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diff --git a/streaming/stream.conf b/streaming/stream.conf
index fdff1f25f..b5142632d 100644
--- a/streaming/stream.conf
+++ b/streaming/stream.conf
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# 1. ON SLAVE NETDATA - THE ONE THAT WILL BE SENDING METRICS
+# 1. ON CHILD NETDATA - THE ONE THAT WILL BE SENDING METRICS
[stream]
- # Enable this on slaves, to have them send metrics.
+ # Enable this on child nodes, to have them send metrics.
enabled = no
# Where is the receiving netdata?
@@ -21,20 +21,20 @@
#
# If many are given, the first available will get the metrics.
#
- # PROTOCOL = tcp, udp, or unix (only tcp and unix are supported by masters)
+ # PROTOCOL = tcp, udp, or unix (only tcp and unix are supported by parent nodes)
# HOST = an IPv4, IPv6 IP, or a hostname, or a unix domain socket path.
# IPv6 IPs should be given with brackets [ip:address]
# INTERFACE = the network interface to use (only for IPv6)
# PORT = the port number or service name (/etc/services)
# SSL = when this word appear at the end of the destination string
- # the Netdata will do encrypt connection with the master.
+ # the Netdata will encrypt the connection with the parent.
#
# This communication is not HTTP (it cannot be proxied by web proxies).
destination =
# Skip Certificate verification?
#
- # The netdata slave is configurated to avoid invalid SSL/TLS certificate,
+ # The netdata child is configurated to avoid invalid SSL/TLS certificate,
# so certificates that are self-signed or expired will stop the streaming.
# Case the server certificate is not valid, you can enable the use of
# 'bad' certificates setting the next option as 'yes'.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
# Certificate Authority file
#
- # When the Netdata master has certificate, that is not recognized as valid,
+ # When the Netdata parent has certificate, that is not recognized as valid,
# we can add this certificate in the list of known certificates in CApath
# and give for Netdata as argument.
#
@@ -87,16 +87,15 @@
# Sync the clock of the charts for that many iterations, when starting.
initial clock resync iterations = 60
-
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# 2. ON MASTER NETDATA - THE ONE THAT WILL BE RECEIVING METRICS
+# 2. ON PARENT NETDATA - THE ONE THAT WILL BE RECEIVING METRICS
-# You can have one API key per slave,
-# or the same API key for all slaves.
+# You can have one API key per child,
+# or the same API key for all child nodes.
#
# netdata searches for options in this order:
#
-# a) master netdata settings (netdata.conf)
+# a) parent netdata settings (netdata.conf)
# b) [stream] section (above)
# c) [API_KEY] section (below, settings for the API key)
# d) [MACHINE_GUID] section (below, settings for each machine)
@@ -141,8 +140,8 @@
# 3 possible values:
# yes enable alarms
# no do not enable alarms
- # auto enable alarms, only when the sending netdata is connected. For ephemeral slaves or slave system restarts,
- # ensure that the netdata process on the slave is gracefully stopped, to prevent invalid last_collected alarms
+ # auto enable alarms, only when the sending netdata is connected. For ephemeral child nodes or child system restarts,
+ # ensure that the netdata process on the child is gracefully stopped, to prevent invalid last_collected alarms
# You can also set it per host, below.
# The default is taken from [health].enabled of netdata.conf
health enabled by default = auto
@@ -150,13 +149,6 @@
# postpone alarms for a short period after the sender is connected
default postpone alarms on connect seconds = 60
- # allow or deny multiple connections for the same host?
- # If you are sure all your netdata have their own machine GUID,
- # set this to 'allow', since it allows faster reconnects.
- # When set to 'deny', new connections for a host will not be
- # accepted until an existing connection is cleared.
- multiple connections = allow
-
# need to route metrics differently? set these.
# the defaults are the ones at the [stream] section (above)
#default proxy enabled = yes | no
@@ -166,22 +158,22 @@
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# 3. PER SENDING HOST SETTINGS, ON MASTER NETDATA
+# 3. PER SENDING HOST SETTINGS, ON PARENT NETDATA
# THIS IS OPTIONAL - YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONFIGURE IT
-# This section exists to give you finer control of the master settings for each
-# slave host, when the same API key is used by many netdata slaves / proxies.
+# This section exists to give you finer control of the parent settings for each
+# child host, when the same API key is used by many netdata child nodes / proxies.
#
# Each netdata has a unique GUID - generated the first time netdata starts.
# You can find it at /var/lib/netdata/registry/netdata.public.unique.id
-# (at the slave).
+# (at the child).
#
# The host sending data will have one. If the host is not ephemeral,
# you can give settings for each sending host here.
[MACHINE_GUID]
# enable this host: yes | no
- # When disabled, the master will not receive metrics for this host.
+ # When disabled, the parent will not receive metrics for this host.
# THIS IS NOT A SECURITY MECHANISM - AN ATTACKER CAN SET ANY OTHER GUID.
# Use only the API key for security.
enabled = no
@@ -205,13 +197,6 @@
# postpone alarms when the sender connects
postpone alarms on connect seconds = 60
- # allow or deny multiple connections for the same host?
- # If you are sure all your netdata have their own machine GUID,
- # set this to 'allow', since it allows faster reconnects.
- # When set to 'deny', new connections for a host will not be
- # accepted until an existing connection is cleared.
- multiple connections = allow
-
# need to route metrics differently?
# the defaults are the ones at the [API KEY] section
#proxy enabled = yes | no