Esempio n. 1
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int create_listen_socket(void) {
	listen_backlog = (int) config_get_number("global", "http port listen backlog", LISTEN_BACKLOG);

	listen_port = (int) config_get_number("global", "port", LISTEN_PORT);
	if(listen_port < 1 || listen_port > 65535) {
		error("Invalid listen port %d given. Defaulting to %d.", listen_port, LISTEN_PORT);
		listen_port = LISTEN_PORT;
	}
	else debug(D_OPTIONS, "Listen port set to %d.", listen_port);

	int ip = 0;
	char *ipv = config_get("global", "ip version", "any");
	if(!strcmp(ipv, "any") || !strcmp(ipv, "both") || !strcmp(ipv, "all")) ip = 0;
	else if(!strcmp(ipv, "ipv4") || !strcmp(ipv, "IPV4") || !strcmp(ipv, "IPv4") || !strcmp(ipv, "4")) ip = 4;
	else if(!strcmp(ipv, "ipv6") || !strcmp(ipv, "IPV6") || !strcmp(ipv, "IPv6") || !strcmp(ipv, "6")) ip = 6;
	else error("Cannot understand ip version '%s'. Assuming 'any'.", ipv);

	if(ip == 0 || ip == 6) listen_fd = create_listen_socket6(config_get("global", "bind socket to IP", "*"), listen_port, listen_backlog);
	if(listen_fd < 0) {
		listen_fd = create_listen_socket4(config_get("global", "bind socket to IP", "*"), listen_port, listen_backlog);
		// if(listen_fd >= 0 && ip != 4) info("Managed to open an IPv4 socket on port %d.", listen_port);
	}

	return listen_fd;
}
Esempio n. 2
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int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	int i;
	int config_loaded = 0;
	int dont_fork = 0;
	size_t wanted_stacksize = 0, stacksize = 0;
	pthread_attr_t attr;

	// global initialization
	get_HZ();

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

	// parse  the arguments
	for(i = 1; i < argc ; i++) {
		if(strcmp(argv[i], "-c") == 0 && (i+1) < argc) {
			if(load_config(argv[i+1], 1) != 1) {
				error("Cannot load configuration file %s.", argv[i+1]);
				exit(1);
			}
			else {
				debug(D_OPTIONS, "Configuration loaded from %s.", argv[i+1]);
				config_loaded = 1;
			}
			i++;
		}
		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-df") == 0 && (i+1) < argc) { config_set("global", "debug flags",  argv[i+1]); debug_flags = strtoull(argv[i+1], NULL, 0); i++; }
		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-p")  == 0 && (i+1) < argc) { config_set("global", "port",         argv[i+1]); i++; }
		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-u")  == 0 && (i+1) < argc) { config_set("global", "run as user",  argv[i+1]); i++; }
		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-l")  == 0 && (i+1) < argc) { config_set("global", "history",      argv[i+1]); i++; }
		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-t")  == 0 && (i+1) < argc) { config_set("global", "update every", argv[i+1]); i++; }
		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-ch") == 0 && (i+1) < argc) { config_set("global", "host access prefix", argv[i+1]); i++; }
		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-stacksize") == 0 && (i+1) < argc) { config_set("global", "pthread stack size", argv[i+1]); i++; }
		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-nodaemon") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "-nd") == 0) dont_fork = 1;
		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-pidfile") == 0 && (i+1) < argc) {
			i++;
			strncpy(pidfile, argv[i], FILENAME_MAX);
			pidfile[FILENAME_MAX] = '\0';
		}
		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "--unittest")  == 0) {
			rrd_update_every = 1;
			if(run_all_mockup_tests()) exit(1);
			if(unit_test_storage()) exit(1);
			fprintf(stderr, "\n\nALL TESTS PASSED\n\n");
			exit(0);
		}
		else {
			fprintf(stderr, "Cannot understand option '%s'.\n", argv[i]);
			fprintf(stderr, "\nUSAGE: %s [-d] [-l LINES_TO_SAVE] [-u UPDATE_TIMER] [-p LISTEN_PORT] [-df debug flags].\n\n", argv[0]);
			fprintf(stderr, "  -c CONFIG FILE the configuration file to load. Default: %s.\n", CONFIG_DIR "/" CONFIG_FILENAME);
			fprintf(stderr, "  -l LINES_TO_SAVE can be from 5 to %d lines in JSON data. Default: %d.\n", RRD_HISTORY_ENTRIES_MAX, RRD_DEFAULT_HISTORY_ENTRIES);
			fprintf(stderr, "  -t UPDATE_TIMER can be from 1 to %d seconds. Default: %d.\n", UPDATE_EVERY_MAX, UPDATE_EVERY);
			fprintf(stderr, "  -p LISTEN_PORT can be from 1 to %d. Default: %d.\n", 65535, LISTEN_PORT);
			fprintf(stderr, "  -u USERNAME can be any system username to run as. Default: none.\n");
			fprintf(stderr, "  -ch path to access host /proc and /sys when running in a container. Default: empty.\n");
			fprintf(stderr, "  -nd or -nodeamon to disable forking in the background. Default: unset.\n");
			fprintf(stderr, "  -df FLAGS debug options. Default: 0x%08llx.\n", debug_flags);
			fprintf(stderr, "  -stacksize BYTES to overwrite the pthread stack size.\n");
			fprintf(stderr, "  -pidfile FILENAME to save a pid while running.\n");
			exit(1);
		}
	}

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

	// prepare configuration environment variables for the plugins
	setenv("NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR" , config_get("global", "config directory"   , CONFIG_DIR) , 1);
	setenv("NETDATA_PLUGINS_DIR", config_get("global", "plugins directory"  , PLUGINS_DIR), 1);
	setenv("NETDATA_WEB_DIR"    , config_get("global", "web files directory", WEB_DIR)    , 1);
	setenv("NETDATA_CACHE_DIR"  , config_get("global", "cache directory"    , CACHE_DIR)  , 1);
	setenv("NETDATA_LOG_DIR"    , config_get("global", "log directory"      , LOG_DIR)    , 1);
	setenv("NETDATA_HOST_PREFIX", config_get("global", "host access prefix" , "")         , 1);
	setenv("HOME"               , config_get("global", "home directory"     , CACHE_DIR)  , 1);

	// avoid extended to stat(/etc/localtime)
	// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4554271/how-to-avoid-excessive-stat-etc-localtime-calls-in-strftime-on-linux
	setenv("TZ", ":/etc/localtime", 0);

	// cd to /tmp to avoid any plugins writing files at random places
	if(chdir("/tmp")) error("netdata: ERROR: Cannot cd to /tmp");

	char *input_log_file = NULL;
	char *output_log_file = NULL;
	char *error_log_file = NULL;
	char *access_log_file = NULL;
	char *user = NULL;
	{
		char buffer[1024];

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		sprintf(buffer, "0x%08llx", 0ULL);
		char *flags = config_get("global", "debug flags", buffer);
		setenv("NETDATA_DEBUG_FLAGS", flags, 1);

		debug_flags = strtoull(flags, NULL, 0);
		debug(D_OPTIONS, "Debug flags set to '0x%8llx'.", debug_flags);

		if(debug_flags != 0) {
			struct rlimit rl = { RLIM_INFINITY, RLIM_INFINITY };
			if(setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rl) != 0)
				info("Cannot request unlimited core dumps for debugging... Proceeding anyway...");
			prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 1, 0, 0, 0);
		}

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

#ifdef MADV_MERGEABLE
		enable_ksm = config_get_boolean("global", "memory deduplication (ksm)", enable_ksm);
#else
#warning "Kernel memory deduplication (KSM) is not available"
#endif

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------


		global_host_prefix = config_get("global", "host access prefix", "");
		setenv("NETDATA_HOST_PREFIX", global_host_prefix, 1);

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		output_log_file = config_get("global", "debug log", LOG_DIR "/debug.log");
		if(strcmp(output_log_file, "syslog") == 0) {
			output_log_syslog = 1;
			output_log_file = NULL;
		}
		else if(strcmp(output_log_file, "none") == 0) {
			output_log_syslog = 0;
			output_log_file = NULL;
		}
		else output_log_syslog = 0;

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		error_log_file = config_get("global", "error log", LOG_DIR "/error.log");
		if(strcmp(error_log_file, "syslog") == 0) {
			error_log_syslog = 1;
			error_log_file = NULL;
		}
		else if(strcmp(error_log_file, "none") == 0) {
			error_log_syslog = 0;
			error_log_file = NULL;
			// optimization - do not even generate debug log entries
		}
		else error_log_syslog = 0;

		error_log_throttle_period = config_get_number("global", "errors flood protection period", error_log_throttle_period);
		setenv("NETDATA_ERRORS_THROTTLE_PERIOD", config_get("global", "errors flood protection period"    , ""), 1);

		error_log_errors_per_period = config_get_number("global", "errors to trigger flood protection", error_log_errors_per_period);
		setenv("NETDATA_ERRORS_PER_PERIOD"     , config_get("global", "errors to trigger flood protection", ""), 1);

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		access_log_file = config_get("global", "access log", LOG_DIR "/access.log");
		if(strcmp(access_log_file, "syslog") == 0) {
			access_log_syslog = 1;
			access_log_file = NULL;
		}
		else if(strcmp(access_log_file, "none") == 0) {
			access_log_syslog = 0;
			access_log_file = NULL;
		}
		else access_log_syslog = 0;

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		rrd_memory_mode = rrd_memory_mode_id(config_get("global", "memory mode", rrd_memory_mode_name(rrd_memory_mode)));

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		if(gethostname(buffer, HOSTNAME_MAX) == -1)
			error("WARNING: Cannot get machine hostname.");
		hostname = config_get("global", "hostname", buffer);
		debug(D_OPTIONS, "hostname set to '%s'", hostname);

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		rrd_default_history_entries = (int) config_get_number("global", "history", RRD_DEFAULT_HISTORY_ENTRIES);
		if(rrd_default_history_entries < 5 || rrd_default_history_entries > RRD_HISTORY_ENTRIES_MAX) {
			info("Invalid save lines %d given. Defaulting to %d.", rrd_default_history_entries, RRD_DEFAULT_HISTORY_ENTRIES);
			rrd_default_history_entries = RRD_DEFAULT_HISTORY_ENTRIES;
		}
		else {
			debug(D_OPTIONS, "save lines set to %d.", rrd_default_history_entries);
		}

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		rrd_update_every = (int) config_get_number("global", "update every", UPDATE_EVERY);
		if(rrd_update_every < 1 || rrd_update_every > 600) {
			info("Invalid update timer %d given. Defaulting to %d.", rrd_update_every, UPDATE_EVERY_MAX);
			rrd_update_every = UPDATE_EVERY;
		}
		else debug(D_OPTIONS, "update timer set to %d.", rrd_update_every);

		// let the plugins know the min update_every
		{
			char buf[50];
			snprintf(buf, 50, "%d", rrd_update_every);
			setenv("NETDATA_UPDATE_EVERY", buf, 1);
		}

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		// block signals while initializing threads.
		// this causes the threads to block signals.
		sigset_t sigset;
		sigfillset(&sigset);

		if(pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &sigset, NULL) == -1) {
			error("Could not block signals for threads");
		}

		// Catch signals which we want to use to quit savely
		struct sigaction sa;
		sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
		sigaddset(&sa.sa_mask, SIGHUP);
		sigaddset(&sa.sa_mask, SIGINT);
		sigaddset(&sa.sa_mask, SIGTERM);
		sa.sa_handler = sig_handler;
		sa.sa_flags = 0;
		if(sigaction(SIGHUP, &sa, NULL) == -1) {
			error("Failed to change signal handler for SIGHUP");
		}
		if(sigaction(SIGINT, &sa, NULL) == -1) {
			error("Failed to change signal handler for SIGINT");
		}
		if(sigaction(SIGTERM, &sa, NULL) == -1) {
			error("Failed to change signal handler for SIGTERM");
		}
		// Ignore SIGPIPE completely.
		// INFO: If we add signals here we have to unblock them
		// at popen.c when running a external plugin.
		sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
		if(sigaction(SIGPIPE, &sa, NULL) == -1) {
			error("Failed to change signal handler for SIGTERM");
		}

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		i = pthread_attr_init(&attr);
		if(i != 0)
			fatal("pthread_attr_init() failed with code %d.", i);

		i = pthread_attr_getstacksize(&attr, &stacksize);
		if(i != 0)
			fatal("pthread_attr_getstacksize() failed with code %d.", i);
		else
			debug(D_OPTIONS, "initial pthread stack size is %zu bytes", stacksize);

		wanted_stacksize = config_get_number("global", "pthread stack size", stacksize);

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		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()
		user = config_get("global", "run as user"    , (getuid() == 0)?NETDATA_USER:"");

		// IMPORTANT: these have to run once, while single threaded
		web_files_uid(); // IMPORTANT: web_files_uid() before web_files_gid()
		web_files_gid();

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		listen_backlog = (int) config_get_number("global", "http port listen backlog", LISTEN_BACKLOG);

		listen_port = (int) config_get_number("global", "port", LISTEN_PORT);
		if(listen_port < 1 || listen_port > 65535) {
			info("Invalid listen port %d given. Defaulting to %d.", listen_port, LISTEN_PORT);
			listen_port = LISTEN_PORT;
		}
		else debug(D_OPTIONS, "Listen port set to %d.", listen_port);

		int ip = 0;
		char *ipv = config_get("global", "ip version", "any");
		if(!strcmp(ipv, "any") || !strcmp(ipv, "both") || !strcmp(ipv, "all")) ip = 0;
		else if(!strcmp(ipv, "ipv4") || !strcmp(ipv, "IPV4") || !strcmp(ipv, "IPv4") || !strcmp(ipv, "4")) ip = 4;
		else if(!strcmp(ipv, "ipv6") || !strcmp(ipv, "IPV6") || !strcmp(ipv, "IPv6") || !strcmp(ipv, "6")) ip = 6;
		else info("Cannot understand ip version '%s'. Assuming 'any'.", ipv);

		if(ip == 0 || ip == 6) listen_fd = create_listen_socket6(config_get("global", "bind socket to IP", "*"), listen_port, listen_backlog);
		if(listen_fd < 0) {
			listen_fd = create_listen_socket4(config_get("global", "bind socket to IP", "*"), listen_port, listen_backlog);
			if(listen_fd >= 0 && ip != 4) info("Managed to open an IPv4 socket on port %d.", listen_port);
		}

		if(listen_fd < 0) fatal("Cannot listen socket.");
	}

	// never become a problem
	if(nice(20) == -1) error("Cannot lower my CPU priority.");

	if(become_daemon(dont_fork, 0, user, input_log_file, output_log_file, error_log_file, access_log_file, &access_fd, &stdaccess) == -1) {
		fatal("Cannot demonize myself.");
		exit(1);
	}

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

		prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 1, 0, 0, 0);
	}

	if(output_log_syslog || error_log_syslog || access_log_syslog)
		openlog("netdata", LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);

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



	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
	// get default pthread stack size

	if(stacksize < wanted_stacksize) {
		i = pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, wanted_stacksize);
		if(i != 0)
			fatal("pthread_attr_setstacksize() to %zu bytes, failed with code %d.", wanted_stacksize, i);
		else
			info("Successfully set pthread stacksize to %zu bytes", wanted_stacksize);
	}

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

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

		if(st->enabled) {
			st->thread = malloc(sizeof(pthread_t));
			if(!st->thread)
				fatal("Cannot allocate pthread_t memory");

			info("Starting thread %s.", st->name);

			if(pthread_create(st->thread, &attr, st->start_routine, NULL))
				error("failed to create new thread for %s.", st->name);

			else if(pthread_detach(*st->thread))
				error("Cannot request detach of newly created %s thread.", st->name);
		}
		else info("Not starting thread %s.", st->name);
	}

	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
	// block signals while initializing threads.
	sigset_t sigset;
	sigfillset(&sigset);

	if(pthread_sigmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &sigset, NULL) == -1) {
		error("Could not unblock signals for threads");
	}

	// Handle flags set in the signal handler.
	while(1) {
		pause();
		if(netdata_exit) {
			info("Exit main loop of netdata.");
			netdata_cleanup_and_exit(0);
			exit(0);
		}
	}
}
Esempio n. 3
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static inline int bind_to_one(const char *definition, int default_port, int listen_backlog) {
    int added = 0;
    struct addrinfo hints;
    struct addrinfo *result, *rp;

    char buffer[strlen(definition) + 1];
    strcpy(buffer, definition);

    char buffer2[10 + 1];
    snprintfz(buffer2, 10, "%d", default_port);

    char *ip = buffer, *port = buffer2;

    char *e = ip;
    if(*e == '[') {
        e = ++ip;
        while(*e && *e != ']') e++;
        if(*e == ']') {
            *e = '\0';
            e++;
        }
    }
    else {
        while(*e && *e != ':') e++;
    }

    if(*e == ':') {
        port = e + 1;
        *e = '\0';
    }

    if(!*ip || *ip == '*' || !strcmp(ip, "any") || !strcmp(ip, "all"))
        ip = NULL;
    if(!*port)
        port = buffer2;

    memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
    hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;    /* Allow IPv4 or IPv6 */
    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM; /* Datagram socket */
    hints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE;    /* For wildcard IP address */
    hints.ai_protocol = 0;          /* Any protocol */
    hints.ai_canonname = NULL;
    hints.ai_addr = NULL;
    hints.ai_next = NULL;

    int r = getaddrinfo(ip, port, &hints, &result);
    if (r != 0) {
        error("getaddrinfo('%s', '%s'): %s\n", ip, port, gai_strerror(r));
        return -1;
    }

    for (rp = result; rp != NULL; rp = rp->ai_next) {
        int fd = -1;

        char rip[INET_ADDRSTRLEN + INET6_ADDRSTRLEN] = "INVALID";
        int rport = default_port;

        switch (rp->ai_addr->sa_family) {
            case AF_INET: {
                struct sockaddr_in *sin = (struct sockaddr_in *) rp->ai_addr;
                inet_ntop(AF_INET, &sin->sin_addr, rip, INET_ADDRSTRLEN);
                rport = ntohs(sin->sin_port);
                fd = create_listen_socket4(rip, rport, listen_backlog);
                break;
            }

            case AF_INET6: {
                struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) rp->ai_addr;
                inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &sin6->sin6_addr, rip, INET6_ADDRSTRLEN);
                rport = ntohs(sin6->sin6_port);
                fd = create_listen_socket6(rip, rport, listen_backlog);
                break;
            }
        }

        if (fd == -1)
            error("Cannot bind to ip '%s', port %d", rip, default_port);
        else {
            add_listen_socket(fd, rip, rport);
            added++;
        }
    }

    return added;
}
Esempio n. 4
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int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	int i;
	int config_loaded = 0;
	int dont_fork = 0;

	// global initialization
	get_HZ();

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

	// parse  the arguments
	for(i = 1; i < argc ; i++) {
		if(strcmp(argv[i], "-c") == 0 && (i+1) < argc) {
			if(load_config(argv[i+1], 1) != 1) {
				error("Cannot load configuration file %s.", argv[i+1]);
				exit(1);
			}
			else {
				debug(D_OPTIONS, "Configuration loaded from %s.", argv[i+1]);
				config_loaded = 1;
			}
			i++;
		}
		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-df") == 0 && (i+1) < argc) { config_set("global", "debug flags",  argv[i+1]); debug_flags = strtoull(argv[i+1], NULL, 0); i++; }
		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-p")  == 0 && (i+1) < argc) { config_set("global", "port",         argv[i+1]); i++; }
		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-u")  == 0 && (i+1) < argc) { config_set("global", "run as user",  argv[i+1]); i++; }
		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-l")  == 0 && (i+1) < argc) { config_set("global", "history",      argv[i+1]); i++; }
		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-t")  == 0 && (i+1) < argc) { config_set("global", "update every", argv[i+1]); i++; }
		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-ch") == 0 && (i+1) < argc) { config_set("global", "host access prefix", argv[i+1]); i++; }
		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "-nodaemon") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "-nd") == 0) dont_fork = 1;
		else if(strcmp(argv[i], "--unittest")  == 0) {
			rrd_update_every = 1;
			if(run_all_mockup_tests()) exit(1);
			if(unit_test_storage()) exit(1);
			fprintf(stderr, "\n\nALL TESTS PASSED\n\n");
			exit(0);
		}
		else {
			fprintf(stderr, "Cannot understand option '%s'.\n", argv[i]);
			fprintf(stderr, "\nUSAGE: %s [-d] [-l LINES_TO_SAVE] [-u UPDATE_TIMER] [-p LISTEN_PORT] [-df debug flags].\n\n", argv[0]);
			fprintf(stderr, "  -c CONFIG FILE the configuration file to load. Default: %s.\n", CONFIG_DIR "/" CONFIG_FILENAME);
			fprintf(stderr, "  -l LINES_TO_SAVE can be from 5 to %d lines in JSON data. Default: %d.\n", RRD_HISTORY_ENTRIES_MAX, RRD_DEFAULT_HISTORY_ENTRIES);
			fprintf(stderr, "  -t UPDATE_TIMER can be from 1 to %d seconds. Default: %d.\n", UPDATE_EVERY_MAX, UPDATE_EVERY);
			fprintf(stderr, "  -p LISTEN_PORT can be from 1 to %d. Default: %d.\n", 65535, LISTEN_PORT);
			fprintf(stderr, "  -u USERNAME can be any system username to run as. Default: none.\n");
			fprintf(stderr, "  -ch path to access host /proc and /sys when running in a container. Default: empty.\n");
			fprintf(stderr, "  -nd or -nodeamon to disable forking in the background. Default: unset.\n");
			fprintf(stderr, "  -df FLAGS debug options. Default: 0x%08llx.\n", debug_flags);
			exit(1);
		}
	}

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

	// prepare configuration environment variables for the plugins
	setenv("NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR" , config_get("global", "config directory"   , CONFIG_DIR) , 1);
	setenv("NETDATA_PLUGINS_DIR", config_get("global", "plugins directory"  , PLUGINS_DIR), 1);
	setenv("NETDATA_WEB_DIR"    , config_get("global", "web files directory", WEB_DIR)    , 1);
	setenv("NETDATA_CACHE_DIR"  , config_get("global", "cache directory"    , CACHE_DIR)  , 1);
	setenv("NETDATA_LOG_DIR"    , config_get("global", "log directory"      , LOG_DIR)    , 1);
	setenv("NETDATA_HOST_PREFIX", config_get("global", "host access prefix" , "")         , 1);

	// avoid extended to stat(/etc/localtime)
	// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4554271/how-to-avoid-excessive-stat-etc-localtime-calls-in-strftime-on-linux
	setenv("TZ", ":/etc/localtime", 0);

	// cd to /tmp to avoid any plugins writing files at random places
	if(chdir("/tmp")) error("netdata: ERROR: Cannot cd to /tmp");

	char *input_log_file = NULL;
	char *output_log_file = NULL;
	char *error_log_file = NULL;
	char *access_log_file = NULL;
	char *user = NULL;
	{
		char buffer[1024];

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		sprintf(buffer, "0x%08llx", 0ULL);
		char *flags = config_get("global", "debug flags", buffer);
		setenv("NETDATA_DEBUG_FLAGS", flags, 1);

		debug_flags = strtoull(flags, NULL, 0);
		debug(D_OPTIONS, "Debug flags set to '0x%8llx'.", debug_flags);

		if(debug_flags != 0) {
			struct rlimit rl = { RLIM_INFINITY, RLIM_INFINITY };
			if(setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rl) != 0)
				info("Cannot request unlimited core dumps for debugging... Proceeding anyway...");
			prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 1, 0, 0, 0);
		}

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

#ifdef MADV_MERGEABLE
		enable_ksm = config_get_boolean("global", "memory deduplication (ksm)", enable_ksm);
#else
#warning "Kernel memory deduplication (KSM) is not available"
#endif

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------


		global_host_prefix = config_get("global", "host access prefix", "");
		setenv("NETDATA_HOST_PREFIX", global_host_prefix, 1);

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		output_log_file = config_get("global", "debug log", LOG_DIR "/debug.log");
		if(strcmp(output_log_file, "syslog") == 0) {
			output_log_syslog = 1;
			output_log_file = NULL;
		}
		else if(strcmp(output_log_file, "none") == 0) {
			output_log_syslog = 0;
			output_log_file = NULL;
		}
		else output_log_syslog = 0;

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		error_log_file = config_get("global", "error log", LOG_DIR "/error.log");
		if(strcmp(error_log_file, "syslog") == 0) {
			error_log_syslog = 1;
			error_log_file = NULL;
		}
		else if(strcmp(error_log_file, "none") == 0) {
			error_log_syslog = 0;
			error_log_file = NULL;
			// optimization - do not even generate debug log entries
		}
		else error_log_syslog = 0;

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		access_log_file = config_get("global", "access log", LOG_DIR "/access.log");
		if(strcmp(access_log_file, "syslog") == 0) {
			access_log_syslog = 1;
			access_log_file = NULL;
		}
		else if(strcmp(access_log_file, "none") == 0) {
			access_log_syslog = 0;
			access_log_file = NULL;
		}
		else access_log_syslog = 0;

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		rrd_memory_mode = rrd_memory_mode_id(config_get("global", "memory mode", rrd_memory_mode_name(rrd_memory_mode)));

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		if(gethostname(buffer, HOSTNAME_MAX) == -1)
			error("WARNING: Cannot get machine hostname.");
		hostname = config_get("global", "hostname", buffer);
		debug(D_OPTIONS, "hostname set to '%s'", hostname);

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		rrd_default_history_entries = (int) config_get_number("global", "history", RRD_DEFAULT_HISTORY_ENTRIES);
		if(rrd_default_history_entries < 5 || rrd_default_history_entries > RRD_HISTORY_ENTRIES_MAX) {
			fprintf(stderr, "Invalid save lines %d given. Defaulting to %d.\n", rrd_default_history_entries, RRD_DEFAULT_HISTORY_ENTRIES);
			rrd_default_history_entries = RRD_DEFAULT_HISTORY_ENTRIES;
		}
		else {
			debug(D_OPTIONS, "save lines set to %d.", rrd_default_history_entries);
		}

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		rrd_update_every = (int) config_get_number("global", "update every", UPDATE_EVERY);
		if(rrd_update_every < 1 || rrd_update_every > 600) {
			fprintf(stderr, "Invalid update timer %d given. Defaulting to %d.\n", rrd_update_every, UPDATE_EVERY_MAX);
			rrd_update_every = UPDATE_EVERY;
		}
		else debug(D_OPTIONS, "update timer set to %d.", rrd_update_every);

		// let the plugins know the min update_every
		{
			char buf[50];
			snprintf(buf, 50, "%d", rrd_update_every);
			setenv("NETDATA_UPDATE_EVERY", buf, 1);
		}

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		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();
		}

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		prepare_rundir();
		user = config_get("global", "run as user"    , (getuid() == 0)?NETDATA_USER:"");
		web_files_uid();

		// --------------------------------------------------------------------

		listen_backlog = (int) config_get_number("global", "http port listen backlog", LISTEN_BACKLOG);

		listen_port = (int) config_get_number("global", "port", LISTEN_PORT);
		if(listen_port < 1 || listen_port > 65535) {
			fprintf(stderr, "Invalid listen port %d given. Defaulting to %d.\n", listen_port, LISTEN_PORT);
			listen_port = LISTEN_PORT;
		}
		else debug(D_OPTIONS, "Listen port set to %d.", listen_port);

		int ip = 0;
		char *ipv = config_get("global", "ip version", "any");
		if(!strcmp(ipv, "any") || !strcmp(ipv, "both") || !strcmp(ipv, "all")) ip = 0;
		else if(!strcmp(ipv, "ipv4") || !strcmp(ipv, "IPV4") || !strcmp(ipv, "IPv4") || !strcmp(ipv, "4")) ip = 4;
		else if(!strcmp(ipv, "ipv6") || !strcmp(ipv, "IPV6") || !strcmp(ipv, "IPv6") || !strcmp(ipv, "6")) ip = 6;
		else fprintf(stderr, "Cannot understand ip version '%s'. Assumming 'any'.", ipv);

		if(ip == 0 || ip == 6) listen_fd = create_listen_socket6(listen_port, listen_backlog);
		if(listen_fd < 0) {
			listen_fd = create_listen_socket4(listen_port, listen_backlog);
			if(listen_fd >= 0 && ip != 4) fprintf(stderr, "Managed to open an IPv4 socket on port %d.", listen_port);
		}

		if(listen_fd < 0) fatal("Cannot listen socket.");
	}

	// never become a problem
	if(nice(20) == -1) error("Cannot lower my CPU priority.");

	if(become_daemon(dont_fork, 0, user, input_log_file, output_log_file, error_log_file, access_log_file, &access_fd, &stdaccess) == -1) {
		fatal("Cannot demonize myself.");
		exit(1);
	}

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

		prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 1, 0, 0, 0);
	}

	if(output_log_syslog || error_log_syslog || access_log_syslog)
		openlog("netdata", LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);

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


	// catch all signals
	for (i = 1 ; i < 65 ;i++) {
		switch(i) {
			case SIGKILL: // not catchable
			case SIGSTOP: // not catchable
				break;

			case SIGSEGV:
			case SIGFPE:
			case SIGCHLD:
				signal(i, SIG_DFL);
				break;

			default:
				signal(i,  sig_handler);
				break;
		}
	}

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

		if(st->enabled) {
			st->thread = malloc(sizeof(pthread_t));
			if(!st->thread)
				fatal("Cannot allocate pthread_t memory");

			info("Starting thread %s.", st->name);

			if(pthread_create(st->thread, NULL, st->start_routine, NULL))
				error("failed to create new thread for %s.", st->name);

			else if(pthread_detach(*st->thread))
				error("Cannot request detach of newly created %s thread.", st->name);
		}
		else info("Not starting thread %s.", st->name);
	}

	// for future use - the main thread
	while(1) {
		if(netdata_exit != 0) {
			netdata_exit++;

			if(netdata_exit > 5) {
				netdata_cleanup_and_exit(0);
				exit(0);
			}
		}
		sleep(2);
	}

	exit(0);
}