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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/userguide/collectd.userguide.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/collectd/collectd_sample_configs/exec.conf | 2 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/userguide/collectd.userguide.rst b/docs/userguide/collectd.userguide.rst index 42fe308d..b54b1afc 100644 --- a/docs/userguide/collectd.userguide.rst +++ b/docs/userguide/collectd.userguide.rst @@ -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 diff --git a/src/collectd/collectd_sample_configs/exec.conf b/src/collectd/collectd_sample_configs/exec.conf index 5b11fd94..f62d2e7a 100644 --- a/src/collectd/collectd_sample_configs/exec.conf +++ b/src/collectd/collectd_sample_configs/exec.conf @@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ LoadPlugin exec <Plugin exec> # Exec "user:group" "/path/to/exec" - NotificationExec "" "write_notification.sh" + NotificationExec "collectd_exec" "/opt/collectd/etc/collectd.conf.d/write_notification.sh" </Plugin> |