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| author | Chris Akritidis <43294513+cakrit@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-12-31 13:11:46 +0100 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-12-31 13:11:46 +0100 |
| commit | 9fe0a36ed8a22fa974cb2adf72c31dd0c4e870ba (patch) | |
| tree | c6a4426a691b316249b1e577bc247534f11dfd20 /streaming | |
| parent | 31dc2e9761ab404b13655aa174cff726dc63d03a (diff) | |
Improve instructions on how to view the slave UI (#5083)
##### Summary
slave.hostname can be confused with slave.<slave-hostname>.
Also added a reference to the fact that slave UIs on the master appear as links on the 'my-netdata' menu
##### Component Name
Docs
Diffstat (limited to 'streaming')
| -rw-r--r-- | streaming/README.md | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/streaming/README.md b/streaming/README.md index 5956915a8c..3ca1bfdbcb 100644 --- a/streaming/README.md +++ b/streaming/README.md @@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ a netdata performs: Local netdata (`slave`), **without any database or alarms**, collects metrics and sends them to another netdata (`master`). -The user can take the full functionality of the `slave` netdata at -http://master.ip:19999/host/slave.hostname/. Alarms for the `slave` are served by the `master`. +The `my-netdata` menu shows a list of all "databases streamed to" the master. Clicking one of those links allows the user to view the full dashboard of the `slave` netdata. The URL has the form http://master-host:master-port/host/slave-host/. + +Alarms for the `slave` are served by the `master`. In this mode the `slave` is just a plain data collector. It runs with... **5MB** of RAM (yes, you read correct), spawns all external plugins, but instead @@ -33,8 +34,8 @@ The same `master` can collect data for any number of `slaves`. Local netdata (`slave`), **with a local database (and possibly alarms)**, collects metrics and sends them to another netdata (`master`). -The user can use all the functions **at both** http://slave.ip:19999/ and -http://master.ip:19999/host/slave.hostname/. +The user can use all the functions **at both** http://slave-ip:slave-port/ and +http://master-host:master-port/host/slave-host/. The `slave` and the `master` may have different data retention policies for the same metrics. |