Postfix collector
Monitors MTA email queue statistics using postqueue tool.
The collector executes postqueue -p
to get Postfix queue statistics.
Requirements
Postfix has internal access controls that limit activities on the mail queue. By default, all users are allowed to view
the queue. If your system is configured with stricter access controls, you need to grant the netdata
user access to
view the mail queue. In order to do it, add netdata
to authorized_mailq_users
in the /etc/postfix/main.cf
file.
See the authorized_mailq_users
setting in
the Postfix documentation for more details.
Charts
It produces only two charts:
Postfix Queue Emails
- emails
Postfix Queue Emails Size in KB
- size
Configuration
Configuration is not needed.
Troubleshooting
To troubleshoot issues with the postfix
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 postfix
module in debug mode:
./python.d.plugin postfix debug trace
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