From 7a9e4497ecbedb4a15bcf5ae5606ce9ea6e1a8e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mahendra Paipuri <mahendra.paipuri@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 11:53:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add an example on how to use cgroup path

Disable cgroup_path meta data by default
---
 .../components/discovery/discovery.process.md | 28 +++++++++++++++++++
 internal/component/discovery/process/args.go  |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/components/discovery/discovery.process.md b/docs/sources/reference/components/discovery/discovery.process.md
index b120708647..ea247ba98d 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/components/discovery/discovery.process.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/components/discovery/discovery.process.md
@@ -190,6 +190,34 @@ discovery.process "all" {
   }
 }
 
+### Example discovering processes on the local host based on `cgroups` path
+
+To discover processes running under systemd services on the local host.
+
+```alloy
+discovery.process "all" {
+  refresh_interval = "60s"
+  discover_config {
+    cwd = true
+    exe = true
+    commandline = true
+    username = true
+    uid = true
+    cgroup_path = true
+    container_id = true
+  }
+}
+
+discovery.relabel "systemd_services" {
+  targets = discovery.process.all.targets
+  // Only keep the targets that correspond to systemd services
+  rule {
+    action = "keep"
+    regex = "^.*/([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+).service(?:.*$)"
+    source_labels = ["__meta_cgroup_id"]
+  }
+}
+
 ```
 <!-- START GENERATED COMPATIBLE COMPONENTS -->
 
diff --git a/internal/component/discovery/process/args.go b/internal/component/discovery/process/args.go
index 2b794625ea..84256541c8 100644
--- a/internal/component/discovery/process/args.go
+++ b/internal/component/discovery/process/args.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ var DefaultConfig = Arguments{
 		Exe:         true,
 		Commandline: true,
 		ContainerID: true,
-		CgroupPath:  true,
+		CgroupPath:  false,
 	},
 }