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author | petarkozic <petar.kozic@gmail.com> | 2020-03-02 08:23:21 +0100 |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-03-02 10:23:21 +0300 |
commit | 118bdb64f7f158d87776cf5c4adb4cd931b2c456 (patch) | |
tree | 8a0953c4da5a712dc6eafa4073c3e89d60e8dfab /collectors | |
parent | 3eeb6a71d092747e3b4bf8e5ae2291b9a0c3f96b (diff) |
added requirements for exim. Issue #8087 (#8096)
* added requirements for exim. Issue #8087
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diff --git a/collectors/python.d.plugin/exim/README.md b/collectors/python.d.plugin/exim/README.md index 45888c2f84..f80d3803d2 100644 --- a/collectors/python.d.plugin/exim/README.md +++ b/collectors/python.d.plugin/exim/README.md @@ -3,6 +3,25 @@ Simple module executing `exim -bpc` to grab exim queue. This command can take a lot of time to finish its execution thus it is not recommended to run it every second. +## Requirements + +The module uses the `exim` binary, which can only be executed as root by default. We need to allow other users to `exim` binary. We solve that adding `queue_list_requires_admin` statement in exim configuration and set to `false`, because it is `true` by default. On many Linux distributions, the default location of `exim` configuration is in `/etc/exim.conf`. + +1. Edit the `exim` configuration with your preferred editor and add: +`queue_list_requires_admin = false` +2. Restart `exim` and Netdata + +*WHM (CPanel) server* + +On a WHM server, you can reconfigure `exim` over the WHM interface with the following steps. + +1. Login to WHM +2. Navigate to Service Configuration --> Exim Configuration Manager --> tab Advanced Editor +3. Scroll down to the button **Add additional configuration setting** and click on it. +4. In the new dropdown which will appear above we need to find and choose: +`queue_list_requires_admin` and set to `false` +5. Scroll to the end and click the **Save** button. + It produces only one chart: 1. **Exim Queue Emails** |