# vm.loadavg
Plugin: freebsd.plugin
Module: vm.loadavg
## Overview
System Load Average
The plugin calls `sysctl` function to collect necessary data.
This collector is supported on all platforms.
This collector supports collecting metrics from multiple instances of this integration, including remote instances.
### Default Behavior
#### Auto-Detection
This integration doesn't support auto-detection.
#### Limits
The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.
#### Performance Impact
The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.
## Metrics
Metrics grouped by *scope*.
The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.
### Per vm.loadavg instance
Monitoring for number of threads running or waiting.
This scope has no labels.
Metrics:
| Metric | Dimensions | Unit |
|:------|:----------|:----|
| system.load | load1, load5, load15 | load |
## Alerts
The following alerts are available:
| Alert name | On metric | Description |
|:------------|:----------|:------------|
| [ load_cpu_number ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/load.conf) | system.load | number of active CPU cores in the system |
| [ load_average_15 ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/load.conf) | system.load | system fifteen-minute load average |
| [ load_average_5 ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/load.conf) | system.load | system five-minute load average |
| [ load_average_1 ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/load.conf) | system.load | system one-minute load average |
## Setup
### Prerequisites
No action required.
### Configuration
#### File
The configuration file name for this integration is `netdata.conf`.
Configuration for this specific integration is located in the `[plugin:freebsd]` section within that file.
The file format is a modified INI syntax. The general structure is:
```ini
[section1]
option1 = some value
option2 = some other value
[section2]
option3 = some third value
```
You can edit the configuration file using the `edit-config` script from the
Netdata [config directory](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/netdata-agent/configuration.md#the-netdata-config-directory).
```bash
cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config netdata.conf
```
#### Options
Config options
| Name | Description | Default | Required |
|:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
| vm.loadavg | Enable or disable load average metric. | yes | no |