health: clarify which health configuration entities are required / optional (#11086)
Ilya Mashchenko committed
May 4, 2021 at 18:31 UTC
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@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ to the same chart, Netdata will use the alarm.
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Netdata parses the following lines. Beneath the table is an in-depth explanation of each line's purpose and syntax.
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-- The `on` and `lookup` lines are **always required**.
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-- Each entity **must** have one of the following lines: `calc`, `warn`, or `crit`.
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- The `alarm` or `template` line must be the first line of any entity.
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+- The `on` line is **always required**.
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+- The `every` line is **required** if not using `lookup`.
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+- Each entity **must** have at least one of the following lines: `lookup`, `calc`, `warn`, or `crit`.
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- A few lines use space-separated lists to define how the entity behaves. You can use `*` as a wildcard or prefix with
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`!` for a negative match. Order is important, too! See our [simple patterns docs](../libnetdata/simple_pattern/) for
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more examples.