Sample Bosun.toml file

bosun.toml

# Hostname will be used when links are created in templates (i.e. acknowledge links)
#Hostname = "bosun.example.com"

# The HTTP IP and Port to Listen on. Default is ":8070"
#HTTPListen = ":8080"

# Alert checks are run by default every CheckFrequency * DefaultRunEvery. RunEvery can be overridden
# by indivdual alerts. Defaults are "5m" and 1
CheckFrequency = "1m"
DefaultRunEvery = 5

# Path to the rule file (file that contains definitions for alerts, macros, lookups, templates, and notifications)
RuleFilePath = "/data/bosunrules.conf"

# timeanddate.com zones (only for use in the UI)
TimeAndDate = [ 237, 179, 136 ]

# An API key for generating goo.gl shortlinks
#ShortURLKey = "aKey"

# The minumum amount of alerts to create an alert group on the dashboard. Default is 5
MinGroupSize = 5

# How many unknown alerts in a check cycle are needed before a group notiofication is created
UnknownThreshold = 5

# This makes it so Bosun ping's and records a metric for every value of the "host" tag it has seen. Default is false
Ping = false

# How long before hosts stop being pinged if we haven't seen a tagset for that host.Alert. Default is 24 hours
PingDuration = "24h"

# How long certain items and metrics should be displayed in the UI if we haven't seen them. Default 3 days
SearchSince = "72h"

# Enable saving API endpoints and the ability to save the config via the UI. Default is false
EnableSave   = true
EnableReload = true

# Path to a command that will be executed on save of the rule configuration. This command is passed a filename, username, message, and vargs
# If the command does not execute save operations will be canceled and the rule file will be restored
#CommandHookPath = "/Users/kbrandt/src/hook/hook"

# Configuration to enable the OpenTSDB Backend
[OpenTSDBConf]
	Host = "x.x.x.x:4242"
	# Default is 2.1, certain features like filters are enabled when the version is set to 2.2
	Version = 2.2
	# ResponseLimit will make requests error if the response from opentsdb is larger than this setting in bytes. Default of 1MB
	ResponseLimit = 25000000

# Configuration for to enable to Graphite Backend
#[GraphiteConf]
#	Host = "localhost:80"
#	[GraphiteConf.Headers]
#		X-Meow = "Mix"

# Configuration of hosts to enable the Elastic backend
# [ElasticConf]
# 	Hosts = ["http://10.85.92.10:9200"]

#[ElasticConf]
#  [ElasticConf.default]
#    Hosts = ["http://0.0.0.0:9200"]
#    [ElasticConf.default.ClientOptions]
#      SnifferEnabled = true
#      SnifferTimeoutStartup = 10
#      HealthcheckEnabled = false

# Configuration for embedding the annotate service (also enables annotations if hosts are defined)
#[AnnotateConf]
#    Hosts = ["http://ny-lselastic01.example.com:9200", "http://ny-lselastic02.example.com:9200"]
#    # Set the Index name that annotations are stored in. Default is annotate
#    # Index = annotate

# Configuration for Bosun's internal storage. Can be Ledis (Default) or Redis. Redis is recommended
# for production setups. Defaults for ledis are below but would be ignored since redis takes
# precedence
[DBConf]
#	LedisDir = "/data/ledis_data"
#	LedisBindAddr = "0.0.0.0:9565"
	RedisHost = "x.x.x.x:6379"

# Configuration to enable Bosun to be able to send email notifications
#[SMTPConf]
#	EmailFrom = "bosun@example.com"
#	Host = "mail.example.com"

# Configuration to enable the InfluxDB backend
#[InfluxConf]
#	URL = "https://myInfluxServer:1234"
#	Timeout = "5m"
#	UnsafeSSL = true