src/collectors/python.d.plugin/dovecot/metadata.yaml
plugin_name: python.d.plugin
modules:
- meta:
plugin_name: python.d.plugin
module_name: dovecot
monitored_instance:
name: Dovecot
link: 'https://www.dovecot.org/'
categories:
- data-collection.mail-servers
icon_filename: 'dovecot.svg'
related_resources:
integrations:
list: []
info_provided_to_referring_integrations:
description: ''
keywords:
- dovecot
- imap
- mail
most_popular: false
overview:
data_collection:
metrics_description: 'This collector monitors Dovecot metrics about sessions, logins, commands, page faults and more.'
method_description: 'It uses the dovecot socket and executes the `EXPORT global` command to get the statistics.'
supported_platforms:
include: []
exclude: []
multi_instance: true
additional_permissions:
description: ''
default_behavior:
auto_detection:
description: 'If no configuration is given, the collector will attempt to connect to dovecot using unix socket localized in `/var/run/dovecot/stats`'
limits:
description: ''
performance_impact:
description: ''
setup:
prerequisites:
list:
- title: 'Dovecot configuration'
description: The Dovecot UNIX socket should have R/W permissions for user netdata, or Dovecot should be configured with a TCP/IP socket.
configuration:
file:
name: python.d/dovecot.conf
options:
description: |
There are 2 sections:
* Global variables
* One or more JOBS that can define multiple different instances to monitor.
The following options can be defined globally: priority, penalty, autodetection_retry, update_every, but can also be defined per JOB to override the global values.
Additionally, the following collapsed table contains all the options that can be configured inside a JOB definition.
Every configuration JOB starts with a `job_name` value which will appear in the dashboard, unless a `name` parameter is specified.
folding:
title: "Config options"
enabled: true
list:
- name: update_every
description: Sets the default data collection frequency.
default_value: 5
required: false
- name: priority
description: Controls the order of charts at the netdata dashboard.
default_value: 60000
required: false
- name: autodetection_retry
description: Sets the job re-check interval in seconds.
default_value: 0
required: false
- name: penalty
description: Indicates whether to apply penalty to update_every in case of failures.
default_value: yes
required: false
- name: name
description: Job name. This value will overwrite the `job_name` value. JOBS with the same name are mutually exclusive. Only one of them will be allowed running at any time. This allows autodetection to try several alternatives and pick the one that works.
default_value: ''
required: false
- name: socket
description: Use this socket to communicate with Devcot
default_value: /var/run/dovecot/stats
required: false
- name: host
description: Instead of using a socket, you can point the collector to an ip for devcot statistics.
default_value: ''
required: false
- name: port
description: Used in combination with host, configures the port devcot listens to.
default_value: ''
required: false
examples:
folding:
enabled: true
title: "Config"
list:
- name: Local TCP
description: A basic TCP configuration.
config: |
localtcpip:
name: 'local'
host: '127.0.0.1'
port: 24242
- name: Local socket
description: A basic local socket configuration
config: |
localsocket:
name: 'local'
socket: '/var/run/dovecot/stats'
troubleshooting:
problems:
list: []
alerts: []
metrics:
folding:
title: Metrics
enabled: false
description: ""
availability: []
scopes:
- name: global
description: "These metrics refer to the entire monitored application."
labels: []
metrics:
- name: dovecot.sessions
description: Dovecot Active Sessions
unit: "number"
chart_type: line
dimensions:
- name: active sessions
- name: dovecot.logins
description: Dovecot Logins
unit: "number"
chart_type: line
dimensions:
- name: logins
- name: dovecot.commands
description: Dovecot Commands
unit: "commands"
chart_type: line
dimensions:
- name: commands
- name: dovecot.faults
description: Dovecot Page Faults
unit: "faults"
chart_type: line
dimensions:
- name: minor
- name: major
- name: dovecot.context_switches
description: Dovecot Context Switches
unit: "switches"
chart_type: line
dimensions:
- name: voluntary
- name: involuntary
- name: dovecot.io
description: Dovecot Disk I/O
unit: "KiB/s"
chart_type: area
dimensions:
- name: read
- name: write
- name: dovecot.net
description: Dovecot Network Bandwidth
unit: "kilobits/s"
chart_type: area
dimensions:
- name: read
- name: write
- name: dovecot.syscalls
description: Dovecot Number of SysCalls
unit: "syscalls/s"
chart_type: line
dimensions:
- name: read
- name: write
- name: dovecot.lookup
description: Dovecot Lookups
unit: "number/s"
chart_type: stacked
dimensions:
- name: path
- name: attr
- name: dovecot.cache
description: Dovecot Cache Hits
unit: "hits/s"
chart_type: line
dimensions:
- name: hits
- name: dovecot.auth
description: Dovecot Authentications
unit: "attempts"
chart_type: stacked
dimensions:
- name: ok
- name: failed
- name: dovecot.auth_cache
description: Dovecot Authentication Cache
unit: "number"
chart_type: stacked
dimensions:
- name: hit
- name: miss