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Test non-Linux procfs collector support (e.g. Solaris)
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Description
Collectors using procfs are currently only built on linux. Procfs is also supported by other operating systems like Solaris. It's not known if the collectors work on solaris though, tests would be necessary. If they work fine, the build flags should allow compilation under solaris.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the procfs collectors and the Linux-only build flags mentioned in the issue, then determine how to test them on Solaris. Done means confirming whether the collectors work on Solaris and, if they do, allowing the relevant collectors to compile there.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- observability, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100