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author | Tasos Katsoulas <tasos@netdata.cloud> | 2022-07-14 20:21:49 +0300 |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-07-14 20:21:49 +0300 |
commit | 02996dab660563efbda48f02e32b7b850a0c5b0f (patch) | |
tree | 4a923184615312d22b5b519c5058e4338f4a230f /collectors | |
parent | bc5ba4f8912a5436a458d5015f11c06bd046c01a (diff) |
Docs housekeeping (#13179)
* Change the title of the /docs/configure/machine-learning doc
* fix some outdated links
* Clarify some details in the postgres collector
Diffstat (limited to 'collectors')
-rw-r--r-- | collectors/python.d.plugin/postgres/README.md | 26 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/collectors/python.d.plugin/postgres/README.md b/collectors/python.d.plugin/postgres/README.md index 224b76ff52..9ecf7eb58b 100644 --- a/collectors/python.d.plugin/postgres/README.md +++ b/collectors/python.d.plugin/postgres/README.md @@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ cd /etc/netdata # Replace this path with your Netdata config directory, if dif sudo ./edit-config python.d/postgres.conf ``` -When no configuration file is found, the module tries to connect to TCP/IP socket: `localhost:5432`. +When no configuration file is found, the module tries to connect to TCP/IP socket: `localhost:5432` with the +following collection jobs. ```yaml socket: @@ -113,6 +114,29 @@ tcp: port : 5432 ``` +**Note**: Every job collection must have a unique identifier. In cases that you monitor multiple DBs, every +job must have it's own name. Use a mnemonic of your preference (e.g us_east_db, us_east_tcp) + +## Troubleshooting + +To troubleshoot issues with the `postgres` collector, run the `python.d.plugin` with the debug option enabled. The output +should give you clues as to why the collector isn't working. + +First, navigate to your plugins directory, usually at `/usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/`. If that's not the case on your +system, open `netdata.conf` and look for the setting `plugins directory`. Once you're in the plugin's directory, switch +to the `netdata` user. + +```bash +cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/ +sudo su -s /bin/bash netdata +``` + +You can now run the `python.d.plugin` to debug the collector: + +```bash +./python.d.plugin postgres debug trace +``` + --- |