# Installed Netdata Container 1:33:1 - missing qemu/cgroups

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**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** agent, collectors\
**Created:** [June 1, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/installed-netdata-container-11-missing-qemu-cgroups/2939 "2022-06-01T15:30:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/installed-netdata-container-11-missing-qemu-cgroups/2939/1 "2022-06-01T15:30:23Z")

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I recently installed netdata on KVM host using netdata image version 1.33.1… Cannot see any VM guest data in charts. I checked cgroup:plugins and it is enabled… tried to search through community but could not find anything

[plugins]  
cgroups = yes

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**Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/installed-netdata-container-11-missing-qemu-cgroups/2939/2 "2022-06-01T18:10:22Z")

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Seems this may be the problem… but not sure how to get the date command of alpine linux.

bash-5.1# ./cgroup-name.sh  
./cgroup-name.sh: line 20: /usr/bin/date: No such file or directory  
: cgroup-name.sh: FATAL: called without a cgroup name. Nothing to do.  
bash-5.1#

Is there a container with Redhat image

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**Author:** ![Tasos\_Katsoulas](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/tasos_katsoulas/32/1344_2.png) [@Tasos\_Katsoulas](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Tasos_Katsoulas)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/installed-netdata-container-11-missing-qemu-cgroups/2939/3 "2022-06-02T04:55:40Z")

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Hi there,

Could you share some more info?

1. access the netdata conf: \<node\_ip\>:19999/netdata.conf and share the `[plugin:cgroups]` config
2. kernel version `uname -r`
3. Host OS distr/version
4. ( it might be useful later) Selinux status on the host: `/etc/selinux/config`
5. Install method (from what I see you are trying to monitor you host with netdata via a docker container). Have you create the container with the exact command in our docs? [Install Netdata with Docker | Learn Netdata](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/agent/packaging/docker#create-a-new-netdata-agent-container)

Tasos.

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**Author:** ![vrajneesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/45deac/32.png) [@vrajneesh](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/vrajneesh)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/installed-netdata-container-11-missing-qemu-cgroups/2939/4 "2022-06-03T16:27:12Z")

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> [@Tasos\_Katsoulas](#):
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> tdata conf: \<node\_ip\>:

Thanks and appreciate you looking into this…

[plugin:cgroups]  
# cgroups plugin resource charts = yes  
# update every = 1  
# check for new cgroups every = 10  
# use unified cgroups = auto  
# containers priority = 40000  
# enable cpuacct stat (total CPU) = auto  
# enable cpuacct usage (per core CPU) = auto  
# enable memory = auto  
# enable detailed memory = auto  
# enable memory limits fail count = auto  
# enable swap memory = auto  
# enable blkio bandwidth = auto  
# enable blkio operations = auto  
# enable blkio throttle bandwidth = auto  
# enable blkio throttle operations = auto  
# enable blkio queued operations = auto  
# enable blkio merged operations = auto  
# enable cpu pressure = auto  
# enable io some pressure = auto  
# enable io full pressure = auto  
# enable memory some pressure = auto  
# enable memory full pressure = auto  
# recheck zero blkio every iterations = 10  
# recheck zero memory failcnt every iterations = 10  
# recheck zero detailed memory every iterations = 10  
# enable systemd services = yes  
# enable systemd services detailed memory = no  
# report used memory = yes  
# path to /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct = /host/host/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct  
# path to /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset = /host/host/sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset  
# path to /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio = /host/host/sys/fs/cgroup/blkio  
# path to /sys/fs/cgroup/memory = /host/host/sys/fs/cgroup/memory  
# path to /sys/fs/cgroup/devices = /host/host/sys/fs/cgroup/devices  
# max cgroups to allow = 1000  
# max cgroups depth to monitor = 0  
# enable new cgroups detected at run time = yes  
# enable by default cgroups matching = !_/init.scope !/system.slice/run-_.scope _.scope /machine.slice/_.service /kubepods/pod\*/\* /kubepods/_/pod_/\* !/kubepods\* !_/vcpu_ !_/emulator !_.mount !_.partition !_.service !_.socket !_.slice !_.swap !_.user !/ !/docker !/libvirt !/lxc !/lxc/_/_ !/lxc.monitor\* !/lxc.pivot !/lxc.payload !/machine !/qemu !/system !/systemd !/user \*  
# search for cgroups in subpaths matching = !_/init.scope !_-qemu !_.libvirt-qemu !/init.scope !/system !/systemd !/user !/user.slice !/lxc/_/\* !/lxc.monitor !/lxc.payload/_/_ !/lxc.payload.\* \*  
# script to get cgroup names = /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/cgroup-name.sh  
# script to get cgroup network interfaces = /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/cgroup-network  
# run script to rename cgroups matching = !/ !_.mount !_.socket !_.partition /machine.slice/_.service !_.service !_.slice !_.swap !_.user !init.scope !_.scope/vcpu_ !_.scope/emulator .scope dockerlxcqemukubepods.libvirt-qemu \*  
# cgroups to match as systemd services = !/system.slice//.service /system.slice/_.service

From the host - [root@adckvm644a ~]# uname -r  
4.18.0-193.60.2.el8\_2.x86\_64

From the container -  
bash-5.1# uname -a  
Linux xxxkvmxxxa 4.18.0-193.60.2.el8\_2.x86\_64 #1 SMP Wed Jul 7 07:08:14 EDT 2021 x86\_64 Linux

[root@adckvm644a ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release  
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.2 (Ootpa)

[root@adckvm644a ~]# cat /etc/selinux/config  
SELINUX=enforcing  
SELINUXTYPE=targeted

Install Method – pulled the image from docker hub.

Will check your docs… but i believe the docker hub image has date command missing, which is causing cgroup script to fail.

[root@adckvm644a ~]# grep -w date r  
2022-06-01 18:54:19: charts.d: WARNING: main: command ‘date’ is not found in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin.  
2022-06-01 18:54:29: charts.d: WARNING: main: command ‘date’ is not found in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin.  
2022-06-01 18:54:40: charts.d: WARNING: main: command ‘date’ is not found in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin.  
2022-06-01 18:54:50: charts.d: WARNING: main: command ‘date’ is not found in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin.  
2022-06-01 18:55:00: charts.d: WARNING: main: command ‘date’ is not found in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin.  
2022-06-01 18:55:11: charts.d: WARNING: main: command ‘date’ is not found in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin.  
2022-06-01 18:55:21: charts.d: WARNING: main: command ‘date’ is not found in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin.  
2022-06-01 18:55:31: charts.d: WARNING: main: command ‘date’ is not found in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin.  
2022-06-01 18:55:42: charts.d: WARNING: main: command ‘date’ is not found in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin.  
2022-06-01 18:55:52: charts.d: WARNING: main: command ‘date’ is not found in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin.  
2022-06-01 18:56:02: charts.d: WARNING: main: command ‘date’ is not found in /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin.

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**Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/installed-netdata-container-11-missing-qemu-cgroups/2939/5 "2022-06-03T16:43:53Z")

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> Install Method – pulled the image from docker hub.
> 
> Will check your docs… but i believe the docker hub image has date command missing, which is causing cgroup script to fail.

So you just ran `docker run netdata/netdata`?

This won’t work as expected . Please remove the container and create it with this [Install Netdata with Docker | Learn Netdata](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/agent/packaging/docker#create-a-new-netdata-agent-container) command

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**Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/installed-netdata-container-11-missing-qemu-cgroups/2939/6 "2022-06-03T18:21:38Z")

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> [@Tasos\_Katsoulas](#):
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> expected . Please remove the container and c

I did follow the process, but it seems the image is not compatible on redhat… I used the whole command line as mentioned in Netdata docs. just curious if you have a working environment with kvm guests on redhat running with this image.
