telegraf: Centos Stream 9: error getting disk usage ("/sys/kernel/debug/tracing"): permission denied

Relevant telegraf.conf

Migrating from Centos 7 to Centos Stream 9, and I am seeing this log when Telegraf runs:

Mar 25 23:09:00 nxtdrp032522-d-centos-stream9 telegraf[927]: 2022-03-25T23:09:00Z E! [inputs.disk] [SystemPS] => error getting disk usage ("/sys/kernel/debug/tracing"): permission denied

Any guidance please?

Logs from Telegraf

Mar 25 23:09:00 nxtdrp032522-d-centos-stream9 telegraf[927]: 2022-03-25T23:09:00Z E! [inputs.disk] [SystemPS] => error getting disk usage ("/sys/kernel/debug/tracing"): permission denied

System info

telegraf-1.22.0-1.x86_64

Docker

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Steps to reproduce

1.start telegraf and look in /var/log/messages 2. 3. …

Expected behavior

no permission denied logs

Actual behavior

permission denied logs

Additional info

No response

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Same here on Ubuntu 20.04.4 using Telegraf 1.22.0 (git: HEAD 80a7feb8) uname -a: Linux 5.4.0-104-generic #118-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 2 19:02:41 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

telegraf output: E! [inputs.disk] [SystemPS] => error getting disk usage ("/hostfs/run/docker/netns/XXXXXXXXXX"): permission denied

Same problem with telegraf 1.22.0-1 on clean Debian 11 E! [inputs.disk] [SystemPS] => error getting disk usage ("/run/docker/netns/ca3833961fae"): permission denied

UPD. Adding nsfs to ignore_fs list solved my problem.

added tracefs to ignore_fs` parameter for inputs.disk and seems quiet so far.

In addition to adding the filesystem type to the ignore list, v1.22.3 of telegraf, released yesterday, has reduced these log messages back to debug level.

Same here on Ubuntu 20.04.4 using Telegraf 1.22.0 (git: HEAD 80a7feb8) uname -a: Linux 5.4.0-104-generic #118-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 2 19:02:41 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

telegraf output: E! [inputs.disk] [SystemPS] => error getting disk usage ("/hostfs/run/docker/netns/XXXXXXXXXX"): permission denied

Relevant telegraf.conf

Migrating from Centos 7 to Centos Stream 9, and I am seeing this log when Telegraf runs:

Mar 25 23:09:00 nxtdrp032522-d-centos-stream9 telegraf[927]: 2022-03-25T23:09:00Z E! [inputs.disk] [SystemPS] => error getting disk usage ("/sys/kernel/debug/tracing"): permission denied

Any guidance please?

Logs from Telegraf

Mar 25 23:09:00 nxtdrp032522-d-centos-stream9 telegraf[927]: 2022-03-25T23:09:00Z E! [inputs.disk] [SystemPS] => error getting disk usage ("/sys/kernel/debug/tracing"): permission denied

System info

telegraf-1.22.0-1.x86_64

Docker

No response

Steps to reproduce

1.start telegraf and look in /var/log/messages 2. 3. …

Expected behavior

no permission denied logs

Actual behavior

permission denied logs

Additional info

No response

Refers to: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/5914171

Try this:

[[inputs.disk]] ignore_fs = [“tmpfs”, “devtmpfs”, “devfs”, “iso9660”, “overlay”, “aufs”, “squashfs”, “tracefs”]