added node.d/README.md
Costa Tsaousis (ktsaou) committed
Oct 13, 2016 at 22:43 UTC
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nodeconfigdir=$(configdir)/node.d
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dist_nodeconfig_DATA = \
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+ node.d/README.md \
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node.d/named.conf.md \
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node.d/sma_webbox.conf.md \
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node.d/snmp.conf.md \
conf.d/node.d/README.md
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+`node.d.plugin` modules accept configuration in JSON format.
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+Unfortunately, JSON files do not accept comments. So, the best way to describe them is to have markdown text files with instructions.
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+JSON has a very strict formatting. If you get errors from netdata at `/var/log/netdata/error.log` that a certain configuration file cannot be loaded, we suggest to verify it at [http://jsonlint.com/](http://jsonlint.com/).
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+The files in this directory, provide usable examples for configuring each `node.d.plugin` module.