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diff --git a/doc/guide.tex b/doc/guide.tex index e7ea7c13e..169dc612e 100644 --- a/doc/guide.tex +++ b/doc/guide.tex @@ -4428,15 +4428,22 @@ To exit the shell, close the window or press the keys: control+c control+c. \ejabberd{} includes a watchdog mechanism that may be useful to developers when troubleshooting a problem related to memory usage. -If a process in the \ejabberd{} server consumes a lot of memory, +If a process in the \ejabberd{} server consumes more memory than the configured threshold, a message is sent to the Jabber accounts defined with the option \term{watchdog\_admins} \ind{options!watchdog\_admins} in the \ejabberd{} configuration file. -Note that the threshold to define what is too much memory usage -is only configurable editing the source code. + +The memory consumed is measured in \term{words}: +a word on 32-bit architecture is 4 bytes, +and a word on 64-bit architecture is 8 bytes. +The threshold by default is 1000000 words. +This value can be configured with the option \term{watchdog\_large\_heap}, +or in a conversation with the watchdog alert bot. + Example configuration: \begin{verbatim} {watchdog_admins, ["admin2@localhost", "admin2@example.org"]}. +{watchdog_large_heap, 30000000}. \end{verbatim} To remove watchdog admins, remove them in the option. @@ -4445,7 +4452,6 @@ To remove all watchdog admins, set the option with an empty list: {watchdog_admins, []}. \end{verbatim} - \appendix{} \makechapter{i18ni10n}{Internationalization and Localization} |