netdata/daemon/main.c

// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later

#include "common.h"

int netdata_zero_metrics_enabled;
int netdata_anonymous_statistics_enabled;

struct config netdata_config = {
        .sections = NULL,
        .mutex = NETDATA_MUTEX_INITIALIZER,
        .index = {
                .avl_tree = {
                        .root = NULL,
                        .compar = appconfig_section_compare
                },
                .rwlock = AVL_LOCK_INITIALIZER
        }
};

void netdata_cleanup_and_exit(int ret) {
    // enabling this, is wrong
    // because the threads will be cancelled while cleaning up
    // netdata_exit = 1;

    error_log_limit_unlimited();
    info("EXIT: netdata prepares to exit with code %d...", ret);

    send_statistics("EXIT", ret?"ERROR":"OK","-");

    // cleanup/save the database and exit
    info("EXIT: cleaning up the database...");
    rrdhost_cleanup_all();

    if(!ret) {
        // exit cleanly

        // stop everything
        info("EXIT: stopping master threads...");
        cancel_main_threads();

        // free the database
        info("EXIT: freeing database memory...");
        rrdhost_free_all();
    }

    // unlink the pid
    if(pidfile[0]) {
        info("EXIT: removing netdata PID file '%s'...", pidfile);
        if(unlink(pidfile) != 0)
            error("EXIT: cannot unlink pidfile '%s'.", pidfile);
    }

#ifdef ENABLE_HTTPS
    security_clean_openssl();
#endif

    info("EXIT: all done - netdata is now exiting - bye bye...");
    exit(ret);
}

struct netdata_static_thread static_threads[] = {

    NETDATA_PLUGIN_HOOK_CHECKS
    NETDATA_PLUGIN_HOOK_FREEBSD
    NETDATA_PLUGIN_HOOK_MACOS

    // linux internal plugins
    NETDATA_PLUGIN_HOOK_LINUX_PROC
    NETDATA_PLUGIN_HOOK_LINUX_DISKSPACE
    NETDATA_PLUGIN_HOOK_LINUX_CGROUPS
    NETDATA_PLUGIN_HOOK_LINUX_TC

    NETDATA_PLUGIN_HOOK_IDLEJITTER
    NETDATA_PLUGIN_HOOK_STATSD

        // common plugins for all systems
    {"BACKENDS",             NULL,                    NULL,         1, NULL, NULL, backends_main},
#ifdef ENABLE_EXPORTING
    {"EXPORTING",            NULL,                    NULL,         1, NULL, NULL, exporting_main},
#endif
    {"WEB_SERVER[static1]",  NULL,                    NULL,         0, NULL, NULL, socket_listen_main_static_threaded},
    {"STREAM",               NULL,                    NULL,         0, NULL, NULL, rrdpush_sender_thread},

    NETDATA_PLUGIN_HOOK_PLUGINSD
    NETDATA_PLUGIN_HOOK_HEALTH

    {NULL,                   NULL,                    NULL,         0, NULL, NULL, NULL}
};

void web_server_threading_selection(void) {
    web_server_mode = web_server_mode_id(config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "mode", web_server_mode_name(web_server_mode)));

    int static_threaded = (web_server_mode == WEB_SERVER_MODE_STATIC_THREADED);

    int i;
    for (i = 0; static_threads[i].name; i++) {
        if (static_threads[i].start_routine == socket_listen_main_static_threaded)
            static_threads[i].enabled = static_threaded;
    }
}

int make_dns_decision(const char *section_name, const char *config_name, const char *default_value, SIMPLE_PATTERN *p)
{
    char *value = config_get(section_name,config_name,default_value);
    if(!strcmp("yes",value))
        return 1;
    if(!strcmp("no",value))
        return 0;
    if(strcmp("heuristic",value))
        error("Invalid configuration option '%s' for '%s'/'%s'. Valid options are 'yes', 'no' and 'heuristic'. Proceeding with 'heuristic'",
              value, section_name, config_name);
    return simple_pattern_is_potential_name(p);
}

void web_server_config_options(void)
{
    web_client_timeout =
        (int)config_get_number(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "disconnect idle clients after seconds", web_client_timeout);
    web_client_first_request_timeout =
        (int)config_get_number(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "timeout for first request", web_client_first_request_timeout);
    web_client_streaming_rate_t =
        config_get_number(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "accept a streaming request every seconds", web_client_streaming_rate_t);

    respect_web_browser_do_not_track_policy =
        config_get_boolean(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "respect do not track policy", respect_web_browser_do_not_track_policy);
    web_x_frame_options = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "x-frame-options response header", "");
    if(!*web_x_frame_options)
        web_x_frame_options = NULL;

    web_allow_connections_from =
        simple_pattern_create(config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "allow connections from", "localhost *"),
                              NULL, SIMPLE_PATTERN_EXACT);
    web_allow_connections_dns  =
        make_dns_decision(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "allow connections by dns", "heuristic", web_allow_connections_from);
    web_allow_dashboard_from   =
        simple_pattern_create(config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "allow dashboard from", "localhost *"),
                              NULL, SIMPLE_PATTERN_EXACT);
    web_allow_dashboard_dns    =
        make_dns_decision(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "allow dashboard by dns", "heuristic", web_allow_dashboard_from);
    web_allow_badges_from      =
        simple_pattern_create(config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "allow badges from", "*"), NULL, SIMPLE_PATTERN_EXACT);
    web_allow_badges_dns       =
        make_dns_decision(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "allow badges by dns", "heuristic", web_allow_badges_from);
    web_allow_registry_from    =
        simple_pattern_create(config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_REGISTRY, "allow from", "*"), NULL, SIMPLE_PATTERN_EXACT);
    web_allow_registry_dns     = make_dns_decision(CONFIG_SECTION_REGISTRY, "allow by dns", "heuristic",
                                                   web_allow_registry_from);
    web_allow_streaming_from   = simple_pattern_create(config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "allow streaming from", "*"),
                                                       NULL, SIMPLE_PATTERN_EXACT);
    web_allow_streaming_dns    = make_dns_decision(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "allow streaming by dns", "heuristic",
                                                   web_allow_streaming_from);
    // Note the default is not heuristic, the wildcards could match DNS but the intent is ip-addresses.
    web_allow_netdataconf_from = simple_pattern_create(config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "allow netdata.conf from",
                                                       "localhost fd* 10.* 192.168.* 172.16.* 172.17.* 172.18.*"
                                                       " 172.19.* 172.20.* 172.21.* 172.22.* 172.23.* 172.24.*"
                                                       " 172.25.* 172.26.* 172.27.* 172.28.* 172.29.* 172.30.*"
                                                       " 172.31.*"), NULL, SIMPLE_PATTERN_EXACT);
    web_allow_netdataconf_dns  =
        make_dns_decision(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "allow netdata.conf by dns", "no", web_allow_mgmt_from);
    web_allow_mgmt_from        =
        simple_pattern_create(config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "allow management from", "localhost"),
                              NULL, SIMPLE_PATTERN_EXACT);
    web_allow_mgmt_dns         =
        make_dns_decision(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "allow management by dns","heuristic",web_allow_mgmt_from);


#ifdef NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB
    web_enable_gzip = config_get_boolean(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "enable gzip compression", web_enable_gzip);

    char *s = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "gzip compression strategy", "default");
    if(!strcmp(s, "default"))
        web_gzip_strategy = Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY;
    else if(!strcmp(s, "filtered"))
        web_gzip_strategy = Z_FILTERED;
    else if(!strcmp(s, "huffman only"))
        web_gzip_strategy = Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY;
    else if(!strcmp(s, "rle"))
        web_gzip_strategy = Z_RLE;
    else if(!strcmp(s, "fixed"))
        web_gzip_strategy = Z_FIXED;
    else {
        error("Invalid compression strategy '%s'. Valid strategies are 'default', 'filtered', 'huffman only', 'rle' and 'fixed'. Proceeding with 'default'.", s);
        web_gzip_strategy = Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY;
    }

    web_gzip_level = (int)config_get_number(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "gzip compression level", 3);
    if(web_gzip_level < 1) {
        error("Invalid compression level %d. Valid levels are 1 (fastest) to 9 (best ratio). Proceeding with level 1 (fastest compression).", web_gzip_level);
        web_gzip_level = 1;
    }
    else if(web_gzip_level > 9) {
        error("Invalid compression level %d. Valid levels are 1 (fastest) to 9 (best ratio). Proceeding with level 9 (best compression).", web_gzip_level);
        web_gzip_level = 9;
    }
#endif /* NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB */
}


// killpid kills pid with SIGTERM.
int killpid(pid_t pid) {
    int ret;
    debug(D_EXIT, "Request to kill pid %d", pid);

    errno = 0;
    ret = kill(pid, SIGTERM);
    if (ret == -1) {
        switch(errno) {
            case ESRCH:
                // We wanted the process to exit so just let the caller handle.
                return ret;

            case EPERM:
                error("Cannot kill pid %d, but I do not have enough permissions.", pid);
                break;

            default:
                error("Cannot kill pid %d, but I received an error.", pid);
                break;
        }
    }

    return ret;
}

void cancel_main_threads() {
    error_log_limit_unlimited();

    int i, found = 0;
    usec_t max = 5 * USEC_PER_SEC, step = 100000;
    for (i = 0; static_threads[i].name != NULL ; i++) {
        if(static_threads[i].enabled == NETDATA_MAIN_THREAD_RUNNING) {
            info("EXIT: Stopping master thread: %s", static_threads[i].name);
            netdata_thread_cancel(*static_threads[i].thread);
            found++;
        }
    }

    netdata_exit = 1;

    while(found && max > 0) {
        max -= step;
        info("Waiting %d threads to finish...", found);
        sleep_usec(step);
        found = 0;
        for (i = 0; static_threads[i].name != NULL ; i++) {
            if (static_threads[i].enabled != NETDATA_MAIN_THREAD_EXITED)
                found++;
        }
    }

    if(found) {
        for (i = 0; static_threads[i].name != NULL ; i++) {
            if (static_threads[i].enabled != NETDATA_MAIN_THREAD_EXITED)
                error("Master thread %s takes too long to exit. Giving up...", static_threads[i].name);
        }
    }
    else
        info("All threads finished.");
}

struct option_def option_definitions[] = {
    // opt description                                    arg name       default value
    { 'c', "Configuration file to load.",                 "filename",    CONFIG_DIR "/" CONFIG_FILENAME},
    { 'D', "Do not fork. Run in the foreground.",         NULL,          "run in the background"},
    { 'd', "Fork. Run in the background.",                NULL,          "run in the background"},
    { 'h', "Display this help message.",                  NULL,          NULL},
    { 'P', "File to save a pid while running.",           "filename",    "do not save pid to a file"},
    { 'i', "The IP address to listen to.",                "IP",          "all IP addresses IPv4 and IPv6"},
    { 'p', "API/Web port to use.",                        "port",        "19999"},
    { 's', "Prefix for /proc and /sys (for containers).", "path",        "no prefix"},
    { 't', "The internal clock of netdata.",              "seconds",     "1"},
    { 'u', "Run as user.",                                "username",    "netdata"},
    { 'v', "Print netdata version and exit.",             NULL,          NULL},
    { 'V', "Print netdata version and exit.",             NULL,          NULL},
    { 'W', "See Advanced options below.",                 "options",     NULL},
};

int help(int exitcode) {
    FILE *stream;
    if(exitcode == 0)
        stream = stdout;
    else
        stream = stderr;

    int num_opts = sizeof(option_definitions) / sizeof(struct option_def);
    int i;
    int max_len_arg = 0;

    // Compute maximum argument length
    for( i = 0; i < num_opts; i++ ) {
        if(option_definitions[i].arg_name) {
            int len_arg = (int)strlen(option_definitions[i].arg_name);
            if(len_arg > max_len_arg) max_len_arg = len_arg;
        }
    }

    if(max_len_arg > 30) max_len_arg = 30;
    if(max_len_arg < 20) max_len_arg = 20;

    fprintf(stream, "%s", "\n"
            " ^\n"
            " |.-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .  netdata                                         \n"
            " |   '-'   '-'   '-'   '-'   real-time performance monitoring, done right!   \n"
            " +----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--->\n"
            "\n"
            " Copyright (C) 2016-2017, Costa Tsaousis <costa@tsaousis.gr>\n"
            " Released under GNU General Public License v3 or later.\n"
            " All rights reserved.\n"
            "\n"
            " Home Page  : https://my-netdata.io\n"
            " Source Code: https://github.com/netdata/netdata\n"
            " Wiki / Docs: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/wiki\n"
            " Support    : https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues\n"
            " License    : https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/LICENSE.md\n"
            "\n"
            " Twitter    : https://twitter.com/linuxnetdata\n"
            " Facebook   : https://www.facebook.com/linuxnetdata/\n"
            "\n"
            "\n"
    );

    fprintf(stream, " SYNOPSIS: netdata [options]\n");
    fprintf(stream, "\n");
    fprintf(stream, " Options:\n\n");

    // Output options description.
    for( i = 0; i < num_opts; i++ ) {
        fprintf(stream, "  -%c %-*s  %s", option_definitions[i].val, max_len_arg, option_definitions[i].arg_name ? option_definitions[i].arg_name : "", option_definitions[i].description);
        if(option_definitions[i].default_value) {
            fprintf(stream, "\n   %c %-*s  Default: %s\n", ' ', max_len_arg, "", option_definitions[i].default_value);
        } else {
            fprintf(stream, "\n");
        }
        fprintf(stream, "\n");
    }

    fprintf(stream, "\n Advanced options:\n\n"
            "  -W stacksize=N           Set the stacksize (in bytes).\n\n"
            "  -W debug_flags=N         Set runtime tracing to debug.log.\n\n"
            "  -W unittest              Run internal unittests and exit.\n\n"
#ifdef ENABLE_DBENGINE
            "  -W createdataset=N       Create a DB engine dataset of N seconds and exit.\n\n"
            "  -W stresstest=A,B,C,D,E,F\n"
            "                           Run a DB engine stress test for A seconds,\n"
            "                           with B writers and C readers, with a ramp up\n"
            "                           time of D seconds for writers, a page cache\n"
            "                           size of E MiB, an optional disk space limit"
            "                           of F MiB and exit.\n\n"
#endif
            "  -W set section option value\n"
            "                           set netdata.conf option from the command line.\n\n"
            "  -W simple-pattern pattern string\n"
            "                           Check if string matches pattern and exit.\n\n"
            "  -W \"claim -token=TOKEN -rooms=ROOM1,ROOM2\"\n"
            "                           Claim the agent to the workspace rooms pointed to by TOKEN and ROOM*.\n\n"
    );

    fprintf(stream, "\n Signals netdata handles:\n\n"
            "  - HUP                    Close and reopen log files.\n"
            "  - USR1                   Save internal DB to disk.\n"
            "  - USR2                   Reload health configuration.\n"
            "\n"
    );

    fflush(stream);
    return exitcode;
}

// TODO: Remove this function with the nix major release.
void remove_option(int opt_index, int *argc, char **argv) {
    int i;

    // remove the options.
    do {
        *argc = *argc - 1;
        for(i = opt_index; i < *argc; i++) {
            argv[i] = argv[i+1];
        }
        i = opt_index;
    } while(argv[i][0] != '-' && opt_index >= *argc);
}

static const char *verify_required_directory(const char *dir) {
    if(chdir(dir) == -1)
        fatal("Cannot cd to directory '%s'", dir);

    DIR *d = opendir(dir);
    if(!d)
        fatal("Cannot examine the contents of directory '%s'", dir);
    closedir(d);

    return dir;
}

#ifdef ENABLE_HTTPS
static void security_init(){
    char filename[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
    snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/ssl/key.pem",netdata_configured_user_config_dir);
    security_key    = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "ssl key",  filename);

    snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/ssl/cert.pem",netdata_configured_user_config_dir);
    security_cert    = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "ssl certificate",  filename);

    security_openssl_library();
}
#endif

static void log_init(void) {
    char filename[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
    snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/debug.log", netdata_configured_log_dir);
    stdout_filename    = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "debug log",  filename);

    snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/error.log", netdata_configured_log_dir);
    stderr_filename    = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "error log",  filename);

    snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/access.log", netdata_configured_log_dir);
    stdaccess_filename = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "access log", filename);

    char deffacility[8];
    snprintfz(deffacility,7,"%s","daemon");
    facility_log = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "facility log",  deffacility);

    error_log_throttle_period = config_get_number(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "errors flood protection period", error_log_throttle_period);
    error_log_errors_per_period = (unsigned long)config_get_number(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "errors to trigger flood protection", (long long int)error_log_errors_per_period);
    error_log_errors_per_period_backup = error_log_errors_per_period;

    setenv("NETDATA_ERRORS_THROTTLE_PERIOD", config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "errors flood protection period"    , ""), 1);
    setenv("NETDATA_ERRORS_PER_PERIOD",      config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "errors to trigger flood protection", ""), 1);
}

static void backwards_compatible_config() {
    // move [global] options to the [web] section
    config_move(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "http port listen backlog",
                CONFIG_SECTION_WEB,    "listen backlog");

    config_move(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "bind socket to IP",
                CONFIG_SECTION_WEB,    "bind to");

    config_move(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "bind to",
                CONFIG_SECTION_WEB,    "bind to");

    config_move(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "port",
                CONFIG_SECTION_WEB,    "default port");

    config_move(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "default port",
                CONFIG_SECTION_WEB,    "default port");

    config_move(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "disconnect idle web clients after seconds",
                CONFIG_SECTION_WEB,    "disconnect idle clients after seconds");

    config_move(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "respect web browser do not track policy",
                CONFIG_SECTION_WEB,    "respect do not track policy");

    config_move(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "web x-frame-options header",
                CONFIG_SECTION_WEB,    "x-frame-options response header");

    config_move(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "enable web responses gzip compression",
                CONFIG_SECTION_WEB,    "enable gzip compression");

    config_move(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "web compression strategy",
                CONFIG_SECTION_WEB,    "gzip compression strategy");

    config_move(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "web compression level",
                CONFIG_SECTION_WEB,    "gzip compression level");

    config_move(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "web files owner",
                CONFIG_SECTION_WEB,    "web files owner");

    config_move(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "web files group",
                CONFIG_SECTION_WEB,    "web files group");

    config_move(CONFIG_SECTION_BACKEND, "opentsdb host tags",
                CONFIG_SECTION_BACKEND, "host tags");
}

static void get_netdata_configured_variables() {
    backwards_compatible_config();

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // get the hostname

    char buf[HOSTNAME_MAX + 1];
    if(gethostname(buf, HOSTNAME_MAX) == -1){
        error("Cannot get machine hostname.");
    }

    netdata_configured_hostname = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "hostname", buf);
    debug(D_OPTIONS, "hostname set to '%s'", netdata_configured_hostname);

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // get default database size

    default_rrd_history_entries = (int) config_get_number(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "history", align_entries_to_pagesize(default_rrd_memory_mode, RRD_DEFAULT_HISTORY_ENTRIES));

    long h = align_entries_to_pagesize(default_rrd_memory_mode, default_rrd_history_entries);
    if(h != default_rrd_history_entries) {
        config_set_number(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "history", h);
        default_rrd_history_entries = (int)h;
    }

    if(default_rrd_history_entries < 5 || default_rrd_history_entries > RRD_HISTORY_ENTRIES_MAX) {
        error("Invalid history entries %d given. Defaulting to %d.", default_rrd_history_entries, RRD_DEFAULT_HISTORY_ENTRIES);
        default_rrd_history_entries = RRD_DEFAULT_HISTORY_ENTRIES;
    }

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // get default database update frequency

    default_rrd_update_every = (int) config_get_number(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "update every", UPDATE_EVERY);
    if(default_rrd_update_every < 1 || default_rrd_update_every > 600) {
        error("Invalid data collection frequency (update every) %d given. Defaulting to %d.", default_rrd_update_every, UPDATE_EVERY_MAX);
        default_rrd_update_every = UPDATE_EVERY;
    }

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // get system paths

    netdata_configured_user_config_dir  = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "config directory",       netdata_configured_user_config_dir);
    netdata_configured_stock_config_dir = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "stock config directory", netdata_configured_stock_config_dir);
    netdata_configured_log_dir          = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "log directory",          netdata_configured_log_dir);
    netdata_configured_web_dir          = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "web files directory",    netdata_configured_web_dir);
    netdata_configured_cache_dir        = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "cache directory",        netdata_configured_cache_dir);
    netdata_configured_varlib_dir       = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "lib directory",          netdata_configured_varlib_dir);
    netdata_configured_home_dir         = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "home directory",         netdata_configured_home_dir);

    {
        pluginsd_initialize_plugin_directories();
        netdata_configured_primary_plugins_dir = plugin_directories[PLUGINSD_STOCK_PLUGINS_DIRECTORY_PATH];
    }

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // get default memory mode for the database

    default_rrd_memory_mode = rrd_memory_mode_id(config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "memory mode", rrd_memory_mode_name(default_rrd_memory_mode)));

#ifdef ENABLE_DBENGINE
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // get default Database Engine page cache size in MiB

    default_rrdeng_page_cache_mb = (int) config_get_number(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "page cache size", default_rrdeng_page_cache_mb);
    if(default_rrdeng_page_cache_mb < RRDENG_MIN_PAGE_CACHE_SIZE_MB) {
        error("Invalid page cache size %d given. Defaulting to %d.", default_rrdeng_page_cache_mb, RRDENG_MIN_PAGE_CACHE_SIZE_MB);
        default_rrdeng_page_cache_mb = RRDENG_MIN_PAGE_CACHE_SIZE_MB;
    }

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // get default Database Engine disk space quota in MiB

    default_rrdeng_disk_quota_mb = (int) config_get_number(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "dbengine disk space", default_rrdeng_disk_quota_mb);
    if(default_rrdeng_disk_quota_mb < RRDENG_MIN_DISK_SPACE_MB) {
        error("Invalid dbengine disk space %d given. Defaulting to %d.", default_rrdeng_disk_quota_mb, RRDENG_MIN_DISK_SPACE_MB);
        default_rrdeng_disk_quota_mb = RRDENG_MIN_DISK_SPACE_MB;
    }
#endif
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    netdata_configured_host_prefix = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "host access prefix", "");
    verify_netdata_host_prefix();

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------
    // get KSM settings

#ifdef MADV_MERGEABLE
    enable_ksm = config_get_boolean(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "memory deduplication (ksm)", enable_ksm);
#endif

    // --------------------------------------------------------------------
    // get various system parameters

    get_system_HZ();
    get_system_cpus();
    get_system_pid_max();
}

static void get_system_timezone(void) {
    // avoid flood calls to stat(/etc/localtime)
    // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4554271/how-to-avoid-excessive-stat-etc-localtime-calls-in-strftime-on-linux
    const char *tz = getenv("TZ");
    if(!tz || !*tz)
        setenv("TZ", config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "TZ environment variable", ":/etc/localtime"), 0);

    char buffer[FILENAME_MAX + 1] = "";
    const char *timezone = NULL;
    ssize_t ret;

    // use the TZ variable
    if(tz && *tz && *tz != ':') {
        timezone = tz;
        // info("TIMEZONE: using TZ variable '%s'", timezone);
    }

    // use the contents of /etc/timezone
    if(!timezone && !read_file("/etc/timezone", buffer, FILENAME_MAX)) {
        timezone = buffer;
        // info("TIMEZONE: using the contents of /etc/timezone: '%s'", timezone);
    }

    // read the link /etc/localtime
    if(!timezone) {
        ret = readlink("/etc/localtime", buffer, FILENAME_MAX);

        if(ret > 0) {
            buffer[ret] = '\0';

            char   *cmp    = "/usr/share/zoneinfo/";
            size_t cmp_len = strlen(cmp);

            char *s = strstr(buffer, cmp);
            if (s && s[cmp_len]) {
                timezone = &s[cmp_len];
                // info("TIMEZONE: using the link of /etc/localtime: '%s'", timezone);
            }
        }
        else
            buffer[0] = '\0';
    }

    // find the timezone from strftime()
    if(!timezone) {
        time_t t;
        struct tm *tmp, tmbuf;

        t = now_realtime_sec();
        tmp = localtime_r(&t, &tmbuf);

        if (tmp != NULL) {
            if(strftime(buffer, FILENAME_MAX, "%Z", tmp) == 0)
                buffer[0] = '\0';
            else {
                buffer[FILENAME_MAX] = '\0';
                timezone = buffer;
                // info("TIMEZONE: using strftime(): '%s'", timezone);
            }
        }
    }

    if(timezone && *timezone) {
        // make sure it does not have illegal characters
        // info("TIMEZONE: fixing '%s'", timezone);

        size_t len = strlen(timezone);
        char tmp[len + 1];
        char *d = tmp;
        *d = '\0';

        while(*timezone) {
            if(isalnum(*timezone) || *timezone == '_' || *timezone == '/')
                *d++ = *timezone++;
            else
                timezone++;
        }
        *d = '\0';
        strncpyz(buffer, tmp, len);
        timezone = buffer;
        // info("TIMEZONE: fixed as '%s'", timezone);
    }

    if(!timezone || !*timezone)
        timezone = "unknown";

    netdata_configured_timezone = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "timezone", timezone);
}

void set_global_environment() {
    {
        char b[16];
        snprintfz(b, 15, "%d", default_rrd_update_every);
        setenv("NETDATA_UPDATE_EVERY", b, 1);
    }

    setenv("NETDATA_VERSION"          , program_version, 1);
    setenv("NETDATA_HOSTNAME"         , netdata_configured_hostname, 1);
    setenv("NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR"       , verify_required_directory(netdata_configured_user_config_dir),  1);
    setenv("NETDATA_USER_CONFIG_DIR"  , verify_required_directory(netdata_configured_user_config_dir),  1);
    setenv("NETDATA_STOCK_CONFIG_DIR" , verify_required_directory(netdata_configured_stock_config_dir), 1);
    setenv("NETDATA_PLUGINS_DIR"      , verify_required_directory(netdata_configured_primary_plugins_dir),      1);
    setenv("NETDATA_WEB_DIR"          , verify_required_directory(netdata_configured_web_dir),          1);
    setenv("NETDATA_CACHE_DIR"        , verify_required_directory(netdata_configured_cache_dir),        1);
    setenv("NETDATA_LIB_DIR"          , verify_required_directory(netdata_configured_varlib_dir),       1);
    setenv("NETDATA_LOG_DIR"          , verify_required_directory(netdata_configured_log_dir),          1);
    setenv("HOME"                     , verify_required_directory(netdata_configured_home_dir),         1);
    setenv("NETDATA_HOST_PREFIX"      , netdata_configured_host_prefix, 1);

    get_system_timezone();

    // set the path we need
    char path[1024 + 1], *p = getenv("PATH");
    if(!p) p = "/bin:/usr/bin";
    snprintfz(path, 1024, "%s:%s", p, "/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin");
    setenv("PATH", config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_PLUGINS, "PATH environment variable", path), 1);

    // python options
    p = getenv("PYTHONPATH");
    if(!p) p = "";
    setenv("PYTHONPATH", config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_PLUGINS, "PYTHONPATH environment variable", p), 1);

    // disable buffering for python plugins
    setenv("PYTHONUNBUFFERED", "1", 1);

    // switch to standard locale for plugins
    setenv("LC_ALL", "C", 1);
}

static int load_netdata_conf(char *filename, char overwrite_used) {
    errno = 0;

    int ret = 0;

    if(filename && *filename) {
        ret = config_load(filename, overwrite_used, NULL);
        if(!ret)
            error("CONFIG: cannot load config file '%s'.", filename);
    }
    else {
        filename = strdupz_path_subpath(netdata_configured_user_config_dir, "netdata.conf");

        ret = config_load(filename, overwrite_used, NULL);
        if(!ret) {
            info("CONFIG: cannot load user config '%s'. Will try the stock version.", filename);
            freez(filename);

            filename = strdupz_path_subpath(netdata_configured_stock_config_dir, "netdata.conf");
            ret = config_load(filename, overwrite_used, NULL);
            if(!ret)
                info("CONFIG: cannot load stock config '%s'. Running with internal defaults.", filename);
        }

        freez(filename);
    }

    return ret;
}

int get_system_info(struct rrdhost_system_info *system_info) {
    char *script;
    script = mallocz(sizeof(char) * (strlen(netdata_configured_primary_plugins_dir) + strlen("system-info.sh") + 2));
    sprintf(script, "%s/%s", netdata_configured_primary_plugins_dir, "system-info.sh");
    if (unlikely(access(script, R_OK) != 0)) {
        info("System info script %s not found.",script);
        freez(script);
        return 1;
    }

    pid_t command_pid;

    info("Executing %s", script);

    FILE *fp = mypopen(script, &command_pid);
    if(fp) {
        char buffer[200 + 1];
        while (fgets(buffer, 200, fp) != NULL) {
            char *name=buffer;
            char *value=buffer;
            while (*value && *value != '=') value++;
            if (*value=='=') {
                *value='\0';
                value++;
                if (strlen(value)>1) {
                    char *newline = value + strlen(value) - 1;
                    (*newline) = '\0';
                }
                char n[51], v[101];
                snprintfz(n, 50,"%s",name);
                snprintfz(v, 100,"%s",value);
                if(unlikely(rrdhost_set_system_info_variable(system_info, n, v))) {
                    info("Unexpected environment variable %s=%s", n, v);
                }
                else {
                    info("%s=%s", n, v);
                    setenv(n, v, 1);
                }
            }
        }
        mypclose(fp, command_pid);
    }
    freez(script);
    return 0;
}

void send_statistics( const char *action, const char *action_result, const char *action_data) {
    static char *as_script;
    if (netdata_anonymous_statistics_enabled == -1) {
        char *optout_file = mallocz(sizeof(char) * (strlen(netdata_configured_user_config_dir) +strlen(".opt-out-from-anonymous-statistics") + 2));
        sprintf(optout_file, "%s/%s", netdata_configured_user_config_dir, ".opt-out-from-anonymous-statistics");
        if (likely(access(optout_file, R_OK) != 0)) {
            as_script = mallocz(sizeof(char) * (strlen(netdata_configured_primary_plugins_dir) + strlen("anonymous-statistics.sh") + 2));
            sprintf(as_script, "%s/%s", netdata_configured_primary_plugins_dir, "anonymous-statistics.sh");
            if (unlikely(access(as_script, R_OK) != 0)) {
               netdata_anonymous_statistics_enabled=0;
               info("Anonymous statistics script %s not found.",as_script);
               freez(as_script);
            } else {
               netdata_anonymous_statistics_enabled=1;
            }
        } else {
            netdata_anonymous_statistics_enabled = 0;
            as_script = NULL;
        }
        freez(optout_file);
    }
    if(!netdata_anonymous_statistics_enabled) return;
    if (!action) return;
    if (!action_result) action_result="";
    if (!action_data) action_data="";
    char *command_to_run=mallocz(sizeof(char) * (strlen(action) + strlen(action_result) + strlen(action_data) + strlen(as_script) + 10));
    pid_t command_pid;

    sprintf(command_to_run,"%s '%s' '%s' '%s'", as_script, action, action_result, action_data);
    info("%s", command_to_run);

    FILE *fp = mypopen(command_to_run, &command_pid);
    if(fp) {
        char buffer[100 + 1];
        while (fgets(buffer, 100, fp) != NULL);
        mypclose(fp, command_pid);
    }
    freez(command_to_run);
}

void set_silencers_filename() {
    char filename[FILENAME_MAX + 1];
    snprintfz(filename, FILENAME_MAX, "%s/health.silencers.json", netdata_configured_varlib_dir);
    silencers_filename = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_HEALTH, "silencers file", filename);
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    int i;
    int config_loaded = 0;
    int dont_fork = 0;
    size_t default_stacksize;

    netdata_ready=0;
    // set the name for logging
    program_name = "netdata";

    // parse depercated options
    // TODO: Remove this block with the next major release.
    {
        i = 1;
        while(i < argc) {
            if(strcmp(argv[i], "-pidfile") == 0 && (i+1) < argc) {
                strncpyz(pidfile, argv[i+1], FILENAME_MAX);
                fprintf(stderr, "%s: deprecated option -- %s -- please use -P instead.\n", argv[0], argv[i]);
                remove_option(i, &argc, argv);
            }
            else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-nodaemon") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "-nd") == 0) {
                dont_fork = 1;
                fprintf(stderr, "%s: deprecated option -- %s -- please use -D instead.\n ", argv[0], argv[i]);
                remove_option(i, &argc, argv);
            }
            else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-ch") == 0 && (i+1) < argc) {
                config_set(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "host access prefix", argv[i+1]);
                fprintf(stderr, "%s: deprecated option -- %s -- please use -s instead.\n", argv[0], argv[i]);
                remove_option(i, &argc, argv);
            }
            else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-l") == 0 && (i+1) < argc) {
                config_set(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "history", argv[i+1]);
                fprintf(stderr, "%s: deprecated option -- %s -- This option will be removed with V2.*.\n", argv[0], argv[i]);
                remove_option(i, &argc, argv);
            }
            else i++;
        }
    }

    // parse options
    {
        int num_opts = sizeof(option_definitions) / sizeof(struct option_def);
        char optstring[(num_opts * 2) + 1];

        int string_i = 0;
        for( i = 0; i < num_opts; i++ ) {
            optstring[string_i] = option_definitions[i].val;
            string_i++;
            if(option_definitions[i].arg_name) {
                optstring[string_i] = ':';
                string_i++;
            }
        }
        // terminate optstring
        optstring[string_i] ='\0';
        optstring[(num_opts *2)] ='\0';

        int opt;
        while( (opt = getopt(argc, argv, optstring)) != -1 ) {
            switch(opt) {
                case 'c':
                    if(load_netdata_conf(optarg, 1) != 1) {
                        error("Cannot load configuration file %s.", optarg);
                        return 1;
                    }
                    else {
                        debug(D_OPTIONS, "Configuration loaded from %s.", optarg);
                        config_loaded = 1;
                    }
                    break;
                case 'D':
                    dont_fork = 1;
                    break;
                case 'd':
                    dont_fork = 0;
                    break;
                case 'h':
                    return help(0);
                case 'i':
                    config_set(CONFIG_SECTION_WEB, "bind to", optarg);
                    break;
                case 'P':
                    strncpy(pidfile, optarg, FILENAME_MAX);
                    pidfile[FILENAME_MAX] = '\0';
                    break;
                case 'p':
                    config_set(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "default port", optarg);
                    break;
                case 's':
                    config_set(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "host access prefix", optarg);
                    break;
                case 't':
                    config_set(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "update every", optarg);
                    break;
                case 'u':
                    config_set(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "run as user", optarg);
                    break;
                case 'v':
                case 'V':
                    printf("%s %s\n", program_name, program_version);
                    return 0;
                case 'W':
                    {
                        char* stacksize_string = "stacksize=";
                        char* debug_flags_string = "debug_flags=";
                        char* claim_string = "claim";
#ifdef ENABLE_DBENGINE
                        char* createdataset_string = "createdataset=";
                        char* stresstest_string = "stresstest=";
#endif

                        if(strcmp(optarg, "unittest") == 0) {
                            if(unit_test_buffer()) return 1;
                            if(unit_test_str2ld()) return 1;
                            get_netdata_configured_variables();
                            default_rrd_update_every = 1;
                            default_rrd_memory_mode = RRD_MEMORY_MODE_RAM;
                            default_health_enabled = 0;
                            if(rrd_init("unittest", NULL)) {
                                fprintf(stderr, "rrd_init failed for unittest\n");
                                return 1;
                            }
                            default_rrdpush_enabled = 0;
                            if(run_all_mockup_tests()) return 1;
                            if(unit_test_storage()) return 1;
#ifdef ENABLE_DBENGINE
                            if(test_dbengine()) return 1;
#endif
                            fprintf(stderr, "\n\nALL TESTS PASSED\n\n");
                            return 0;
                        }
#ifdef ENABLE_DBENGINE
                        else if(strncmp(optarg, createdataset_string, strlen(createdataset_string)) == 0) {
                            optarg += strlen(createdataset_string);
                            unsigned history_seconds = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0);
                            generate_dbengine_dataset(history_seconds);
                            return 0;
                        }
                        else if(strncmp(optarg, stresstest_string, strlen(stresstest_string)) == 0) {
                            char *endptr;
                            unsigned test_duration_sec = 0, dset_charts = 0, query_threads = 0, ramp_up_seconds = 0,
                            page_cache_mb = 0, disk_space_mb = 0;

                            optarg += strlen(stresstest_string);
                            test_duration_sec = (unsigned)strtoul(optarg, &endptr, 0);
                            if (',' == *endptr)
                                dset_charts = (unsigned)strtoul(endptr + 1, &endptr, 0);
                            if (',' == *endptr)
                                query_threads = (unsigned)strtoul(endptr + 1, &endptr, 0);
                            if (',' == *endptr)
                                ramp_up_seconds = (unsigned)strtoul(endptr + 1, &endptr, 0);
                            if (',' == *endptr)
                                page_cache_mb = (unsigned)strtoul(endptr + 1, &endptr, 0);
                            if (',' == *endptr)
                                disk_space_mb = (unsigned)strtoul(endptr + 1, &endptr, 0);

                            dbengine_stress_test(test_duration_sec, dset_charts, query_threads, ramp_up_seconds,
                                                 page_cache_mb, disk_space_mb);
                            return 0;
                        }
#endif
                        else if(strcmp(optarg, "simple-pattern") == 0) {
                            if(optind + 2 > argc) {
                                fprintf(stderr, "%s", "\nUSAGE: -W simple-pattern 'pattern' 'string'\n\n"
                                        " Checks if 'pattern' matches the given 'string'.\n"
                                        " - 'pattern' can be one or more space separated words.\n"
                                        " - each 'word' can contain one or more asterisks.\n"
                                        " - words starting with '!' give negative matches.\n"
                                        " - words are processed left to right\n"
                                        "\n"
                                        "Examples:\n"
                                        "\n"
                                        " > match all veth interfaces, except veth0:\n"
                                        "\n"
                                        "   -W simple-pattern '!veth0 veth*' 'veth12'\n"
                                        "\n"
                                        "\n"
                                        " > match all *.ext files directly in /path/:\n"
                                        "   (this will not match *.ext files in a subdir of /path/)\n"
                                        "\n"
                                        "   -W simple-pattern '!/path/*/*.ext /path/*.ext' '/path/test.ext'\n"
                                        "\n"
                                );
                                return 1;
                            }

                            const char *heystack = argv[optind];
                            const char *needle = argv[optind + 1];
                            size_t len = strlen(needle) + 1;
                            char wildcarded[len];

                            SIMPLE_PATTERN *p = simple_pattern_create(heystack, NULL, SIMPLE_PATTERN_EXACT);
                            int ret = simple_pattern_matches_extract(p, needle, wildcarded, len);
                            simple_pattern_free(p);

                            if(ret) {
                                fprintf(stdout, "RESULT: MATCHED - pattern '%s' matches '%s', wildcarded '%s'\n", heystack, needle, wildcarded);
                                return 0;
                            }
                            else {
                                fprintf(stdout, "RESULT: NOT MATCHED - pattern '%s' does not match '%s', wildcarded '%s'\n", heystack, needle, wildcarded);
                                return 1;
                            }
                        }
                        else if(strncmp(optarg, stacksize_string, strlen(stacksize_string)) == 0) {
                            optarg += strlen(stacksize_string);
                            config_set(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "pthread stack size", optarg);
                        }
                        else if(strncmp(optarg, debug_flags_string, strlen(debug_flags_string)) == 0) {
                            optarg += strlen(debug_flags_string);
                            config_set(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "debug flags",  optarg);
                            debug_flags = strtoull(optarg, NULL, 0);
                        }
                        else if(strcmp(optarg, "set") == 0) {
                            if(optind + 3 > argc) {
                                fprintf(stderr, "%s", "\nUSAGE: -W set 'section' 'key' 'value'\n\n"
                                        " Overwrites settings of netdata.conf.\n"
                                        "\n"
                                        " These options interact with: -c netdata.conf\n"
                                        " If -c netdata.conf is given on the command line,\n"
                                        " before -W set... the user may overwrite command\n"
                                        " line parameters at netdata.conf\n"
                                        " If -c netdata.conf is given after (or missing)\n"
                                        " -W set... the user cannot overwrite the command line\n"
                                        " parameters."
                                        "\n"
                                );
                                return 1;
                            }
                            const char *section = argv[optind];
                            const char *key = argv[optind + 1];
                            const char *value = argv[optind + 2];
                            optind += 3;

                            // set this one as the default
                            // only if it is not already set in the config file
                            // so the caller can use -c netdata.conf before or
                            // after this parameter to prevent or allow overwriting
                            // variables at netdata.conf
                            config_set_default(section, key,  value);

                            // fprintf(stderr, "SET section '%s', key '%s', value '%s'\n", section, key, value);
                        }
                        else if(strcmp(optarg, "get") == 0) {
                            if(optind + 3 > argc) {
                                fprintf(stderr, "%s", "\nUSAGE: -W get 'section' 'key' 'value'\n\n"
                                        " Prints settings of netdata.conf.\n"
                                        "\n"
                                        " These options interact with: -c netdata.conf\n"
                                        " -c netdata.conf has to be given before -W get.\n"
                                        "\n"
                                );
                                return 1;
                            }

                            if(!config_loaded) {
                                fprintf(stderr, "warning: no configuration file has been loaded. Use -c CONFIG_FILE, before -W get. Using default config.\n");
                                load_netdata_conf(NULL, 0);
                            }

                            get_netdata_configured_variables();

                            const char *section = argv[optind];
                            const char *key = argv[optind + 1];
                            const char *def = argv[optind + 2];
                            const char *value = config_get(section, key, def);
                            printf("%s\n", value);
                            return 0;
                        }
                        else if(strncmp(optarg, claim_string, strlen(claim_string)) == 0) {
                            /* will trigger a claiming attempt when the agent is initialized */
                            claiming_pending_arguments = optarg + strlen(claim_string);
                        }
                        else {
                            fprintf(stderr, "Unknown -W parameter '%s'\n", optarg);
                            return help(1);
                        }
                    }
                    break;

                default: /* ? */
                    fprintf(stderr, "Unknown parameter '%c'\n", opt);
                    return help(1);
            }
        }
    }

#ifdef _SC_OPEN_MAX
    // close all open file descriptors, except the standard ones
    // the caller may have left open files (lxc-attach has this issue)
    {
        int fd;
        for(fd = (int) (sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) - 1); fd > 2; fd--)
            if(fd_is_valid(fd)) close(fd);
    }
#endif

    if(!config_loaded)
        load_netdata_conf(NULL, 0);


    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // initialize netdata
    {
        char *pmax = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "glibc malloc arena max for plugins", "1");
        if(pmax && *pmax)
            setenv("MALLOC_ARENA_MAX", pmax, 1);

#if defined(HAVE_C_MALLOPT)
        i = (int)config_get_number(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "glibc malloc arena max for netdata", 1);
        if(i > 0)
            mallopt(M_ARENA_MAX, 1);
#endif
        test_clock_boottime();

        // prepare configuration environment variables for the plugins

        get_netdata_configured_variables();
        set_global_environment();

        // work while we are cd into config_dir
        // to allow the plugins refer to their config
        // files using relative filenames
        if(chdir(netdata_configured_user_config_dir) == -1)
            fatal("Cannot cd to '%s'", netdata_configured_user_config_dir);
    }

    char *user = NULL;

    {
        // --------------------------------------------------------------------
        // get the debugging flags from the configuration file

        char *flags = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "debug flags",  "0x0000000000000000");
        setenv("NETDATA_DEBUG_FLAGS", flags, 1);

        debug_flags = strtoull(flags, NULL, 0);
        debug(D_OPTIONS, "Debug flags set to '0x%" PRIX64 "'.", debug_flags);

        if(debug_flags != 0) {
            struct rlimit rl = { RLIM_INFINITY, RLIM_INFINITY };
            if(setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rl) != 0)
                error("Cannot request unlimited core dumps for debugging... Proceeding anyway...");

#ifdef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
            prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 1, 0, 0, 0);
#endif
        }


        // --------------------------------------------------------------------
        // get log filenames and settings
        log_init();
        error_log_limit_unlimited();

        // --------------------------------------------------------------------
        // get the certificate and start security
#ifdef ENABLE_HTTPS
        security_init();
#endif

        // --------------------------------------------------------------------
        // This is the safest place to start the SILENCERS structure
        set_silencers_filename();
        health_initialize_global_silencers();

        // --------------------------------------------------------------------
        // setup process signals

        // block signals while initializing threads.
        // this causes the threads to block signals.
        signals_block();

        // setup the signals we want to use
        signals_init();

        // setup threads configs
        default_stacksize = netdata_threads_init();


        // --------------------------------------------------------------------
        // check which threads are enabled and initialize them

        for (i = 0; static_threads[i].name != NULL ; i++) {
            struct netdata_static_thread *st = &static_threads[i];

            if(st->config_name)
                st->enabled = config_get_boolean(st->config_section, st->config_name, st->enabled);

            if(st->enabled && st->init_routine)
                st->init_routine();
        }


        // --------------------------------------------------------------------
        // get the user we should run

        // IMPORTANT: this is required before web_files_uid()
        if(getuid() == 0) {
            user = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "run as user", NETDATA_USER);
        }
        else {
            struct passwd *passwd = getpwuid(getuid());
            user = config_get(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "run as user", (passwd && passwd->pw_name)?passwd->pw_name:"");
        }


        // --------------------------------------------------------------------
        // create the listening sockets

        web_client_api_v1_init();
        web_server_threading_selection();

        if(web_server_mode != WEB_SERVER_MODE_NONE)
            api_listen_sockets_setup();
    }

    // initialize the log files
    open_all_log_files();

#ifdef NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS
    if(debug_flags != 0) {
        struct rlimit rl = { RLIM_INFINITY, RLIM_INFINITY };
        if(setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rl) != 0)
            error("Cannot request unlimited core dumps for debugging... Proceeding anyway...");
#ifdef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
        prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 1, 0, 0, 0);
#endif
    }
#endif /* NETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS */

    // get the max file limit
    if(getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlimit_nofile) != 0)
        error("getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE) failed");
    else
        info("resources control: allowed file descriptors: soft = %zu, max = %zu", (size_t)rlimit_nofile.rlim_cur, (size_t)rlimit_nofile.rlim_max);

    // fork, switch user, create pid file, set process priority
    if(become_daemon(dont_fork, user) == -1)
        fatal("Cannot daemonize myself.");

    info("netdata started on pid %d.", getpid());

    // IMPORTANT: these have to run once, while single threaded
    // but after we have switched user
    web_files_uid();
    web_files_gid();

    netdata_threads_init_after_fork((size_t)config_get_number(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "pthread stack size", (long)default_stacksize));

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // initialize rrd, registry, health, rrdpush, etc.

    netdata_anonymous_statistics_enabled=-1;
    struct rrdhost_system_info *system_info = calloc(1, sizeof(struct rrdhost_system_info));
    get_system_info(system_info);

    if(rrd_init(netdata_configured_hostname, system_info))
        fatal("Cannot initialize localhost instance with name '%s'.", netdata_configured_hostname);

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Claim netdata agent to a cloud endpoint

    if (claiming_pending_arguments)
         claim_agent(claiming_pending_arguments);
    load_claiming_state();

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // enable log flood protection

    error_log_limit_reset();

    // Load host labels
    reload_host_labels();

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // spawn the threads

    web_server_config_options();

    netdata_zero_metrics_enabled = config_get_boolean_ondemand(CONFIG_SECTION_GLOBAL, "enable zero metrics", CONFIG_BOOLEAN_NO);

    for (i = 0; static_threads[i].name != NULL ; i++) {
        struct netdata_static_thread *st = &static_threads[i];

        if(st->enabled) {
            st->thread = mallocz(sizeof(netdata_thread_t));
            debug(D_SYSTEM, "Starting thread %s.", st->name);
            netdata_thread_create(st->thread, st->name, NETDATA_THREAD_OPTION_DEFAULT, st->start_routine, st);
        }
        else debug(D_SYSTEM, "Not starting thread %s.", st->name);
    }

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Initialize netdata agent command serving from cli and signals

    commands_init();

    info("netdata initialization completed. Enjoy real-time performance monitoring!");
    netdata_ready = 1;

    send_statistics("START", "-",  "-");

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // unblock signals

    signals_unblock();

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Handle signals

    signals_handle();

    // should never reach this point
    // but we need it for rpmlint #2752
    return 1;
}