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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2022-02-15 03:25:22 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2022-02-15 03:25:22 +0000 |
commit | 0ce692f2add209c6f5d449ee2be7af725f1813e8 (patch) | |
tree | 2af915c6ff875c3b0b4367c334032726d2d6839a /collectors | |
parent | Adding upstream version 1.33.0. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 1.33.1.upstream/1.33.1
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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-rw-r--r-- | collectors/README.md | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | collectors/REFERENCE.md | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | collectors/ebpf.plugin/README.md | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | collectors/ebpf.plugin/ebpf.d.conf | 2 |
4 files changed, 6 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/collectors/README.md b/collectors/README.md index a37a7e890..e9cce42b3 100644 --- a/collectors/README.md +++ b/collectors/README.md @@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/collectors/READM Netdata can collect metrics from hundreds of different sources, be they internal data created by the system itself, or external data created by services or applications. To see _all_ of the sources Netdata collects from, view our [list of -supported collectors](/collectors/COLLECTORS.md), and then view our [quickstart guide](/collectors/QUICKSTART.md) to get -up-and-running. +supported collectors](/collectors/COLLECTORS.md). There are two essential points to understand about how collecting metrics works in Netdata: @@ -17,13 +16,11 @@ There are two essential points to understand about how collecting metrics works - Upon startup, Netdata will **auto-detect** any application or service that has a [collector](/collectors/COLLECTORS.md), as long as both the collector and the app/service are configured correctly. -Most users will want to enable a new Netdata collector for their app/service. For those details, see our [quickstart -guide](/collectors/QUICKSTART.md). +Most users will want to enable a new Netdata collector for their app/service. For those details, see +our [collectors' configuration reference](/collectors/REFERENCE.md). ## Take your next steps with collectors -[Collectors quickstart](/collectors/QUICKSTART.md) - [Supported collectors list](/collectors/COLLECTORS.md) [Collectors configuration reference](/collectors/REFERENCE.md) diff --git a/collectors/REFERENCE.md b/collectors/REFERENCE.md index e5c52115e..fc9ed366d 100644 --- a/collectors/REFERENCE.md +++ b/collectors/REFERENCE.md @@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ Welcome to the collector configuration reference guide. This guide contains detailed information about enabling/disabling plugins or modules, in addition a quick reference to the internal plugins API. -To learn the basics of collecting metrics from other applications and services, see the [collector -quickstart](QUICKSTART.md). - ## Netdata's collector architecture Netdata has an intricate system for organizing and managing its collectors. **Collectors** are the processes/programs @@ -23,8 +20,7 @@ MySQL database, among many others. For most users, enabling individual collectors for the application/service you're interested in is far more important than knowing which plugin it uses. See our [collectors list](/collectors/COLLECTORS.md) to see whether your favorite app/service has -a collector, and then read the [collectors quickstart](/collectors/QUICKSTART.md) and the documentation for that specific collector -to figure out how to enable it. +a collector, and then read the documentation for that specific collector to figure out how to enable it. There are three types of plugins: @@ -46,7 +42,6 @@ However, there are cases that auto-detection fails. Usually, the reason is that allow Netdata to connect. In most of the cases, allowing the user `netdata` from `localhost` to connect and collect metrics, will automatically enable data collection for the application in question (it will require a Netdata restart). -View our [collectors quickstart](/collectors/QUICKSTART.md) for explicit details on enabling and configuring collector modules. ## Troubleshoot a collector diff --git a/collectors/ebpf.plugin/README.md b/collectors/ebpf.plugin/README.md index 8fc6809e2..babcd5206 100644 --- a/collectors/ebpf.plugin/README.md +++ b/collectors/ebpf.plugin/README.md @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ which allow hooking into arbitrary user-space functions in a similar manner to k ## Manually enable the collector on Linux **The eBPF collector is installed and enabled by default on most new installations of the Agent**. The eBPF collector -does not currently work with [static build installations](/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart-64.md) for kernels older +does not currently work with [static build installations](/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart.md#static-builds) for kernels older than `4.11`, but improved support is in active development. eBPF monitoring only works on Linux systems and with specific Linux kernels, including all kernels newer than `4.11.0`, diff --git a/collectors/ebpf.plugin/ebpf.d.conf b/collectors/ebpf.plugin/ebpf.d.conf index 633c53791..0ca9ff0d6 100644 --- a/collectors/ebpf.plugin/ebpf.d.conf +++ b/collectors/ebpf.plugin/ebpf.d.conf @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ oomkill = yes process = yes shm = yes - socket = yes + socket = no # Disabled while we are fixing race condition softirq = yes sync = yes swap = no |