System metrics configuration

Customize the reporting of system metrics.

Properties

To control all aspects of the system metrics behavior.

Property	Type	Default	Description
frequency	string		Initial system metrics reporting frequency as a sequence of decimal numbers, each with optional fraction and a unit suffix, such as: 300ms, 1.5h, 10m30s, etc., time units are: ns, us (or µs), ms, s, m, h
Local connectivity
broker	string	tcp://localhost:1883	Address of the MQTT server/broker that the system metrics will connect for the local communication, the format is: `scheme://host:port`
username	string		Username that is a part of the credentials
password	string		Password that is a part of the credentials
Logging
logFile	string	log/system-metrics.log	Path to the file where log messages are written
logLevel	string	INFO	All log messages at this or higher level will be logged, the log levels in descending order are: ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG and TRACE
logFileCount	int	5	Log file maximum rotations count
logFileMaxAge	int	28	Log file rotations maximum age in days, use 0 to not remove old log files
logFileSize	int	2	Log file size in MB before it gets rotated

Example

The minimal required configuration that enables the auto reporting of system metrics.

{
    "frequency": "60s",
    "logFile": "/var/log/system-metrics/system-metrics.log"
}

Template

The configuration can be further adjusted according to the use case. The following template illustrates all possible properties with their default values.

{
    "frequency" : ""
    "broker": "tcp://localhost:1883",
    "username": "",
    "password": "",
    "logFile": "log/system-metrics.log",
    "logLevel": "INFO",
    "logFileCount": 5,
    "logFileMaxAge": 28,
    "logFileSize": 2
}

Last modified September 27, 2022