From 89a346bdd460bb44794e4b86f6e53c1cc2165ba5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefano Tondo Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 17:49:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] pipeline: podman metrics: document exclude_name_regex option - Document the new exclude_name_regex configuration option for the in_podman_metrics input plugin - Reword exclude_name_regex description Signed-off-by: Stefano Tondo Signed-off-by: Eric D. Schabell --- pipeline/inputs/podman-metrics.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/pipeline/inputs/podman-metrics.md b/pipeline/inputs/podman-metrics.md index bd1435cfa..38a0723ab 100644 --- a/pipeline/inputs/podman-metrics.md +++ b/pipeline/inputs/podman-metrics.md @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ The metrics can be exposed later as, for example, Prometheus counters and gauges | Key | Description | Default | |-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------| +| `exclude_name_regex` | Excludes containers whose name matches this regular expression, evaluated before metrics are collected. Use it to skip Podman pod infrastructure containers, for example `-(infra|service)$` to skip pause and `catatonit` containers. When unset, all containers are collected. | _none_ | | `path.config` | Custom path to the Podman containers configuration file. | `/var/lib/containers/storage/overlay-containers/containers.json` | | `path.procfs` | Custom path to the `proc` subsystem directory. | `/proc` | | `path.sysfs` | Custom path to the `sysfs` subsystem directory. | `/sys/fs/cgroup` |