Merging upstream version 1.45.3+dfsg.

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

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+# Netdata Agent CLI
+
+The `netdatacli` executable provides a simple way to control the Netdata agent's operation. 
+
+You can see the commands `netdatacli` supports by executing it with `netdatacli` and entering `help` in
+standard input. All commands are given as standard input to `netdatacli`.
+
+The commands that a running netdata agent can execute are the following:
+
+```sh
+The commands are (arguments are in brackets):
+help
+    Show this help menu.
+reload-health
+    Reload health configuration.
+reload-labels
+    Reload all labels.
+save-database
+    Save internal DB to disk for database mode save.
+reopen-logs
+    Close and reopen log files.
+shutdown-agent
+    Cleanup and exit the netdata agent.
+fatal-agent
+    Log the state and halt the netdata agent.
+reload-claiming-state
+    Reload agent claiming state from disk.
+ping
+    Return with 'pong' if agent is alive.
+aclk-state [json]
+    Returns current state of ACLK and Cloud connection. (optionally in json)
+dumpconfig
+    Returns the current netdata.conf on stdout.
+```
+
+See also the Netdata daemon [command line options](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/daemon/README.md#command-line-options).
+
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