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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ a predefined set of members (of course, only process groups found running are re
Unlike traditional process monitoring tools (like `top`), `apps.plugin` is able to account the resource
utilization of exit processes. Their utilization is accounted at their currently running parents.
So, `apps.plugin` is perfectly able to measure the resources used by shell scripts and other processes
-that fork/spawn other short lived processes hundreds of times per second.
+that fork/spawn other short-lived processes hundreds of times per second.
## Charts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ The above are reported:
- For **Applications** per target configured.
- For **Users** per username or UID (when the username is not available).
-- For **User Groups** per groupname or GID (when groupname is not available).
+- For **User Groups** per group name or GID (when group name is not available).
## Performance
@@ -183,8 +183,7 @@ If this fails (i.e. `setcap` fails), `apps.plugin` is setuid to `root`.
There are a few cases, like `docker` and `virtuozzo` containers, where `setcap` succeeds, but the capabilities
are silently ignored (in `lxc` containers `setcap` fails).
-In these cases ()`setcap` succeeds but capabilities do not work), you will have to setuid
-to root `apps.plugin` by running these commands:
+In this case, you will have to setuid to root `apps.plugin` by running these commands:
```sh
chown root:netdata /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/apps.plugin
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ iterating forever, collecting metrics for each running process and sending them
This is a one-way communication, from `apps.plugin` to Netdata.
So, since `apps.plugin` cannot be instructed by Netdata for the actions it performs,
-we think it is pretty safe to allow it have these increased privileges.
+we think it is pretty safe to allow it to have these increased privileges.
Keep in mind that `apps.plugin` will still run without escalated permissions,
but it will not be able to collect all the information.
@@ -219,7 +218,7 @@ Here is an example for the process group `sql` at `https://registry.my-netdata.i
![image](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=apps.processes&dimensions=sql&value_color=green%3E0%7Cred)
-Netdata is able give you a lot more badges for your app.
+Netdata is able to give you a lot more badges for your app.
Examples below for process group `sql`:
- CPU usage: ![image](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=apps.cpu&dimensions=sql&value_color=green=0%7Corange%3C50%7Cred)
@@ -227,7 +226,7 @@ Examples below for process group `sql`:
- Disk Physical Writes ![image](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=apps.pwrites&dimensions=sql&value_color=green%3C100%7Corange%3C1000%7Cred)
- Disk Logical Reads ![image](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=apps.lreads&dimensions=sql&value_color=green%3C100%7Corange%3C1000%7Cred)
- Disk Logical Writes ![image](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=apps.lwrites&dimensions=sql&value_color=green%3C100%7Corange%3C1000%7Cred)
-- Open Files ![image](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=apps.files&dimensions=sql&value_color=green%3E30%7Cred)
+- Open Files ![image](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=apps.fds_files&dimensions=sql&value_color=green%3E30%7Cred)
- Real Memory ![image](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=apps.mem&dimensions=sql&value_color=green%3C100%7Corange%3C200%7Cred)
- Virtual Memory ![image](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=apps.vmem&dimensions=sql&value_color=green%3C100%7Corange%3C1000%7Cred)
- Swap Memory ![image](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=apps.swap&dimensions=sql&value_color=green=0%7Cred)
@@ -235,8 +234,8 @@ Examples below for process group `sql`:
- Processes ![image](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=apps.processes&dimensions=sql&value_color=green%3E0%7Cred)
- Threads ![image](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=apps.threads&dimensions=sql&value_color=green%3E=28%7Cred)
- Major Faults (swap activity) ![image](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=apps.major_faults&dimensions=sql&value_color=green=0%7Cred)
-- Open Pipes ![image](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=apps.pipes&dimensions=sql&value_color=green=0%7Cred)
-- Open Sockets ![image](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=apps.sockets&dimensions=sql&value_color=green%3E=3%7Cred)
+- Open Pipes ![image](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=apps.fds_pipes&dimensions=sql&value_color=green=0%7Cred)
+- Open Sockets ![image](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=apps.fds_sockets&dimensions=sql&value_color=green%3E=3%7Cred)
For more information about badges check [Generating Badges](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/web/api/badges/README.md)