From 2d19b0d4666eb5b750fc7730dbd6c7b028b8089c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jordi Sanfeliu Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 17:28:34 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] added an advice in monitorix.conf(5) A reminder that some default values are overwritten in the configuration files on certain systems. --- Changes | 3 +++ man/man5/monitorix.conf.5 | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Changes b/Changes index 961a4eb..1c3bd75 100644 --- a/Changes +++ b/Changes @@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ - Added a new option called 'memory_mode' to view the memory graph in two different modes: 'real' (being the default) and 'interpreted'. (suggested by Łukasz "Cyber Killer" Korpalski, cyberkiller8 AT gmail.com) +- Added an advice in monitorix.conf(5) as a reminder that some default values + are overwritten in the configuration files on certain systems. + (suggested by Sander Bos) - Fixed a bad memory scaling in *BSD systems. - Fixed in 'process.pm' to fully honour the option 'netstats_in_bps'. - Fixed to force Monitorix to be started at the end of boot in systemd-based diff --git a/man/man5/monitorix.conf.5 b/man/man5/monitorix.conf.5 index 4b804fc..a9d0754 100644 --- a/man/man5/monitorix.conf.5 +++ b/man/man5/monitorix.conf.5 @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Every time \fBmonitorix\fP is started it reads the configuration file from the p .P It also creates a file called \fI/cgi/monitorix.conf.path\fP that includes the absolute path of the configuration file. This file will be read by \fBmonitorix.cgi\fP to determine the exact location of the configuration file. .SH CONFIGURATION OPTIONS +IMPORTANT NOTE: these options have default values that might vary depending on your operating system. Please check the configuration files in \fI/etc/monitorix/conf.d\fP. +.P Blank lines are ignored, and whitespace before and after a token or value is ignored as well as tabulators, although a value can contain whitespace within. Lines which begin with a # are considered comments and ignored. .P If you want to comment out a large block you can use C-style comments. A /* signals the begin of a comment block and the */ signals the end of the comment block.