netdata/collectors/python.d.plugin/postfix

Postfix collector

Monitors MTA email queue statistics using postqueue tool.

The collector executes postqueue -p to get Postfix queue statistics.

Requirements

Postfix has internal access controls that limit activities on the mail queue. By default, all users are allowed to view the queue. If your system is configured with stricter access controls, you need to grant the netdata user access to view the mail queue. In order to do it, add netdata to authorized_mailq_users in the /etc/postfix/main.cf file.

See the authorized_mailq_users setting in the Postfix documentation for more details.

Charts

It produces only two charts:

1. Postfix Queue Emails

   • emails

2. Postfix Queue Emails Size in KB

   • size

Configuration

Configuration is not needed.

Troubleshooting

To troubleshoot issues with the postfix module, run the python.d.plugin with the debug option enabled. The output will give you the output of the data collection job or error messages on why the collector isn't working.

First, navigate to your plugins directory, usually they are located under /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/. If that's not the case on your system, open netdata.conf and look for the setting plugins directory. Once you're in the plugin's directory, switch to the netdata user.

cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/
sudo su -s /bin/bash netdata

Now you can manually run the postfix module in debug mode:

./python.d.plugin postfix debug trace