Collectd: Safe to add custom conf files?

[flatline69]

I have some custom configuration files for collectd (dumped into influxdb for grafana.) Is it safe to add them or would they get clobbered on reboot when /etc is populated?

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

The configuration will be reset after each reboot. You could create a shell script that adds your specific config and restarts collectd. Than add that as a post-startup task.

 

[flatline69]

The configuration will be reset after each reboot. You could create a shell script that adds your specific config and restarts collectd. Than add that as a post-startup task.

Even if they're under /etc/collectd.d/ ? I haven't tested it yet myself but it'd be handy.

edit: answer my own question; it's do-able but /etc/collectd/collectd.conf needs to be patched every reboot for the include statements (or otherwise add to.)