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diff --git a/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/common-configuration-changes.md b/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/common-configuration-changes.md index e9d8abadc..0eda7dd86 100644 --- a/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/common-configuration-changes.md +++ b/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/common-configuration-changes.md @@ -19,11 +19,7 @@ changes reflected in those visualizations due to the way Netdata Cloud proxies m ### Increase the long-term metrics retention period -Read our doc -on [increasing long-term metrics storage](/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/optimizing-metrics-database/change-metrics-storage.md) -for details, including a -[calculator](/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/optimizing-metrics-database/change-metrics-storage.md#calculate-the-system-resources-ram-disk-space-needed-to-store-metrics) -to help you determine the exact settings for your desired retention period. +Read our doc on [increasing long-term metrics storage](/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/optimizing-metrics-database/change-metrics-storage.md) for details. ### Reduce the data collection frequency @@ -33,7 +29,7 @@ of `netdata.conf` so that it is greater than `1`. An `update every` of `5` means the Netdata Agent enforces a _minimum_ collection frequency of 5 seconds. -```conf +```text [global] update every = 5 ``` @@ -56,7 +52,7 @@ for that specific module. Uncomment the line and change its value to `no`. ## Modify alerts and notifications -Netdata's health monitoring watchdog uses hundreds of preconfigured health entities, with intelligent thresholds, to +Netdata's health monitoring watchdog uses hundreds of pre-configured health entities, with intelligent thresholds, to generate warning and critical alerts for most production systems and their applications without configuration. However, each alert and notification method is completely customizable. @@ -94,7 +90,7 @@ Because the source path contains `health.d/cpu.conf`, run `sudo edit-config heal Open the configuration file for that alert and set the `to` line to `silent`. -```conf +```text template: disk_fill_rate on: disk.space lookup: max -1s at -30m unaligned of avail @@ -111,7 +107,7 @@ section of `netdata.conf`. ### Enable alert notifications -Open `health_alarm_notify.conf` for editing. First, read the [enabling notifications](/docs/alerts-and-notifications/notifications/README.md#netdata-agent) doc +Open `health_alarm_notify.conf` for editing. First, read the [enabling notifications](/src/health/notifications/README.md) doc for an example of the process using Slack, then click on the link to your preferred notification method to find documentation for that specific endpoint. @@ -143,6 +139,6 @@ The following restrictions apply to host label names: - Names cannot start with `_`, but it can be present in other parts of the name. - Names only accept alphabet letters, numbers, dots, and dashes. -The policy for values is more flexible, but you can not use exclamation marks (`!`), whitespaces (` `), single quotes +The policy for values is more flexible, but you cannot use exclamation marks (`!`), whitespaces (` `), single quotes (`'`), double quotes (`"`), or asterisks (`*`), because they are used to compare label values in health alerts and templates. |