From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Bernhard Bitsch <bbitsch@ipfire.org>
To: development@lists.ipfire.org
Subject: Re: Change to collectd.conf and collect.custom
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 14:50:18 +0100
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Hi,

good idea.
Why not put these 'addon' definitions into a file /etc/collectd.addons ?
One problem rermains. services.cgi displays all existent collectd RRDs.=20
Therefore these should be deleted in case of uninstallation of a addon.

Regards,
Bernhard

Am 17.01.2023 um 05:10 schrieb jon:
> All,
>=20
> I=E2=80=99d like to make a change to the `/etc/collectd.conf` to remove a f=
ew monitored processes.  The items appear in the <Plugin processes> section o=
f the config file.  And the processes appear at the bottom of the https://ipf=
ire.localdomain:444/cgi-bin/services.cgi WebGUI page.
>=20
> Why you ask?  Mostly because smbd, nmbd, squidguard, qemu, or mpd are not u=
sed (at least by me!).  And so the users of those items are not left out, I=
=E2=80=99d like to move those items to a `collect.custom`.
>=20
> So overall idea is the core processes would be in `collectd.conf` file.  An=
d the add-on processes will be in `collect.custom`.
>=20
> This is a snip of the plugin process section of the `collectd.conf` file:
>=20
> ```
> <Plugin processes>				<Plugin processes>
> 	Process =E2=80=9Csshd"		to			Process "sshd"
> 	Process =E2=80=9Csmbd"		this			Process "squid"
> 	Process =E2=80=9Cnmbd=E2=80=9D		--->			Process "charon"
> 	Process "squid"					Process "openvpn"
> 	Process =E2=80=9Csquidguard"			</Plugin>
> 	Process =E2=80=9Ccharon"				=09
> 	Process =E2=80=9Copenvpn"				=09
> 	Process "qemu"
> 	Process "mpd"
> </Plugin>
> ```
>=20
>=20
> The items removed from the `collectd.conf` file would move to `collect.cust=
om`.
>=20
> <Plugin processes>
> 	Process "smbd"
> 	Process "nmbd"
> 	Process "squidguard"
> 	Process "qemu"
> 	Process "mpd"
> </Plugin>
>=20
>=20
> But the problem is I don=E2=80=99t want to overwrite the `/etc/collectd.cus=
tom` file incase an admin has modified it for their own use.
>=20
>=20
> The big question
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>=20
> So how do I change the `collectd.custom` file in `ipfire-2.x/config/collect=
d` AND not overwrite the admin=E2=80=99s `/etc/collectd.custom` file?
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20

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