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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2019-09-03 10:23:38 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2019-09-03 10:23:38 +0000
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Adding upstream version 1.17.0.upstream/1.17.0
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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## Prerequisites
-1. install `libmnl-dev` and `libnetfilter_acct-dev` using the package manager of your system.
+1. install `libmnl-dev` and `libnetfilter_acct-dev` using the package manager of your system.
-2. re-install netdata from source. The installer will detect that the required libraries are now available and will also build netdata.plugin.
+2. re-install Netdata from source. The installer will detect that the required libraries are now available and will also build `netdata.plugin`.
Keep in mind that NFACCT requires root access, so the plugin is setuid to root.
@@ -15,19 +15,21 @@ Keep in mind that NFACCT requires root access, so the plugin is setuid to root.
The plugin provides Netfilter connection tracker statistics and nfacct packet and bandwidth accounting:
Connection tracker:
-1. Connections.
-2. Changes.
-3. Expectations.
-4. Errors.
-5. Searches.
+
+1. Connections.
+2. Changes.
+3. Expectations.
+4. Errors.
+5. Searches.
Netfilter accounting:
-1. Packets.
-2. Bandwidth.
+
+1. Packets.
+2. Bandwidth.
## Configuration
-If you need to disable NFACCT for netdata, edit /etc/netdata/netdata.conf and set:
+If you need to disable NFACCT for Netdata, edit /etc/netdata/netdata.conf and set:
```
[plugins]
@@ -44,4 +46,4 @@ sudo /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/nfacct.plugin 1 debug
You will get verbose output on what the plugin does.
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