Merging upstream version 1.47.0.

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

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+<!--
+title: "Helper Packages"
+custom_edit_url: "/src/go/plugin/go.d/pkg/README.md"
+sidebar_label: "Helper Packages"
+learn_status: "Published"
+learn_rel_path: "Developers/External plugins/go.d.plugin/Helper Packages"
+-->
+
+# Helper Packages
+
+- if you need IP ranges consider to
+  use [`iprange`](/src/go/plugin/go.d/pkg/iprange).
+- if you parse an application log files, then [`log`](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/src/go/plugin/go.d/pkg/logs) is
+  handy.
+- if you need filtering
+  check [`matcher`](/src/go/plugin/go.d/pkg/matcher).
+- if you collect metrics from an HTTP endpoint use [`web`](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/src/go/plugin/go.d/pkg/web).
+- if you collect metrics from a prometheus endpoint,
+  then [`prometheus`](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/src/go/plugin/go.d/pkg/prometheus)
+  and [`web`](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/src/go/plugin/go.d/pkg/web) is what you need.
+- [`tlscfg`](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/src/go/plugin/go.d/pkg/tlscfg) provides TLS support.
+- [`stm`](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/src/go/plugin/go.d/pkg/stm) helps you to convert any struct to a `map[string]int64`.