About macOS integration pre-built alerts
The macOS integration provides a variety of pre-built alerts that you can use right away to begin identifying and troubleshooting issues. In this step of the journey, you’ll become familiar with these pre-built alerts and learn how to use them to address various problems.
Did you know? If your machine is functioning properly, you won’t receive any alerts. No news is good news!
Darwin alerts
NodeNetworkReceiveErrs
Description: Network interface is reporting many receive errors
What this means: Network connectivity issues have been detected.
What to do: These could be caused by hardware malfunctions or malicious attacks.
NodeNetworkTransmitErrs
Description: Network interface is reporting many transmit errors
What this means: Network connectivity issues have been detected.
What to do: These could be caused by hardware malfunctions or incorrect network settings.
NodeTextFileCollectorScrapeError
Description: Node Exporter text file collector failed to scrape
What this means: A log file or status indicator that is typically used to gather data for a particular metric is currently unavailable. This is preventing the system from collecting and reporting the necessary data.
What to do: Consult the Grafana Alloy and system logs to determine which specific file is inaccessible.
Darwin filesystem alerts
NodeFilesystemAlmostOutOfSpace 5%
Description: Filesystem has less than 5% space left
What this means: The disk is almost full, indicating limited storage space.
What to do: Add storage capacity or remove unnecessary files to free up space.
NodeFilesystemAlmostOutOfSpace 3%
Description: Filesystem has less than 3% space left
What this means: The disk is almost full, indicating limited storage space.
What to do: Add storage capacity or remove unnecessary files to free up space.
NodeFilesystemFilesFillingUp 24 hrs
Description: Filesystem is predicted to run out of inodes within the next 24 hours
What this means: While there may be some free space remaining on the device, the maximum number of files that can be stored is almost reached.
What to do: This is often caused by numerous small files, which can be a symptom of a process that’s creating files without proper cleanup, particularly in the /tmp directory.
NodeFilesystemFilesFillingUp 4 hrs
Description: Filesystem is predicted to run out of inodes within the next 4 hours
What this means: While there may be some free space remaining on the device, the maximum number of files that can be stored is almost reached.
What to do: This is often caused by numerous small files, which can be a symptom of a process that’s creating files without proper cleanup, particularly in the /tmp directory.
NodeFilesystemAlmostOutOfFiles 5% inodes left
Description: Filesystem has less than 5% inodes left
What this means: While there may be some free space remaining on the device, the maximum number of files that can be stored is almost reached.
What to do: This is often caused by numerous small files, which can be a symptom of a process that’s creating files without proper cleanup, particularly in the /tmp directory.
NodeFilesystemAlmostOutOfFiles 3% inodes left
Description: Filesystem has less than 3% inodes left
What this means: While there may be some free space remaining on the device, the maximum number of files that can be stored is almost reached.
What to do: This is often caused by numerous small files, which can be a symptom of a process that’s creating files without proper cleanup, particularly in the /tmp directory.