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| author | Badlop <badlop@process-one.net> | 2009-02-13 19:27:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Badlop <badlop@process-one.net> | 2009-02-13 19:27:56 +0000 |
| commit | 3524172856fea6cc5be3e0987f1acb3fd1524d0b (patch) | |
| tree | 9bc3a9aaf657ac377a9ec108dbe13a2891fd95b3 /doc/guide.html | |
| parent | prevent from calling get_vh_registered_users/2 when not available (diff) | |
* src/ejabberd_system_monitor.erl: Allow parametrizable watchdog
threshold: option watchdog_large_heap or chatting with the
watchdog bot (EJAB-545)
* src/ejabberd_config.erl: Likewise
* doc/guide.tex: Likewise
* doc/guide.html: Likewise
SVN Revision: 1872
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guide.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide.html | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide.html b/doc/guide.html index 645ae6d5c..55ce1dc69 100644 --- a/doc/guide.html +++ b/doc/guide.html @@ -3366,14 +3366,16 @@ There are some simple and safe examples in the article <H2 CLASS="section"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc87">7.3</A>  <A HREF="#watchdog">Watchdog Alerts</A></H2><!--SEC END --><P> <A NAME="watchdog"></A> </P><P><TT>ejabberd</TT> includes a watchdog mechanism that may be useful to developers when troubleshooting a problem related to memory usage. -If a process in the <TT>ejabberd</TT> server consumes a lot of memory, +If a process in the <TT>ejabberd</TT> server consumes more memory than the configured threshold, a message is sent to the Jabber accounts defined with the option <TT>watchdog_admins</TT> - in the <TT>ejabberd</TT> configuration file. -Note that the threshold to define what is too much memory usage -is only configurable editing the source code. -Example configuration: + in the <TT>ejabberd</TT> configuration file.</P><P>The memory consumed is measured in <TT>words</TT>: +a word on 32-bit architecture is 4 bytes, and a word on 64-bit architecture 8 bytes. +The threshold by default is 1000000 words. +This value can be configured with the option <TT>watchdog_large_heap</TT>, +or in a conversation with the watchdog alert bot.</P><P>Example configuration: </P><PRE CLASS="verbatim">{watchdog_admins, ["admin2@localhost", "admin2@example.org"]}. +{watchdog_large_heap, 30000000}. </PRE><P>To remove watchdog admins, remove them in the option. To remove all watchdog admins, set the option with an empty list: </P><PRE CLASS="verbatim">{watchdog_admins, []}. |