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| author | Joel Hans <joel@netdata.cloud> | 2021-01-07 09:53:10 -0700 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-01-07 09:53:10 -0700 |
| commit | 0bb7a429b619bc68104983691e4f957482630787 (patch) | |
| tree | 040bc96ddd98ac59d7e83235f2babccc01ecb636 /docs/monitor | |
| parent | 3adf54ff452fbe8216b64dfce9c7ec04bc7a270b (diff) | |
Small updates, improvements, and housekeeping to docs (#10405)
* Fix Berkeley mentions
* Add new collectors to list
* Tweak Prometheus/OpenMetrics phrasing
* Fix heading depth in performance guide
* Clarify that exporting starts with Agent start
* Clarify usage of edit-config with new files
* Update images
* service -> systemctl
* Reverse systemctl order
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/monitor')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/monitor/configure-alarms.md | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/monitor/configure-alarms.md b/docs/monitor/configure-alarms.md index 4575b03ea1..2a977955b8 100644 --- a/docs/monitor/configure-alarms.md +++ b/docs/monitor/configure-alarms.md @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ files. ## Edit health configuration files All of Netdata's [health configuration files](/health/REFERENCE.md#health-configuration-files) are in Netdata's config -directory, inside the `health.d/` directory. Use Netdata's `edit-config` script to make changes to any of these files. +directory, inside the `health.d/` directory. Navigate to your [Netdata config directory](/docs/configure/nodes.md) and +use `edit-config` to make changes to any of these files. For example, to edit the `cpu.conf` health configuration file, run: @@ -75,13 +76,18 @@ your systems, containers, and applications work. Read Netdata's [health reference](/health/REFERENCE.md#health-entity-reference) for a full listing of the format, syntax, and functionality of health entities. -To write a new health entity, use `edit-config` to create a new file inside of the `health.d/` directory. +To write a new health entity into a new file, navigate to your [Netdata config directory](/docs/configure/nodes.md), +then use `touch` to create a new file in the `health.d/` directory. Use `edit-config` to start editing the file. + +As an example, let's create a `ram-usage.conf` file. ```bash -sudo ./edit-config health.d/example.conf +sudo touch health.d/ram-usage.conf +sudo ./edit-config health.d/ram-usage.conf ``` -For example, here is a health entity that triggers an alarm when a node's RAM usage rises above 80%: +For example, here is a health entity that triggers a warning alarm when a node's RAM usage rises above 80%, and a +critical alarm above 90%: ```yaml alarm: ram_usage |