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diff --git a/health/REFERENCE.md b/health/REFERENCE.md index 4feb782d..3c1e53b2 100644 --- a/health/REFERENCE.md +++ b/health/REFERENCE.md @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ Netdata parses the following lines. Beneath the table is an in-depth explanation | [`repeat`](#alarm-line-repeat) | no | The interval for sending notifications when an alarm is in WARNING or CRITICAL mode. | | [`options`](#alarm-line-options) | no | Add an option to not clear alarms. | | [`host labels`](#alarm-line-host-labels) | no | List of labels present on a host. | +| [`info`](#alarm-line-info) | no | A brief description of the alarm. | The `alarm` or `template` line must be the first line of any entity. @@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ Everything is the same with [badges](/web/api/badges/README.md). In short: above too). - `OPTIONS` is a space separated list of `percentage`, `absolute`, `min2max`, `unaligned`, - `match-ids`, `match-names`. Check the badges documentation for more info. + `match-ids`, `match-names`. Check the [badges](/web/api/badges/README.md) documentation for more info. - `of DIMENSIONS` is optional and has to be the last parameter. Dimensions have to be separated by `,` or `|`. The space characters found in dimensions will be kept as-is (a few dimensions @@ -533,6 +534,14 @@ host labels: installed = 201* See our [simple patterns docs](/libnetdata/simple_pattern/README.md) for more examples. +#### Alarm line `info` + +The info field can contain a small piece of text describing the alarm or template. This will be rendered in notifications and UI elements whenever the specific alarm is in focus. An example for the `ram_available` alarm is: + +```yaml +info: percentage of estimated amount of RAM available for userspace processes, without causing swapping +``` + ## Expressions Netdata has an internal [infix expression parser](/libnetdata/eval). This parses expressions and creates an internal @@ -913,4 +922,4 @@ to temporary disable notifications (for instance when running backups triggers a notifications are runtime. The health checks can be controlled at runtime via the [health management api](/web/api/health/README.md). -[](<>) + |