From 1271f9d71a81bb3ac5bb7a8c8bc951b5e3576d1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Sparr <cameronsparr@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 11:11:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] jolokia input: add note about POST permissions

closes #1628
---
 plugins/inputs/jolokia/jolokia.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/inputs/jolokia/jolokia.go b/plugins/inputs/jolokia/jolokia.go
index 53bb65fd..2cc0d642 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/jolokia/jolokia.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/jolokia/jolokia.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ type Jolokia struct {
 
 const sampleConfig = `
   ## This is the context root used to compose the jolokia url
+  ## NOTE that your jolokia security policy must allow for POST requests.
   context = "/jolokia"
 
   ## This specifies the mode used
@@ -104,7 +105,6 @@ func (j *Jolokia) Description() string {
 }
 
 func (j *Jolokia) doRequest(req *http.Request) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
-
 	resp, err := j.jClient.MakeRequest(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
-- 
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