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diff --git a/collectors/python.d.plugin/hpssa/README.md b/collectors/python.d.plugin/hpssa/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2079ff2ad --- /dev/null +++ b/collectors/python.d.plugin/hpssa/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +<!-- +title: "HP Smart Storage Arrays monitoring with Netdata" +custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/collectors/python.d.plugin/hpssa/README.md +sidebar_label: "HP Smart Storage Arrays" +--> + +# HP Smart Storage Arrays monitoring with Netdata + +Monitors controller, cache module, logical and physical drive state and temperature using `ssacli` tool. + +## Requirements: + +This module uses `ssacli`, which can only be executed by root. It uses +`sudo` and assumes that it is configured such that the `netdata` user can +execute `ssacli` as root without password. + +Add to `sudoers`: + +``` +netdata ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /path/to/ssacli +``` + +To collect metrics, the module executes: `sudo -n ssacli ctrl all show config detail` + +This module produces: + +1. Controller state and temperature +2. Cache module state and temperature +3. Logical drive state +4. Physical drive state and temperature + +## Enable the collector + +The `hpssa` collector is disabled by default. To enable it, use `edit-config` from the Netdata [config +directory](/docs/configure/nodes.md), which is typically at `/etc/netdata`, to edit the `python.d.conf` file. + +```bash +cd /etc/netdata # Replace this path with your Netdata config directory, if different +sudo ./edit-config python.d.conf +``` + +Change the value of the `hpssa` setting to `yes`. Save the file and restart the Netdata Agent with `sudo systemctl +restart netdata`, or the appropriate method for your system, to finish enabling the `hpssa` collector. + +## Configuration + +Edit the `python.d/hpssa.conf` configuration file using `edit-config` from the Netdata [config +directory](/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/hpssa.conf +``` + +If `ssacli` cannot be found in the `PATH`, configure it in `hpssa.conf`. + +```yaml +ssacli_path: /usr/sbin/ssacli +``` + +[]() |