go.d.plugin

go.d.plugin is a Netdata external plugin. It is an orchestrator for data collection modules written in go.

1. It runs as an independent process ps fax shows it.
2. It is started and stopped automatically by Netdata.
3. It communicates with Netdata via a unidirectional pipe (sending data to the Netdata daemon).
4. Supports any number of data collection modules.
5. Allows each module to have any number of data collection jobs.

Install

Shipped with Netdata.

Contributing

If you have time and willing to help, there are a lof of ways to contribute:

• Fix and report bugs
• Review code and feature proposals
• Contribute modules (wip, module interface may be changed soon)

Available modules

Name	Monitors	Disabled
activemq	ActiveMQ
apache	Apache	yes
bind	ISC Bind	yes
cockroachdb	CockroachDB
consul	Consul
coredns	CoreDNS
dnsmasq_dhcp	Dnsmasq
dns_query	DNS Query RTT
docker_engine	Docker Engine
dockerhub	Docker Hub
example	-	yes
fluentd	Fluentd
freeradius	FreeRADIUS	yes
hdfs	HDFS
httpcheck	Any HTTP Endpoint
k8s_kubelet	Kubelet
k8s_kubeproxy	Kube-proxy
lighttpd	Lighttpd	yes
lighttpd2	Lighttpd2
logstash	Logstash
mysql	MySQL	yes
nginx	NGINX	yes
openvpn	OpenVPN	yes
phpdaemon	phpDaemon
phpfpm	PHP-FPM	yes
pihole	Pi-hole
portcheck	Any TCP Endpoint
pulsar	Apache Pulsar
rabbitmq	RabbitMQ	yes
scaleio	Dell EMC ScaleIO
solr	Solr
squidlog	Squid	yes
springboot2	Spring Boot2
tengine	Tengine
unbound	Unbound
vcsa	vCenter Server Appliance
vernemq	VerneMQ
vsphere	VMware vCenter Server
web_log	Apache/NGINX	yes
whoisquery	Domain Expiry	yes
wmi	Windows Machines
x509check	Digital Certificates
zookeeper	ZooKeeper

Why disabled? How to enable?

We are in process of migrating collectors from python to go.

Configurations are incompatible. All rewritten in go modules are disabled by default. This is a temporary solution, we are working on it.

To enable module please do the following:

• explicitly disable python module in python.d.conf
• explicitly enable go module in go.d.conf
• move python module jobs to go module configuration file (change syntax, see go module configuration file for details).
• restart netdata.service

If case of problems:

• check error.log for module related errors (grep <module name> error.log)
• run plugin in debug mode

Configuration

go.d.plugin itself can be configured using the configuration file /etc/netdata/go.d.conf (to edit it on your system run /etc/netdata/edit-config go.d.conf). This file is a BASH script.

Configurations are written in YAML.

• plugin configuration
• specific module configuration

Developing

• Add your module to the modules dir.
• Import the module in the main.go.
• To build it execute make from the plugin root dir or hack/go-build.sh.
• Run it in the debug mode bin/godplugin -d -m <MODULE_NAME>.
• Use make clean when you are done with testing.

Troubleshooting

Plugin CLI:

Usage:
  go.d.plugin [OPTIONS] [update every]

Application Options:
  -d, --debug    debug mode
  -m, --modules= modules name (default: all)
  -c, --config=  config dir

Help Options:
  -h, --help     Show this help message

To debug specific module:

# become user netdata
sudo su -s /bin/bash netdata

# run plugin in debug mode
./go.d.plugin -d -m <module name>

Change <module name> to the module name you want to debug. See the whole list of available modules.