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diff --git a/src/collectors/charts.d.plugin/README.md b/src/collectors/charts.d.plugin/README.md index 3558985db..309f60e63 100644 --- a/src/collectors/charts.d.plugin/README.md +++ b/src/collectors/charts.d.plugin/README.md @@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ 3. It communicates with Netdata via a unidirectional pipe (sending data to the `netdata` daemon) 4. Supports any number of data collection **modules** -To better understand the guidelines and the API behind our External plugins, please have a look at the [Introduction to External plugins](/src/collectors/plugins.d/README.md) prior to reading this page. - +To better understand the guidelines and the API behind our External plugins, please have a look at the [Introduction to External plugins](/src/plugins.d/README.md) prior to reading this page. `charts.d.plugin` has been designed so that the actual script that will do data collection will be permanently in memory, collecting data with as little overheads as possible @@ -21,11 +20,11 @@ By default, `charts.d.plugin` is not included as part of the install when using ## Configuration -`charts.d.plugin` itself can be [configured](/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/README.md#edit-netdataconf)using the configuration file `/etc/netdata/charts.d.conf`. This file is also a BASH script. +`charts.d.plugin` itself can be [configured](/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/README.md#edit-a-configuration-file-using-edit-config)using the configuration file `/etc/netdata/charts.d.conf`. This file is also a BASH script. In this file, you can place statements like this: -```conf +```text enable_all_charts="yes" X="yes" Y="no" @@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ Using the above, if the command `mysql` is not available in the system, the `mys `fixid()` will get a string and return a properly formatted id for a chart or dimension. This is an expensive function that should not be used in `X_update()`. -You can keep the generated id in a BASH associative array to have the values availables in `X_update()`, like this: +You can keep the generated id in a BASH associative array to have the values available in `X_update()`, like this: ```sh declare -A X_ids=() |