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| author | Odysseas Lamtzidis <13405632+OdysLam@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-11-20 12:23:52 +0200 |
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| committer | cosmix <cosmix@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-11-20 12:23:52 +0200 |
| commit | 14bf1973b6736f273b99fc9857b8960a9266726e (patch) | |
| tree | 7163b090939adc10c9a0ec3d6544c9fb3e528632 /collectors/plugins.d | |
| parent | 13d7fd148fb98182b12ffe04e27cd38ebcb25d41 (diff) | |
Update plugins.d/README.md (#7335)
Rephrased sentences regarding the scan interval and default behaviour for new plugins.
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| -rw-r--r-- | collectors/plugins.d/README.md | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/collectors/plugins.d/README.md b/collectors/plugins.d/README.md index 628e7d5c99..289b8c1a05 100644 --- a/collectors/plugins.d/README.md +++ b/collectors/plugins.d/README.md @@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ Example: # python.d = yes ``` -The setting `enable running new plugins` changes the default behavior for all external plugins. -So if set to `no`, only the plugins that are explicitly set to `yes` will be run. +The setting `enable running new plugins` sets the default behavior for all external plugins. It can be +overriden for distinct plugins by modifying the appropriate plugin value configuration to either `yes` or `now`. -The setting `check for new plugins every` controls the time the directory `/usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d` -will be rescanned for new plugins. So, new plugins can give added anytime. +The setting `check for new plugins every` sets the interval between scans of the directory `/usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d`. +New plugins can be added anytime and netdata will detect them in a timely manner. For each of the external plugins enabled, another `netdata.conf` section is created, in the form of `[plugin:NAME]`, where `NAME` is the name of the external plugin. |