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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-04 14:31:17 +0000 |
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diff --git a/collectors/python.d.plugin/dovecot/README.md b/collectors/python.d.plugin/dovecot/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e6bbf0d --- /dev/null +++ b/collectors/python.d.plugin/dovecot/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +<!-- +title: "Dovecot monitoring with Netdata" +custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/collectors/python.d.plugin/dovecot/README.md +sidebar_label: "Dovecot" +--> + +# Dovecot monitoring with Netdata + +Provides statistics information from Dovecot server. + +Statistics are taken from dovecot socket by executing `EXPORT global` command. +More information about dovecot stats can be found on [project wiki page.](http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Statistics) + +Module isn't compatible with new statistic api (v2.3), but you are still able to use the module with Dovecot v2.3 +by following [upgrading steps.](https://wiki2.dovecot.org/Upgrading/2.3). + +**Requirement:** +Dovecot UNIX socket with R/W permissions for user `netdata` or Dovecot with configured TCP/IP socket. + +Module gives information with following charts: + +1. **sessions** + + - active sessions + +2. **logins** + + - logins + +3. **commands** - number of IMAP commands + + - commands + +4. **Faults** + + - minor + - major + +5. **Context Switches** + + - voluntary + - involuntary + +6. **disk** in bytes/s + + - read + - write + +7. **bytes** in bytes/s + + - read + - write + +8. **number of syscalls** in syscalls/s + + - read + - write + +9. **lookups** - number of lookups per second + + - path + - attr + +10. **hits** - number of cache hits + + - hits + +11. **attempts** - authorization attempts + + - success + - failure + +12. **cache** - cached authorization hits + + - hit + - miss + +## Configuration + +Edit the `python.d/dovecot.conf` configuration file using `edit-config` from the Netdata [config +directory](/docs/configure/nodes.md), which is typically at `/etc/netdata`. + +```bash +cd /etc/netdata # Replace this path with your Netdata config directory, if different +sudo ./edit-config python.d/dovecot.conf +``` + +Sample: + +```yaml +localtcpip: + name : 'local' + host : '127.0.0.1' + port : 24242 + +localsocket: + name : 'local' + socket : '/var/run/dovecot/stats' +``` + +If no configuration is given, module will attempt to connect to dovecot using unix socket localized in `/var/run/dovecot/stats` + +--- + + |