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authorPrzemyslaw Szczerbik <przemyslawx.szczerbik@intel.com>2017-02-02 11:16:54 +0000
committerPrzemyslaw Szczerbik <przemyslawx.szczerbik@intel.com>2017-02-07 09:42:43 +0000
commit90b8d4d57c9df37c91b306808c35bde42bb1b53c (patch)
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parent26fcc6ce073e875cdd23c0d6310f38ac76b86b7b (diff)
src: Update exec plugin configuration
Change write_notification.sh script path to absolute. Set default user for exec plugin to collectd_exec. Update user guide. Change-Id: I57fba31d42e0a267d0ea05750fcb4eef49f6e79e Signed-off-by: Przemyslaw Szczerbik <przemyslawx.szczerbik@intel.com>
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@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ is /opt/collectd.
Sample configuration files can be found in '/opt/collectd/etc/collectd.conf.d'
+**Note**: Exec plugin requires non-root user to execute scripts. By default,
+`collectd_exec` user is used. Barometer scripts do *not* create this user. It
+needs to be manually added or exec plugin configuration has to be changed to use
+other, existing user before starting collectd service.
+
Please note if you are using any Open vSwitch plugins you need to run:
.. code:: bash