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diff --git a/collectors/python.d.plugin/exim/README.md b/collectors/python.d.plugin/exim/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..240aa7b --- /dev/null +++ b/collectors/python.d.plugin/exim/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +<!-- +title: "Exim monitoring with Netdata" +custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/collectors/python.d.plugin/exim/README.md +sidebar_label: "Exim" +--> + +# Exim monitoring with Netdata + +Simple module executing `exim -bpc` to grab exim queue. +This command can take a lot of time to finish its execution thus it is not recommended to run it every second. + +## Requirements + +The module uses the `exim` binary, which can only be executed as root by default. We need to allow other users to `exim` binary. We solve that adding `queue_list_requires_admin` statement in exim configuration and set to `false`, because it is `true` by default. On many Linux distributions, the default location of `exim` configuration is in `/etc/exim.conf`. + +1. Edit the `exim` configuration with your preferred editor and add: +`queue_list_requires_admin = false` +2. Restart `exim` and Netdata + +*WHM (CPanel) server* + +On a WHM server, you can reconfigure `exim` over the WHM interface with the following steps. + +1. Login to WHM +2. Navigate to Service Configuration --> Exim Configuration Manager --> tab Advanced Editor +3. Scroll down to the button **Add additional configuration setting** and click on it. +4. In the new dropdown which will appear above we need to find and choose: +`queue_list_requires_admin` and set to `false` +5. Scroll to the end and click the **Save** button. + +It produces only one chart: + +1. **Exim Queue Emails** + + - emails + +Configuration is not needed. + +--- + +[](<>) |