From 90b8d4d57c9df37c91b306808c35bde42bb1b53c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Przemyslaw Szczerbik Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 11:16:54 +0000 Subject: 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 --- docs/userguide/collectd.userguide.rst | 5 +++++ src/collectd/collectd_sample_configs/exec.conf | 2 +- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 # Exec "user:group" "/path/to/exec" - NotificationExec "" "write_notification.sh" + NotificationExec "collectd_exec" "/opt/collectd/etc/collectd.conf.d/write_notification.sh" -- cgit 1.2.3-korg