Adding upstream version 1.16.0.upstream/1.16.0

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

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@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ The following will return an SVG badge of the alarm named `NAME`, attached to th
 ## Health Management API
 
 Netdata v1.12 and beyond provides a command API to control health checks and notifications at runtime. The feature is especially useful for maintenance periods, during which you receive meaningless alarms.
+From Netdata v1.16.0 and beyond, the configuration controlled via the API commands is [persisted across netdata restarts](#persistence).
 
 Specifically, the API allows you to:
  - Disable health checks completely. Alarm conditions will not be evaluated at all and no entries will be added to the alarm log.
@@ -142,6 +143,43 @@ Example 2.2: Add one more selector, to also silence alarms for cpu1 and cpu2
 http://localhost/api/v1/manage/health?families=cpu1 cpu2
 ```
 
+### List silencers
+
+The command `LIST` was added in netdata v1.16.0 and returns a JSON with the current status of the silencers.
+
+```
+ curl "http://myserver/api/v1/manage/health?cmd=LIST" -H "X-Auth-Token: Mytoken"
+```
+
+As an example, the following response shows that we have two silencers configured, one for an alarm called `samplealarm` and one for alarms with context `random` on host `myhost`
+```
+json
+{
+        "all": false,
+        "type": "SILENCE",
+        "silencers": [
+                {
+                        "alarm": "samplealarm"
+                },
+                {
+                        "context": "random",
+                        "hosts": "myhost"
+                }
+        ]
+}
+```
+
+The response below shows that we have disabled all health checks.
+
+```
+json
+{
+        "all": true,
+        "type": "DISABLE",
+        "silencers": []
+}
+
+
 ### Responses
 
 - "Auth Error" : Token authentication failed
@@ -155,6 +193,17 @@ http://localhost/api/v1/manage/health?families=cpu1 cpu2
 - "WARNING: Added alarm selector to silence/disable alarms without a SILENCE or DISABLE command." : Added to the response if a selector is added without a selector-specific command.
 - "WARNING: SILENCE or DISABLE command is ineffective without defining any alarm selectors." : Added to the response if a selector-specific command is issued without a selector.
 
+### Persistence
+
+From netdata v1.16.0 and beyond, the silencers configuration is persisted to disk and loaded when netdata starts.
+The JSON string returned by the [LIST command](#list-silencers) is automatically saved to the `silencers file`, every time a command alters the silencers configuration.
+The file's location is configurable in `netdata.conf`. The default is shown below:
+
+```
+[health]
+        # silencers file = /var/lib/netdata/health.silencers.json
+```
+
 ### Further reading
 
 The test script under [tests/health_mgmtapi](../../../tests/health_mgmtapi) contains a series of tests that you can either run or read through to understand the various calls and responses better.