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| author | Joel Hans <joel@netdata.cloud> | 2020-06-25 08:41:11 -0700 |
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| committer | Austin S. Hemmelgarn <austin@netdata.cloud> | 2020-07-01 09:58:44 -0400 |
| commit | f8e8e1ee6fbd0253599260c77162f07666f3d076 (patch) | |
| tree | 833372b77f387ca5773a0d3eed3d95c771fce919 /collectors | |
| parent | 2a764ebe4f649fb08b129566a3b28c86c932aeba (diff) | |
Add notice to eBPF documentation about incompatibility with static builds (#9418)
* Add notice about static builds and GA tag
* Fix link
Diffstat (limited to 'collectors')
| -rw-r--r-- | collectors/ebpf.plugin/README.md | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/collectors/ebpf.plugin/README.md b/collectors/ebpf.plugin/README.md index 95e01bc11d..7e3b794041 100644 --- a/collectors/ebpf.plugin/README.md +++ b/collectors/ebpf.plugin/README.md @@ -27,9 +27,12 @@ and troubleshooting tips. ## Enable the collector on Linux -**The eBPF collector is installed and enabled by default on new nightly installations of the Agent**. eBPF monitoring -only works on Linux systems and with specific Linux kernels, including all kernels newer than `4.11.0`, and all kernels -on CentOS 7.6 or later. +**The eBPF collector is installed and enabled by default on most new installations of the Agent**. The eBPF collector +does not currently work with [static build installations](/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart-64.md), but improved +support is in active development. + +eBPF monitoring only works on Linux systems and with specific Linux kernels, including all kernels newer than `4.11.0`, +and all kernels on CentOS 7.6 or later. If your Agent is v1.22 or older, you may to enable the collector yourself. See the [configuration](#configuration) section for details. @@ -190,7 +193,8 @@ The eBPF collector enables and runs the following eBPF programs by default: ## Troubleshooting -If the eBPF collector does not work, you can troubleshoot it by running the `ebpf.plugin` command and investigating its output. +If the eBPF collector does not work, you can troubleshoot it by running the `ebpf.plugin` command and investigating its +output. ```bash cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/ @@ -333,3 +337,5 @@ shows how the lockdown module impacts `ebpf.plugin` based on the selected option If you or your distribution compiled the kernel with the last combination, your system cannot load shared libraries required to run `ebpf.plugin`. + +[](<>) |