Exim collector
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
.
- Edit the
exim
configuration with your preferred editor and add:queue_list_requires_admin = false
- Restart
exim
and Netdata
WHM (CPanel) server
On a WHM server, you can reconfigure exim
over the WHM interface with the following steps.
- Login to WHM
- Navigate to Service Configuration --> Exim Configuration Manager --> tab Advanced Editor
- Scroll down to the button Add additional configuration setting and click on it.
- In the new dropdown which will appear above we need to find and choose:
queue_list_requires_admin
and set tofalse
- Scroll to the end and click the Save button.
It produces only one chart:
Exim Queue Emails
- emails
Configuration is not needed.
Troubleshooting
To troubleshoot issues with the exim
module, run the python.d.plugin
with the debug option enabled. The
output will give you the output of the data collection job or error messages on why the collector isn't working.
First, navigate to your plugins directory, usually they are located under /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/
. If that's
not the case on your system, open netdata.conf
and look for the setting plugins directory
. Once you're in the
plugin's directory, switch to the netdata
user.
cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/
sudo su -s /bin/bash netdata
Now you can manually run the exim
module in debug mode:
./python.d.plugin exim debug trace
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