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diff --git a/collectors/freeipmi.plugin/README.md b/collectors/freeipmi.plugin/README.md index 02a61dd2f..3ff6f4099 100644 --- a/collectors/freeipmi.plugin/README.md +++ b/collectors/freeipmi.plugin/README.md @@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ Netdata has a [freeipmi](https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/) plugin. 2. re-install Netdata from source. The installer will detect that the required libraries are now available and will also build `freeipmi.plugin`. +> ❗ In some distributions `libipmimonitoring.pc` is located in an unregistered directory. +> In that case you should find the file and link it to the standard pkg-config directory. Usually, running +> `sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/libipmimonitoring.pc/libipmimonitoring.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libipmimonitoring.pc` +> resolves the issue. + Keep in mind IPMI requires root access, so the plugin is setuid to root. If you just installed the required IPMI tools, please run at least once the command `ipmimonitoring` and verify it returns sensors information. This command initialises IPMI configuration, so that the Netdata plugin will be able to work. |