adds note about permissions errors

README.md

@@ -165,3 +165,21 @@ I find them very hard to read.
 In addition, the API offers a lot of flexibility.
 Any command can be executed on RouterOS via the API.
 Thus it is possible to collect complex metrics.
+
+### I get a PermissionError when running docker-compose up
+
+When bind-mounting a directory from the host into a container, files and directories
+maintain the permissions they **have on the host**. These can not be changed by Docker.
+Typically, a bind-mounted directory has permissions like these: `rwxrwxr-x`.
+This means that the container can read from the bind-mounted directory. But it can not
+write or modify the mounted files.
+
+This mostly works fine. But the Prometheus exporter mktxp has a specialty:
+It may update it's configuration if some keys are missing from the configuration file.
+Imagine, that the key `ipv6_firewall` is missing from the **mktxp.conf**. In this case
+mktxp will add `ipv6_firewall=false` to the configuration file instead of failing.
+This is a helpful feature, but can cause the container to crash, if the user inside
+the container lacks write permissions.
+
+In order to resolve this issue, make sure that all keys that mktxp currently supports
+are listed in your **mktxp.conf** file.

docker-compose.yml

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ services:
   mktxp:
     # https://github.com/M0r13n/mikrotik_monitoring
     # Note: You might need to build the image yourself if not on AMD64 or ARM-v7/V8
-    image: leonmorten/mktxp:latest
+    image: mktxp:latest
     volumes:
       # Since Version v0.37 mktxp runs as single user
       # Prior it was root
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ services:
       - ./nginx/nginx-selfsigned.crt:/etc/nginx/ssl/nginx-selfsigned.crt
       - ./nginx/self-signed.conf:/etc/nginx/ssl/self-signed.conf
     ports:
-      - 80:80
+      - 80:80  # You may adjust to some unprivileged ports
       - 443:443
     networks:
       - default

mktxp/_mktxp.conf

@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@
     max_delay_on_failure = 900
     delay_inc_div = 5
 
-	bandwidth = True                # Turns metrics bandwidth metrics collection on / off    
+    bandwidth = True                # Turns metrics bandwidth metrics collection on / off    
-	bandwidth_test_interval = 420   # Interval for colllecting bandwidth metrics
+    bandwidth_test_interval = 420   # Interval for colllecting bandwidth metrics
+
+    verbose_mode = False            # Set it on for troubleshooting

mktxp/mktxp.conf

@@ -11,26 +11,37 @@
 ## GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 
-[Chateau]                               # Change to your Router
+[Sample-Router]
-    capsman_clients = True
+    enabled = False         # turns metrics collection for this RouterOS device on / off
-    firewall = True
+    
-    wireless_clients = True
+    hostname = localhost    # RouterOS IP address
-    use_ssl = False
+    port = 8728             # RouterOS IP Port
-    pool = True
+    
-    wireless = True
+    username = username     # RouterOS user, needs to have 'read' and 'api' permissions
-    monitor = True
+    password = password
-    capsman = True
+    
-    netwatch = True
+    use_ssl = False                 # enables connection via API-SSL servis
-    ssl_certificate_verify = False
+    no_ssl_certificate = False      # enables API_SSL connect without router SSL certificate
-    enabled = True
+    ssl_certificate_verify = False  # turns SSL certificate verification on / off   
-    use_comments_over_names = True
+
-    no_ssl_certificate = False
+    installed_packages = True       # Installed packages
-    dhcp_lease = True
+    dhcp = True                     # DHCP general metrics
-    dhcp = True
+    dhcp_lease = True               # DHCP lease metrics
-    route = True
+    connections = True              # IP connections metrics
-    interface = True
+    pool = True                     # Pool metrics
-    poe = False                         # Enable for PoE stats
+    interface = True                # Interfaces traffic metrics
-    hostname = 192.168.0.1              # Change to your IP
+    
-    username = prometheus               # Change to your Mikrotik user
+    firewall = True                 # IPv4 Firewall rules traffic metrics
-    password = Mascha33                 # Change to your Mikrotik password
+    ipv6_firewall = False           # IPv6 Firewall rules traffic metrics
-    port = 8728                         # Default Port for Mikrotik API
+    ipv6_neighbor = False           # Reachable IPv6 Neighbors
+
+    monitor = True                  # Interface monitor metrics
+    poe = True                      # POE metrics
+    public_ip = True                # Public IP metrics
+    route = True                    # Routes metrics
+    wireless = True                 # WLAN general metrics
+    wireless_clients = True         # WLAN clients metrics
+    capsman = True                  # CAPsMAN general metrics
+    capsman_clients = True          # CAPsMAN clients metrics    
+
+    use_comments_over_names = True  # when available, forces using comments over the interfaces names