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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2023-10-17 09:30:20 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2023-10-17 09:30:20 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 1.43.0.upstream/1.43.0
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diff --git a/collectors/python.d.plugin/boinc/README.md b/collectors/python.d.plugin/boinc/README.md index ea4397754..22c10ca17 100644..120000 --- a/collectors/python.d.plugin/boinc/README.md +++ b/collectors/python.d.plugin/boinc/README.md @@ -1,64 +1 @@ -<!-- -title: "BOINC monitoring with Netdata" -custom_edit_url: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/collectors/python.d.plugin/boinc/README.md" -sidebar_label: "BOINC" -learn_status: "Published" -learn_topic_type: "References" -learn_rel_path: "Integrations/Monitor/Distributed computing" ---> - -# BOINC collector - -Monitors task counts for the Berkeley Open Infrastructure Networking Computing (BOINC) distributed computing client using the same RPC interface that the BOINC monitoring GUI does. - -It provides charts tracking the total number of tasks and active tasks, as well as ones tracking each of the possible states for tasks. - -## Configuration - -Edit the `python.d/boinc.conf` configuration file using `edit-config` from the Netdata [config -directory](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/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/boinc.conf -``` - -BOINC requires use of a password to access it's RPC interface. You can -find this password in the `gui_rpc_auth.cfg` file in your BOINC directory. - -By default, the module will try to auto-detect the password by looking -in `/var/lib/boinc` for this file (this is the location most Linux -distributions use for a system-wide BOINC installation), so things may -just work without needing configuration for the local system. - -You can monitor remote systems as well: - -```yaml -remote: - hostname: some-host - password: some-password -``` - - - - -### Troubleshooting - -To troubleshoot issues with the `boinc` module, run the `python.d.plugin` with the debug option enabled. The -output will give you the output of the data collection job or error messages on why the collector isn't working. - -First, navigate to your plugins directory, usually they are located under `/usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/`. If that's -not the case on your system, open `netdata.conf` and look for the setting `plugins directory`. Once you're in the -plugin's directory, switch to the `netdata` user. - -```bash -cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/ -sudo su -s /bin/bash netdata -``` - -Now you can manually run the `boinc` module in debug mode: - -```bash -./python.d.plugin boinc debug trace -``` - +integrations/boinc.md
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