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.. _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/, /usr/share/docs/glances/
``*BSD`` ~/.config/glances/, /usr/local/etc/glances/, /usr/share/docs/glances/
``macOS`` ~/Library/Application Support/glances/, /usr/local/etc/glances/, /usr/share/docs/glances/
``Windows`` %APPDATA%\\glances\\glances.conf
==================== =============================================================
- 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]
# Refresh rate (default is a minimum of 2 seconds)
# Can be overwrite by the -t <sec> option
# It is also possible to overwrite it in each plugin sections
refresh=2
# Does Glances should check if a newer version is available on PyPI ?
check_update=false
# History size (maximum number of values)
# Default is 28800: 1 day with 1 point every 3 seconds
history_size=28800
Each plugin, export module and application monitoring process (AMP) can
have a section. Below an example for the CPU plugin:
.. code-block:: ini
[cpu]
disable=False
refresh=3
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
With Glances 3.0 or higher it is also possible to use dynamic configuration
value using system command. For example, if you to set the prefix of an
InfluxDB export to the current hostname, use:
.. code-block:: ini
[influxdb]
...
prefix=`hostname`
Or if you want to add the Operating System name as a tag:
.. code-block:: ini
[influxdb]
...
tags=system:`uname -a`
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.
The location of the Glances depends of your operating system. You could
displayed the Glances log file full path using the``glances -V`` command line.
The file is automatically rotate when the size is higher than 1 MB.
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