apps.plugin can exclude parents and childs process?

[yezhengmao1]

I found the apps.plugin include all parents and childs process, its hard to analyze the processs metrics.
Any method to exclude it?

[ilyam8]

Hi, @yezhem. See https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/master/collectors/apps.plugin#configuration

For each process given, its whole process tree will be grouped, not just the process matched. The plugin will include both parents and children. If including the parents in the group is undesirable, the line other: * should be appended to the apps_groups.conf.

[yezhengmao1]

Thanks, Its meaning I should put parents process name in other:*?

[ilyam8]

No, you shouldn't. Just other: *.