Chapter 16. Telemetry (ceilometer, gnocchi, aodh) Parameters


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ParameterDescription

AodhPassword

The password for the OpenStack Telemetry Alarming (aodh) services.

CeilometerBackend

The Telemetry backend type. The default value is: mongodb

CeilometerEventDispatcher

Comma-separated list of Dispatchers to process events data. The default value is: ['gnocchi', 'database']

CeilometerEventsTTL

Number of seconds before database can expire the events data. The default value is: -1

CeilometerMeterDispatcher

Dispatcher to process meter data. The default value is: gnocchi

CeilometerMeteringSecret

Secret shared by the Telemetry services.

CeilometerPassword

The password for the Telemetry service account.

CeilometerStoreEvents

Whether to store events in ceilometer. The default value is: False

CeilometerWorkers

Number of workers for the Telemetry service. The default value is: 0. Note that more workers creates a larger number of processes on systems, which results in excess memory consumption. It is recommended to choose a suitable non-default value on systems with high CPU core counts.

EnableCombinationAlarms

Combination alarms are deprecated in Newton, hence disabled by default. To enable, set this parameter to true. The default value is: False

GnocchiBackend

The short name of the OpenStack Telemetry Metrics (gnocchi) backend to use. Should be one of swift, rbd, or file. The default value is: swift

GnocchiFileBasePath

Path to use when file driver is used. This could be NFS or a flat file. The default value is: /var/lib/gnocchi

GnocchiIndexerBackend

The short name of the OpenStack Telemetry Metrics (gnocchi) indexer backend to use. The default value is: mysql

GnocchiMetricdWorkers

Number of workers for OpenStack Telemetry Metrics (gnocchi). The default value is equal to the number of CPU cores on the node. Note that more workers creates a larger number of processes on systems, which results in excess memory consumption. It is recommended to choose a suitable non-default value on systems with high CPU core counts.

GnocchiPassword

The password for the OpenStack Telemetry Metrics (gnocchi) service and database account.

MetricProcessingDelay

Delay between processing metrics. The default value is: 30

MongoDbIPv6

Enable IPv6 if MongoDB VIP is IPv6. The default value is: False

MongoDbNoJournal

Should MongoDb journaling be disabled. The default value is: False

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