glances/docs/config.rst

.. _config:

Configuration
=============

No configuration file is mandatory to use Glances.

Furthermore a configuration file is needed to access more settings.

Location
--------

.. note::
    A template is available in the ``/usr{,/local}/share/doc/glances``
    (Unix-like) directory or directly on `GitHub`_.

You can put your own ``glances.conf`` file in the following locations:

==================== =============================================================
``Linux``, ``SunOS`` ~/.config/glances, /etc/glances
``*BSD``             ~/.config/glances, /usr/local/etc/glances
``macOS``            ~/Library/Application Support/glances, /usr/local/etc/glances
``Windows``          %APPDATA%\\glances
==================== =============================================================

- On Windows XP, ``%APPDATA%`` is: ``C:\Documents and Settings\<USERNAME>\Application Data``.
- On Windows Vista and later: ``C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming``.

User-specific options override system-wide options and options given on
the command line override either.

Syntax
------

Glances reads configuration files in the *ini* syntax.

A first section (called global) is available:

.. code-block:: ini

    [global]
    # Does Glances should check if a newer version is available on PyPI?
    check_update=true

Each plugin, export module and application monitoring process (AMP) can
have a section. Below an example for the CPU plugin:

.. code-block:: ini

    [cpu]
    user_careful=50
    user_warning=70
    user_critical=90
    iowait_careful=50
    iowait_warning=70
    iowait_critical=90
    system_careful=50
    system_warning=70
    system_critical=90
    steal_careful=50
    steal_warning=70
    steal_critical=90

an InfluxDB export module:

.. code-block:: ini

    [influxdb]
    # Configuration for the --export-influxdb option
    # https://influxdb.com/
    host=localhost
    port=8086
    user=root
    password=root
    db=glances
    prefix=localhost
    #tags=foo:bar,spam:eggs

or a Nginx AMP:

.. code-block:: ini

    [amp_nginx]
    # Nginx status page should be enable (https://easyengine.io/tutorials/nginx/status-page/)
    enable=true
    regex=\/usr\/sbin\/nginx
    refresh=60
    one_line=false
    status_url=http://localhost/nginx_status

Logging
-------

Glances logs all of its internal messages to a log file.

``DEBUG`` messages can been logged using the ``-d`` option on the command
line.

By default, the ``glances-USERNAME.log`` file is under the temporary directory:

=========== ======
``*nix``    /tmp
``Windows`` %TEMP%
=========== ======

- On Windows XP, ``%TEMP%`` is: ``C:\Documents and Settings\<USERNAME>\Local Settings\Temp``.
- On Windows Vista and later: ``C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Temp``.

If you want to use another system path or change the log message, you
can use your own logger configuration. First of all, you have to create
a ``glances.json`` file with, for example, the following content (JSON
format):

.. code-block:: json

    {
        "version": 1,
        "disable_existing_loggers": "False",
        "root": {
            "level": "INFO",
            "handlers": ["file", "console"]
        },
        "formatters": {
            "standard": {
                "format": "%(asctime)s -- %(levelname)s -- %(message)s"
            },
            "short": {
                "format": "%(levelname)s: %(message)s"
            },
            "free": {
                "format": "%(message)s"
            }
        },
        "handlers": {
            "file": {
                "level": "DEBUG",
                "class": "logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler",
                "formatter": "standard",
                "filename": "/var/tmp/glances.log"
            },
            "console": {
                "level": "CRITICAL",
                "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
                "formatter": "free"
            }
        },
        "loggers": {
            "debug": {
                "handlers": ["file", "console"],
                "level": "DEBUG"
            },
            "verbose": {
                "handlers": ["file", "console"],
                "level": "INFO"
            },
            "standard": {
                "handlers": ["file"],
                "level": "INFO"
            },
            "requests": {
                "handlers": ["file", "console"],
                "level": "ERROR"
            },
            "elasticsearch": {
                "handlers": ["file", "console"],
                "level": "ERROR"
            },
            "elasticsearch.trace": {
                "handlers": ["file", "console"],
                "level": "ERROR"
            }
        }
    }

and start Glances using the following command line:

.. code-block:: console

    LOG_CFG=<path>/glances.json glances

.. note::
    Replace ``<path>`` by the folder where your ``glances.json`` file
    is hosted.

.. _GitHub: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nicolargo/glances/master/conf/glances.conf