Netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 2 * update_every * 1000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/mongodb/integrations/mongodb.md b/exporting/mongodb/integrations/mongodb.md
index 1664f1fbf..30dfe4f84 100644
--- a/exporting/mongodb/integrations/mongodb.md
+++ b/exporting/mongodb/integrations/mongodb.md
@@ -54,21 +54,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | localhost | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | Netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 2 * update_every * 1000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | localhost | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | Netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 2 * update_every * 1000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/opentsdb/integrations/opentsdb.md b/exporting/opentsdb/integrations/opentsdb.md
index 545dd4b93..1c3087e0e 100644
--- a/exporting/opentsdb/integrations/opentsdb.md
+++ b/exporting/opentsdb/integrations/opentsdb.md
@@ -52,21 +52,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | Netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 2 * update_every * 1000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to OpenTSDB. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | Netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 2 * update_every * 1000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to OpenTSDB. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/appoptics.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/appoptics.md
index 29954b654..292933200 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/appoptics.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/appoptics.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/azure_data_explorer.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/azure_data_explorer.md
index c2ff6f21e..aa8710aae 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/azure_data_explorer.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/azure_data_explorer.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/azure_event_hub.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/azure_event_hub.md
index 0d6f97d81..bc8a0c9e1 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/azure_event_hub.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/azure_event_hub.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/chronix.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/chronix.md
index 5f00e6d1a..9794a624c 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/chronix.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/chronix.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/cortex.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/cortex.md
index 64e7aed1c..784c62ce2 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/cortex.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/cortex.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/cratedb.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/cratedb.md
index 7e2ca3ffa..75a46391d 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/cratedb.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/cratedb.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/elasticsearch.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/elasticsearch.md
index 67bc9d0ee..94e8d9169 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/elasticsearch.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/elasticsearch.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/gnocchi.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/gnocchi.md
index c3b11c247..a61986c19 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/gnocchi.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/gnocchi.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/google_bigquery.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/google_bigquery.md
index 3639fd48f..aec0a9a5b 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/google_bigquery.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/google_bigquery.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/irondb.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/irondb.md
index c2525848a..450f88339 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/irondb.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/irondb.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/kafka.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/kafka.md
index de98992b1..e052620c9 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/kafka.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/kafka.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/m3db.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/m3db.md
index 38be54a65..689e8e851 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/m3db.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/m3db.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/metricfire.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/metricfire.md
index e9c4f7eab..2d69e33f6 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/metricfire.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/metricfire.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/new_relic.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/new_relic.md
index 6d5417409..f488b6203 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/new_relic.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/new_relic.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/postgresql.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/postgresql.md
index 998659880..a1b813398 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/postgresql.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/postgresql.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/prometheus_remote_write.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/prometheus_remote_write.md
index 213414d63..b9ce730ea 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/prometheus_remote_write.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/prometheus_remote_write.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/quasardb.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/quasardb.md
index 66d65766c..48d2419e0 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/quasardb.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/quasardb.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/splunk_signalfx.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/splunk_signalfx.md
index eba1cec53..324101b20 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/splunk_signalfx.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/splunk_signalfx.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/thanos.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/thanos.md
index 09fa6d8a9..77fe11595 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/thanos.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/thanos.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/tikv.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/tikv.md
index 3735e52c1..656ee695b 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/tikv.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/tikv.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/timescaledb.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/timescaledb.md
index 41cfc1931..681a0a618 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/timescaledb.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/timescaledb.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/victoriametrics.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/victoriametrics.md
index d51dd82fb..114aefc83 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/victoriametrics.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/victoriametrics.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/vmware_aria.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/vmware_aria.md
index 9311f1489..493d3550c 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/vmware_aria.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/vmware_aria.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/wavefront.md b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/wavefront.md
index fd199dab9..a6bab0566 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/integrations/wavefront.md
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/integrations/wavefront.md
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | no | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 20000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/prometheus/prometheus.c b/exporting/prometheus/prometheus.c
index 9e3f4bbf1..6644e1799 100644
--- a/exporting/prometheus/prometheus.c
+++ b/exporting/prometheus/prometheus.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static void rrd_stats_api_v1_charts_allmetrics_prometheus(
             int as_collected = (EXPORTING_OPTIONS_DATA_SOURCE(exporting_options) == EXPORTING_SOURCE_DATA_AS_COLLECTED);
             int homogeneous = 1;
             int prometheus_collector = 0;
-            RRDSET_FLAGS flags = __atomic_load_n(&st->flags, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+            RRDSET_FLAGS flags = rrdset_flag_get(st);
             if (as_collected) {
                 if (flags & RRDSET_FLAG_HOMOGENEOUS_CHECK)
                     rrdset_update_heterogeneous_flag(st);
diff --git a/exporting/pubsub/integrations/google_cloud_pub_sub.md b/exporting/pubsub/integrations/google_cloud_pub_sub.md
index 805d77f3c..c24833146 100644
--- a/exporting/pubsub/integrations/google_cloud_pub_sub.md
+++ b/exporting/pubsub/integrations/google_cloud_pub_sub.md
@@ -54,21 +54,21 @@ The following options can be defined for this exporter.
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Required |
 |:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
-| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | True |
-| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | pubsub.googleapis.com | True |
-| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | False |
-| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | False |
-| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | False |
-| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | False |
-| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | Netdata | False |
-| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | False |
-| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | False |
-| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 2 * update_every * 1000 | False |
-| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | False |
-| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | False |
-| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
-| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | False |
+| enabled | Enables or disables an exporting connector instance (yes/no). | no | yes |
+| destination | Accepts a space separated list of hostnames, IPs (IPv4 and IPv6) and ports to connect to. Netdata will use the first available to send the metrics. | pubsub.googleapis.com | yes |
+| username | Username for HTTP authentication | my_username | no |
+| password | Password for HTTP authentication | my_password | no |
+| data source | Selects the kind of data that will be sent to the external database. (as collected/average/sum) |  | no |
+| hostname | The hostname to be used for sending data to the external database server. | [global].hostname | no |
+| prefix | The prefix to add to all metrics. | Netdata | no |
+| update every | Frequency of sending sending data to the external database, in seconds. | 10 | no |
+| buffer on failures | The number of iterations (`update every` seconds) to buffer data, when the external database server is not available. | 10 | no |
+| timeout ms | The timeout in milliseconds to wait for the external database server to process the data. | 2 * update_every * 1000 | no |
+| send hosts matching | Hosts filter. Determines which hosts will be sent to the external database. The syntax is [simple patterns](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/libnetdata/simple_pattern#simple-patterns). | localhost * | no |
+| send charts matching | One or more space separated patterns (use * as wildcard) checked against both chart id and chart name. | * | no |
+| send names instead of ids | Controls the metric names Netdata should send to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send configured labels | Controls if host labels defined in the `[host labels]` section in `netdata.conf` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
+| send automatic labels | Controls if automatically created labels, like `_os_name` or `_architecture` should be sent to the external database (yes/no). |  | no |
 
 ##### destination
 
diff --git a/exporting/send_internal_metrics.c b/exporting/send_internal_metrics.c
index e4347964f..677a57bbb 100644
--- a/exporting/send_internal_metrics.c
+++ b/exporting/send_internal_metrics.c
@@ -18,8 +18,18 @@ void create_main_rusage_chart(RRDSET **st_rusage, RRDDIM **rd_user, RRDDIM **rd_
         return;
 
     *st_rusage = rrdset_create_localhost(
-        "netdata", "exporting_main_thread_cpu", NULL, "exporting", "exporting_cpu_usage", "Netdata Main Exporting Thread CPU Usage",
-        "milliseconds/s", "exporting", NULL, 130600, localhost->rrd_update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED);
+        "netdata",
+        "exporting_main_thread_cpu",
+        NULL,
+        "exporting",
+        "netdata.exporting_cpu_usage",
+        "Netdata Main Exporting Thread CPU Usage",
+        "milliseconds/s",
+        "exporting",
+        NULL,
+        130600,
+        localhost->rrd_update_every,
+        RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED);
 
     *rd_user = rrddim_add(*st_rusage, "user", NULL, 1, 1000, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
     *rd_system = rrddim_add(*st_rusage, "system", NULL, 1, 1000, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
@@ -65,16 +75,22 @@ void send_internal_metrics(struct instance *instance)
 
     if (!stats->initialized) {
         char id[RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX + 1];
-        BUFFER *family = buffer_create(0, &netdata_buffers_statistics.buffers_exporters);
-
-        buffer_sprintf(family, "exporting_%s", instance->config.name);
-
         snprintf(id, RRD_ID_LENGTH_MAX, "exporting_%s_metrics", instance->config.name);
         netdata_fix_chart_id(id);
 
         stats->st_metrics = rrdset_create_localhost(
-            "netdata", id, NULL, buffer_tostring(family), "exporting_buffer", "Netdata Buffered Metrics", "metrics", "exporting", NULL,
-            130610, instance->config.update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+            "netdata",
+            id,
+            NULL,
+            "exporting",
+            "netdata.exporting_buffer",
+            "Netdata Buffered Metrics",
+            "metrics",
+            "exporting",
+            NULL,
+            130610,
+            instance->config.update_every,
+            RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
 
         stats->rd_buffered_metrics = rrddim_add(stats->st_metrics, "buffered", NULL, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
         stats->rd_lost_metrics     = rrddim_add(stats->st_metrics, "lost", NULL, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
@@ -86,8 +102,18 @@ void send_internal_metrics(struct instance *instance)
         netdata_fix_chart_id(id);
 
         stats->st_bytes = rrdset_create_localhost(
-            "netdata", id, NULL, buffer_tostring(family), "exporting_data_size", "Netdata Exporting Data Size", "KiB", "exporting", NULL,
-            130620, instance->config.update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_AREA);
+            "netdata",
+            id,
+            NULL,
+            "exporting",
+            "netdata.exporting_data_size",
+            "Netdata Exporting Data Size",
+            "KiB",
+            "exporting",
+            NULL,
+            130620,
+            instance->config.update_every,
+            RRDSET_TYPE_AREA);
 
         stats->rd_buffered_bytes = rrddim_add(stats->st_bytes, "buffered", NULL, 1, 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
         stats->rd_lost_bytes     = rrddim_add(stats->st_bytes, "lost", NULL, 1, 1024, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
@@ -100,8 +126,18 @@ void send_internal_metrics(struct instance *instance)
         netdata_fix_chart_id(id);
 
         stats->st_ops = rrdset_create_localhost(
-            "netdata", id, NULL, buffer_tostring(family), "exporting_operations", "Netdata Exporting Operations", "operations", "exporting",
-            NULL, 130630, instance->config.update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
+            "netdata",
+            id,
+            NULL,
+            "exporting",
+            "netdata.exporting_operations",
+            "Netdata Exporting Operations",
+            "operations",
+            "exporting",
+            NULL,
+            130630,
+            instance->config.update_every,
+            RRDSET_TYPE_LINE);
 
         stats->rd_transmission_successes = rrddim_add(stats->st_ops, "write", NULL, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
         stats->rd_data_lost_events       = rrddim_add(stats->st_ops, "discard", NULL, 1, 1, RRD_ALGORITHM_ABSOLUTE);
@@ -115,14 +151,22 @@ void send_internal_metrics(struct instance *instance)
         netdata_fix_chart_id(id);
 
         stats->st_rusage = rrdset_create_localhost(
-            "netdata", id, NULL, buffer_tostring(family), "exporting_instance", "Netdata Exporting Instance Thread CPU Usage",
-            "milliseconds/s", "exporting", NULL, 130640, instance->config.update_every, RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED);
+            "netdata",
+            id,
+            NULL,
+            "exporting",
+            "netdata.exporting_instance",
+            "Netdata Exporting Instance Thread CPU Usage",
+            "milliseconds/s",
+            "exporting",
+            NULL,
+            130640,
+            instance->config.update_every,
+            RRDSET_TYPE_STACKED);
 
         stats->rd_user   = rrddim_add(stats->st_rusage, "user", NULL, 1, 1000, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
         stats->rd_system = rrddim_add(stats->st_rusage, "system", NULL, 1, 1000, RRD_ALGORITHM_INCREMENTAL);
 
-        buffer_free(family);
-
         stats->initialized = 1;
     }
 
diff --git a/exporting/tests/test_exporting_engine.c b/exporting/tests/test_exporting_engine.c
index 418be0b01..b83f5de25 100644
--- a/exporting/tests/test_exporting_engine.c
+++ b/exporting/tests/test_exporting_engine.c
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ static void test_create_main_rusage_chart(void **state)
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, id, "exporting_main_thread_cpu");
     expect_value(rrdset_create_custom, name, NULL);
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, family, "exporting");
-    expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, context, "exporting_cpu_usage");
+    expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, context, "netdata.exporting_cpu_usage");
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, units, "milliseconds/s");
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, plugin, "exporting");
     expect_value(rrdset_create_custom, module, NULL);
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static void test_send_internal_metrics(void **state)
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, type, "netdata");
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, id, "exporting_test_instance_metrics");
     expect_value(rrdset_create_custom, name, NULL);
-    expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, family, "exporting_test_instance");
+    expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, family, "exporting");
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, context, "exporting_buffer");
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, units, "metrics");
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, plugin, "exporting");
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ static void test_send_internal_metrics(void **state)
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, type, "netdata");
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, id, "exporting_test_instance_bytes");
     expect_value(rrdset_create_custom, name, NULL);
-    expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, family, "exporting_test_instance");
+    expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, family, "exporting");
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, context, "exporting_data_size");
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, units, "KiB");
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, plugin, "exporting");
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ static void test_send_internal_metrics(void **state)
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, type, "netdata");
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, id, "exporting_test_instance_ops");
     expect_value(rrdset_create_custom, name, NULL);
-    expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, family, "exporting_test_instance");
+    expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, family, "exporting");
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, context, "exporting_operations");
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, units, "operations");
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, plugin, "exporting");
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ static void test_send_internal_metrics(void **state)
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, type, "netdata");
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, id, "exporting_test_instance_thread_cpu");
     expect_value(rrdset_create_custom, name, NULL);
-    expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, family, "exporting_test_instance");
+    expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, family, "exporting");
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, context, "exporting_instance");
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, units, "milliseconds/s");
     expect_string(rrdset_create_custom, plugin, "exporting");