node_exporter has reasonable defaults so it is able to start without explicit config.
Such a setup is common in /usr/-only images where /etc/ is an empty tmpfs upon boot.
Signed-off-by: Nils K <24257556+septatrix@users.noreply.github.com>
The readme file does not mention the need to create a folder named
/var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector as a step. Lack of this
folder results errors for node_exporter service which is visible
in systemd status output. These errors possibly harmless but it is
not good to have them still.
$ sudo systemctl status node_exporter
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Apr 04 14:51:35 ubuntu node_exporter[14713]: level=info ts=2020-04-04T14:51:35.584Z caller=node_exporter.go:190 msg="Listening on" address=:9100
Apr 04 15:05:34 ubuntu node_exporter[14876]: level=error ts=2020-04-04T15:05:34.464Z caller=textfile.go:197 collector=textfile msg="failed to read textfile collector directory" path=/var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector=textfile msg="failed to read textfile collector directory" path=/var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector err="open /var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector: no such file or directory"
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Signed-off-by: Fatih Degirmenci <fdegir@gmail.com>
Nils K
Perry Naseck
Fatih Degirmenci
Calle Pettersson
Tobias Florek