def get_default_config(self):
        """
        Return the default config for the collector
        """
        return {
            # Defaults options for all Collectors

            # Uncomment and set to hardcode a hostname for the collector path
            # Keep in mind, periods are seperators in graphite
            # 'hostname': 'my_custom_hostname',

            # If you perfer to just use a different way of calculating the
            # hostname
            # Uncomment and set this to one of these values:
            # fqdn_short  = Default. Similar to hostname -s
            # fqdn        = hostname output
            # fqdn_rev    = hostname in reverse (com.example.www)
            # uname_short = Similar to uname -n, but only the first part
            # uname_rev   = uname -r in reverse (com.example.www)
            # 'hostname_method': 'fqdn_short',

            # All collectors are disabled by default
            'enabled': False,

            # Path Prefix
            'path_prefix': 'servers',

            # Path Prefix for Virtual Machine metrics
            'instance_prefix': 'instances',

            # Path Suffix
            'path_suffix': '',

            # Default Poll Interval (seconds)
            'interval': 300,

            # Staggering collector runs is enabled by default
            'stagger_collection': True,

            # Default Event TTL (interval multiplier)
            'ttl_multiplier': 2,

            # Default numeric output
            'byte_unit': 'byte',

            # Collect the collector run time in ms
            'measure_collector_time': False,

            # Whitelist of metrics to let through
            'metrics_whitelist': None,

            # Blacklist of metrics to let through
            'metrics_blacklist': None,
        }

        Return the default config for the collector
        
src/diamond/collector.py