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authorCosta Tsaousis (ktsaou) <costa@tsaousis.gr>2017-02-25 02:34:04 +0200
committerCosta Tsaousis (ktsaou) <costa@tsaousis.gr>2017-02-25 02:34:04 +0200
commit355ab6f8150762f8d87b48fd27a61cfa54a22a41 (patch)
treed998f8d3c36b8b7707254e0b805a7053301e1840 /conf.d
parenta0d5d14b11c9f8150dae15cd72a19c8fb14f6b31 (diff)
updated info
Diffstat (limited to 'conf.d')
-rw-r--r--conf.d/aggregated_hosts.conf26
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/conf.d/aggregated_hosts.conf b/conf.d/aggregated_hosts.conf
index 233c4ea5f3..b573582017 100644
--- a/conf.d/aggregated_hosts.conf
+++ b/conf.d/aggregated_hosts.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
# netdata configuration for aggregating data from remote hosts
#
+# API keys authorize a pair of sending-receiving netdata servers.
+# Once their communication is authorized, they can exchange metrics for any
+# number of hosts.
+#
+# You can generate API keys, with the linux command: uuidgen
+#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 1. SLAVE NETDATA - THE ONE THAT WILL BE SENDING METRICS
#
@@ -11,31 +17,19 @@
# # default: no
# enabled = yes
#
-# # when set to yes, the slave netdata will not start
-# # its web server and will not maintain a database.
-# # when set to yes, the slave netdata will be just a metrics collector.
-# # default: yes
-# exclusive = yes
-#
# # one or more netdata hosts to send metrics to.
# # only one will get them, the first available.
-# stream metrics to = HOST1:PORT1 HOST2:PORT2 ...
+# destination = HOST1:PORT1 HOST2:PORT2 ...
#
# # the API key to use, to authorize ourselves
-# api key = API_KEY_GENERATED_BY_UUIDGEN
+# api key = API_KEY
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 2. MASTER NETDATA - THE ONE THAT WILL BE RECEIVING METRICS
#
-# You need an API key: API_KEY_GENERATED_BY_UUIDGEN
-# This key should be specified at the master and the slave netdata servers.
-#
-# You can generate one with the command: uuidgen
-# You can add many API key sections below, for each API key.
+# Use this file to define the API keys is accepts.
#
# You can have one API key per slave, or the same API key for all slaves.
-# Each slave will automatically create its own virtual host at the master
-# even if all slaves use the same API key.
#
# All options below are used in this order:
#
@@ -50,7 +44,7 @@
# API key authentication
# If the key is not listed here, it will not be able to connect.
-[API_KEY_GENERATED_BY_UUIDGEN]
+[API_KEY]
# Default settings for the API key
# You can disable the API key, by setting this to: no