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+The following charts.d plugins are supported:
+
+# mysql
+
+The plugin will monitor one or more mysql servers
+
+It will produce the following charts:
+
+1. **Bandwidth** in kbps
+ * in
+ * out
+
+2. **Queries** in queries/sec
+ * queries
+ * questions
+ * slow queries
+
+3. **Operations** in operations/sec
+ * opened tables
+ * flush
+ * commit
+ * delete
+ * prepare
+ * read first
+ * read key
+ * read next
+ * read prev
+ * read random
+ * read random next
+ * rollback
+ * save point
+ * update
+ * write
+
+4. **Table Locks** in locks/sec
+ * immediate
+ * waited
+
+5. **Select Issues** in issues/sec
+ * full join
+ * full range join
+ * range
+ * range check
+ * scan
+
+6. **Sort Issues** in issues/sec
+ * merge passes
+ * range
+ * scan
+
+### configuration
+
+You can configure many database servers, like this:
+
+You can provide, per server, the following:
+
+1. a name, anything you like, but keep it short
+2. the mysql command to connect to the server
+3. the mysql command line options to be used for connecting to the server
+
+Here is an example for 2 servers:
+
+```sh
+mysql_opts[server1]="-h server1.example.com"
+mysql_opts[server2]="-h server2.example.com --connect_timeout 2"
+```
+
+The above will use the `mysql` command found in the system path.
+You can also provide a custom mysql command per server, like this:
+
+```sh
+mysql_cmds[server2]="/opt/mysql/bin/mysql"
+```
+
+The above sets the mysql command only for server2. server1 will use the system default.
+
+If no configuration is given, the plugin will attempt to connect to mysql server at localhost.
+
+---
+
+# squid
+
+The plugin will monitor a squid server.
+
+It will produce 4 charts:
+
+1. **Squid Client Bandwidth** in kbps
+
+ * in
+ * out
+ * hits
+
+2. **Squid Client Requests** in requests/sec
+
+ * requests
+ * hits
+ * errors
+
+3. **Squid Server Bandwidth** in kbps
+
+ * in
+ * out
+
+4. **Squid Server Requests** in requests/sec
+
+ * requests
+ * errors
+
+### autoconfig
+
+The plugin will by itself detect squid servers running on
+localhost, on ports 3128 or 8080.
+
+It will attempt to download URLs in the form:
+
+- `cache_object://HOST:PORT/counters`
+- `/squid-internal-mgr/counters`
+
+If any succeeds, it will use this.
+
+### configuration
+
+If you need to configure it by hand, create the file
+`/etc/netdata/squid.conf` with the following variables:
+
+- `squid_host=IP` the IP of the squid host
+- `squid_port=PORT` the port the squid is listening
+- `squid_url="URL"` the URL with the statistics to be fetched from squid
+- `squid_timeout=SECONDS` how much time we should wait for squid to respond
+- `squid_update_every=SECONDS` the frequency of the data collection
+
+Example `/etc/netdata/squid.conf`:
+
+```sh
+squid_host=127.0.0.1
+squid_port=3128
+squid_url="cache_object://127.0.0.1:3128/counters"
+squid_timeout=2
+squid_update_every=5
+```
+
+---
+
+# sensors
+
+The plugin will provide charts for all configured system sensors
+
+> This plugin is reading sensors directly from the kernel.
+> The `lm-sensors` package is able to perform calculations on the
+> kernel provided values, this plugin will not perform.
+> So, the values graphed, are the raw hardware values of the sensors.
+
+The plugin will create netdata charts for:
+
+1. **Temperature**
+2. **Voltage**
+3. **Current**
+4. **Power**
+5. **Fans Speed**
+6. **Energy**
+7. **Humidity**
+
+One chart for every sensor chip found and each of the above will be created.
+
+### configuration
+
+This is the internal default for `/etc/netdata/sensors.conf`
+
+```sh
+# the directory the kernel keeps sensor data
+sensors_sys_dir="${NETDATA_HOST_PREFIX}/sys/devices"
+
+# how deep in the tree to check for sensor data
+sensors_sys_depth=10
+
+# if set to 1, the script will overwrite internal
+# script functions with code generated ones
+# leave to 1, is faster
+sensors_source_update=1
+
+# how frequently to collect sensor data
+# the default is to collect it at every iteration of charts.d
+sensors_update_every=
+```
+
+---
+
+# postfix
+
+The plugin will collect the postfix queue size.
+
+It will create two charts:
+
+1. **queue size in emails**
+2. **queue size in KB**
+
+### configuration
+
+This is the internal default for `/etc/netdata/postfix.conf`
+
+```sh
+# the postqueue command
+# if empty, it will use the one found in the system path
+postfix_postqueue=
+
+# how frequently to collect queue size
+postfix_update_every=15
+```
+
+---
+
+# nut
+
+The plugin will collect UPS data for all UPSes configured in the system.
+
+The following charts will be created:
+
+1. **UPS Charge**
+
+ * percentage changed
+
+2. **UPS Battery Voltage**
+
+ * current voltage
+ * high voltage
+ * low voltage
+ * nominal voltage
+
+3. **UPS Input Voltage**
+
+ * current voltage
+ * fault voltage
+ * nominal voltage
+
+4. **UPS Input Current**
+
+ * nominal current
+
+5. **UPS Input Frequency**
+
+ * current frequency
+ * nominal frequency
+
+6. **UPS Output Voltage**
+
+ * current voltage
+
+7. **UPS Load**
+
+ * current load
+
+8. **UPS Temperature**
+
+ * current temperature
+
+
+### configuration
+
+This is the internal default for `/etc/netdata/nut.conf`
+
+```sh
+# a space separated list of UPS names
+# if empty, the list returned by 'upsc -l' will be used
+nut_ups=
+
+# how frequently to collect UPS data
+nut_update_every=2
+```
+
+---
+