From b1c9385c707a88f0e911032e3736b1cff07f9f50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fotis Voutsas <fotis@netdata.cloud> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:39:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs edit (#18895) Co-authored-by: Ilya Mashchenko <ilya@netdata.cloud> --- docs/netdata-agent/reload-health-configuration.md | 9 --------- docs/netdata-agent/start-stop-restart.md | 12 ++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 docs/netdata-agent/reload-health-configuration.md diff --git a/docs/netdata-agent/reload-health-configuration.md b/docs/netdata-agent/reload-health-configuration.md deleted file mode 100644 index 040f9bec14..0000000000 --- a/docs/netdata-agent/reload-health-configuration.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,9 +0,0 @@ -# Reload health configuration - -## Unix systems - -No need to restart the Netdata Agent after modifying health configuration files (alerts). Use `netdatacli` to avoid metric collection gaps. - -```bash -sudo netdatacli reload-health -``` diff --git a/docs/netdata-agent/start-stop-restart.md b/docs/netdata-agent/start-stop-restart.md index c643e56ecc..b165342ac3 100644 --- a/docs/netdata-agent/start-stop-restart.md +++ b/docs/netdata-agent/start-stop-restart.md @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -# Start, stop, or restart the Netdata Agent +# Service Control The Netdata Agent automatically starts at boot after installation. -> In most cases, you need to **restart the Netdata service** to apply changes to configuration files. [Health configuration](/docs/netdata-agent/reload-health-configuration.md) files, which define alerts, are an exception. They can be reloaded **without restarting** by using the `netdatacli` tool. +> In most cases, you need to **restart the Netdata service** to apply changes to configuration files. Health configuration files, which define alerts, are an exception. They can be [reloaded](#reload-health) **without restarting**. > > Restarting the Netdata Agent will cause temporary gaps in your collected metrics. This occurs while the netdata process reinitializes its data collectors and database engine. @@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ The Netdata Agent also comes with a [CLI tool](/src/cli/README.md) capable of pe sudo netdatacli shutdown-agent ``` +### Reload health + +No need to restart the Netdata Agent after modifying health configuration files (alerts). Use `netdatacli` to avoid metric collection gaps. + +```bash +sudo netdatacli reload-health +``` + ## Windows systems > **Note**