Telegraf Insufficient lockable memory warning

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Hi!

I am getting a warning message regarding lockable memory.

2024-09-20T15:45:58Z I! Starting Telegraf 1.32.0 brought to you by InfluxData the makers of InfluxDB
2024-09-20T15:45:58Z I! Available plugins: 235 inputs, 9 aggregators, 32 processors, 26 parsers, 62 outputs, 6 secret-stores
2024-09-20T15:45:58Z I! Loaded inputs: snmp (2970x)
2024-09-20T15:45:58Z I! Loaded aggregators:
2024-09-20T15:45:58Z I! Loaded processors:
2024-09-20T15:45:58Z I! Loaded secretstores:
2024-09-20T15:45:58Z I! Loaded outputs: discard
2024-09-20T15:45:58Z I! Tags enabled: host=ARBBCWP_GDE_DSS01
2024-09-20T15:45:58Z I! Found 5940 secrets...
2024-09-20T15:45:58Z W! Insufficient lockable memory 64kb when 71280kb is required. Please increase the limit for Telegraf in your Operating System!

I understand that this message is related to the secret stores. I am no using secret stores yet, and my “secrets” are in each config file.

Is that message still relevant?
Should I try to get more memory even not using secret stores?

Regards!

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Yes it is. The values in the config are also stored in an encrypted locked memory section. You can circumvent this by using the --unprotected flag of Telegraf. However, this will be less safe as secrets are the stored unencrypted in swappable memory…

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