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| author | Ilya Mashchenko <ilya@netdata.cloud> | 2021-05-04 18:31:04 +0300 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-05-04 18:31:04 +0300 |
| commit | 924bf118e59ddf72052b75f43c3eb7ef13afe693 (patch) | |
| tree | 90307abbf7a4be6a533e12ef282092940b25c701 /health | |
| parent | 7a3a7858c29d91d33b61bad18e738142bd220c28 (diff) | |
health: clarify which health configuration entities are required / optional (#11086)
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| -rw-r--r-- | health/REFERENCE.md | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/health/REFERENCE.md b/health/REFERENCE.md index efcd9fe013..deee198a69 100644 --- a/health/REFERENCE.md +++ b/health/REFERENCE.md @@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ to the same chart, Netdata will use the alarm. Netdata parses the following lines. Beneath the table is an in-depth explanation of each line's purpose and syntax. -- The `on` and `lookup` lines are **always required**. -- Each entity **must** have one of the following lines: `calc`, `warn`, or `crit`. - The `alarm` or `template` line must be the first line of any entity. +- The `on` line is **always required**. +- The `every` line is **required** if not using `lookup`. +- Each entity **must** have at least one of the following lines: `lookup`, `calc`, `warn`, or `crit`. - A few lines use space-separated lists to define how the entity behaves. You can use `*` as a wildcard or prefix with `!` for a negative match. Order is important, too! See our [simple patterns docs](../libnetdata/simple_pattern/) for more examples. |