From 81581f9719bc56f01d5aa08952671d65fda9867a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Mon, 8 May 2023 18:27:08 +0200 Subject: Merging upstream version 1.39.0. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- collectors/python.d.plugin/go_expvar/README.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'collectors/python.d.plugin/go_expvar/README.md') diff --git a/collectors/python.d.plugin/go_expvar/README.md b/collectors/python.d.plugin/go_expvar/README.md index ff786e7c..f86fa6d0 100644 --- a/collectors/python.d.plugin/go_expvar/README.md +++ b/collectors/python.d.plugin/go_expvar/README.md @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ custom_edit_url: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/collectors/pyth sidebar_label: "Go applications" learn_status: "Published" learn_topic_type: "References" -learn_rel_path: "References/Collectors references/Application Performance Monitoring" +learn_rel_path: "Integrations/Monitor/Application Performance Monitoring" --> -# Go applications monitoring with Netdata +# Go applications collector Monitors Go application that exposes its metrics with the use of `expvar` package from the Go standard library. The package produces charts for Go runtime memory statistics and optionally any number of custom charts. @@ -320,3 +320,23 @@ The images below show how do the final charts in Netdata look. ![Custom charts](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/15180106/26762051/62ae915e-493b-11e7-8518-bd25a3886650.png) +### Troubleshooting + +To troubleshoot issues with the `go_expvar` module, run the `python.d.plugin` with the debug option enabled. The +output will give you the output of the data collection job or error messages on why the collector isn't working. + +First, navigate to your plugins directory, usually they are located under `/usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/`. If that's +not the case on your system, open `netdata.conf` and look for the setting `plugins directory`. Once you're in the +plugin's directory, switch to the `netdata` user. + +```bash +cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/ +sudo su -s /bin/bash netdata +``` + +Now you can manually run the `go_expvar` module in debug mode: + +```bash +./python.d.plugin go_expvar debug trace +``` + -- cgit v1.2.3