Application settings#

The behavior of the application can be controlled via a file called ApplicationSettings.yaml which must be located in the /config directory. If no file is found the default values are used.

A settings file has the following structure:

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PollIntervallInSeconds: 5
ManifestPath: "/data/Manifest.yaml"
Logging:
  LogToConsole: true
  LogToOtel: false
  MinimumLogLevel: Information  
  LogToFile: false
  LogFilePath: "logs"
  LogFileKeepMax: 5
  Otel:
    ServiceName: "mqtt2otel-internal"
    ServiceNamespace: "prod-mqtt2otel"
    Endpoint:
      Protocol: "http"
      Port: 32042
      Address: "192.168.1.8"
Metrics:
  CollectMetrics: false
  Otel:
    ServiceName: "mqtt2otel-internal"
    ServiceNamespace: "prod-mqtt2otel"
    Endpoint:
      Protocol: "http"
      Port: 32042
      Address: "192.168.1.8"

It consists of the following settings:

setting	default value	description
PollIntervallInSeconds	5	The interval in seconds for polling the manifest file for changes.
ManifestPath	/data/Manifest.yaml	The path for the manifest file.
Logging.LogToConsole	true	Enables logging internal log messages to the console
Logging.LogToOtel	false	Enables logging internal log messages to en otel endpoint
Logging.LogToFile	false	Enables logging internal log messages to files
Logging.LogFilePath	logs	Sets the root directory for created log files
Logging.LogFileKeepMax	5	The maximum amount of log files that should be kept before deleting.
Logging.MinimumLogLevel	Information	The minimum log level that will be logged. Must be one of the following: Debug, Information, Warning, Error, Critical.
Logging.Otel	empty	The connection data for the otel endpoint. see otel server connection
Metrics.CollectMetrics	true	Enables the collection of internal metrics, that will be send to the Metrics.Otel endpoing.
Metrics.Otel	empty	The connection data for the otel metrics endpoint. see otel server connection