Server-config.json Components

It is important to keep the server-config.json updated with the latest changes. Find the various components of server-config.json on this page.

server-config.json file is present at "%INSIGHTS_HOME%" environment variable path location.

Click the following link to check sample of server-config.json file -

server-config.json

{
"endpointData": {

"elasticSearchEndpoint": "http://localhost:9200"
},

"sparkConfigurations": {

"appName" : "inSights",
"master" : "local[*]",
"sparkExecutorMemory" : "8g",
"sparkElasticSearchHost": "http://localhost",
"sparkElasticSearchPort": "9200",
"sparkElasticSearchConfigIndex": "spark-jobs-conf/configs",
"sparkElasticSearchResultIndex": "spark-jobs-conf/kpiresults",
"kpiSize": "30",
"sparkResultSince": 5,
"sparkMasterExecutionEndPoint":"http://localhost :4040"
},

"ldapConfiguration": {

"ldapUrl" : "ldap://ldaphost:389",
"bindDN": "BindDN",
"bindPassword": "Passwd",
"searchBaseDN": "DC=XX,DC=XX",
"searchFilter": "(sAMAccountName={0})",
"ldapAttributes": {
"name": "givenname",
"surname": "sn",
"memberOf": "",
"email": "mail",
"username": "sAMAccountName"
}

},

"graph": {

"endpoint": "http://localhost:7474",
"authToken": "bmVvNGo6QzBnbml6YW50QDE="
},

"grafana": {

"grafanaEndpoint": "http://localhost:3000",
"grafanaDBEndpoint": "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/grafana",
"adminUserName": "admin",
"adminUserPassword": "admin",
"dbUserName": "user",
"dbPassword": "password"
},

"postgre": {

"userName" : "user",
"password" : "password",
"insightsDBUrl": "jdbc:postgresql://127.0.0.1:5432/insight",
"grafanaDBUrl": "jdbc:postgresql://127.0.0.1:5432/grafana"
},

"messageQueue": {

"host": "localhost",
"user": "iSight",
"password": "iSight"
},

"agentDetails": {

"docrootUrl": "http://platform.cogdevops.com/insights_install/release",
"unzipPath": "[drive_name]://[folder_path]",
"agentExchange": "iAgent",
"agentPkgQueue": "INSIGHTS.AGENTS.PACKAGE"
},

"insightsServiceURL": "https://localhost:8080",

"disableAuth": false,

"enableNativeUsers": true,

"insightsTimeZone": "US/Central"

}

Components of server-config.json

Component	Significance
"endpointData": { "elasticSearchEndpoint": "http://localhost:9200" }	endpointData - It has the configuration for Elaticsearch database. elasticSearchEndpoint - It is the server path, where Elasticsearch database is hosted.
"sparkConfigurations": { "appName" : "inSights", "master" : "local[*]", "sparkExecutorMemory" : "8g", "sparkElasticSearchHost": "http://localhost", "sparkElasticSearchPort": "9200", "sparkElasticSearchConfigIndex": "spark-jobs-conf/configs", "sparkElasticSearchResultIndex": "spark-jobs-conf/kpiresults", "kpiSize": "30", "sparkResultSince": 5, "sparkMasterExecutionEndPoint":"http://localhost :4040" }	sparkConfigurations - This section has the configurations for Insights Inference Engine. This is an optional section(Only if Insights Inference Engine is hosted). appName - It refer to the application name. master - It specifies the master URL for a distributed cluster, or local to run locally with as many worker threads as logical cores on your machine. sparkExecutorMemory - It specifies the memory that should be allocated for Spark execution. sparkElasticSearchHost - It is host name of Elaticsearch where Spark executions would be made. sparkElasticSearchPort - It is the port number of Elasticsearch. sparkElasticSearchConfigIndex - it is the index on Elasticsearch, where Insights Inference - KPIs are configured and stored. sparkElasticSearchResultIndex - It is the index on Elasticsearch, where the calculated results from Insights Inference Engine is stored. kpiSize - It is the number of results that would be consumed by Insights Inference Engine for calculation. sparkResultSince - It is the number of previous results that has to be considered for Inferences calculation. sparkMasterExecutionEndPoint - It is host, where Apache Spark tracks the Insights Inference - KPI jobs.
"ldapConfiguration": { "ldapUrl" : "ldap://ldaphost:389", "bindDN": "BindDN", "bindPassword": "Passwd", "searchBaseDN": "DC=XX,DC=XX", "searchFilter": "(sAMAccountName={0})", "ldapAttributes": { "name": "givenname", "surname": "sn", "memberOf": "", "email": "mail", "username": "sAMAccountName" } }	ldapConfiguration - This section has the configuration for LDAP/AD connectivity. This is an optional section(Only if LDAP/AD needs to be configured with Insights Application). ldapUrl - It is the URL to connect LDAP/AD server bindDN - The bindDN is the credential that is used to authenticate against an LDAP connection. bindPassword - It is the password for the corresponding bindDN credential. searchBaseDN - It defines the location in the directory from which the LDAP search begins. searchFilter - It is the filter applied on searchBaseDN. ldapAttributes - It has the various attributes of LDAP such as name, surname, memberof, email, and username.
"graph": { "endpoint": "http://localhost:7474", "authToken": "bmVvNGo6QzBnbml6YW50QDE=" }	graph - This section refers to Neo4j database configurations. endpoint - It is the server/hostname where Neo4j is hosted. authToken - It is token for Neo4j authentication.
"grafana": { "grafanaEndpoint": "http://localhost:3000", "grafanaDBEndpoint": "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/grafana", "adminUserName": "admin", "adminUserPassword": "admin", "dbUserName": "user", "dbPassword": "password" }	grafana - It contains the details of Grafana. grafanaEndpoint - It is the web server location where Grafana is hosted. grafanaDBEndpoint - It's the configuration to connect PostgreSQL database. adminUserName - It is the username of admin for Grafana. adminUserPassword - It is the corresponding password for the username of admin for Grafana. dbUserName - It is the username to log intoPostgreSQL. dbUserName - It is the corresponding password for the username to log into PostgreSQL.
"postgre": { "userName" : "user", "password" : "password", "insightsDBUrl": "jdbc:postgresql://127.0.0.1:5432/insight", "grafanaDBUrl": "jdbc:postgresql://127.0.0.1:5432/grafana" }	postgre - This module has the configurations for PostgreSQL userName - It is the username to log into PostgreSQL password - It is the corresponding password for the username to log into PostgreSQL. insightsDBUrl - It is the JDBC connectivity URL of Insights data storage index, which stores information related to Insights Application. grafanaDBUrl - It is the JDBC connectivity URL of Grafana data storage index, which stores information related to Grafana.
"messageQueue": { "host": "localhost", "user": "iSight", "password": "iSight" }	messageQueue - These are the configurations related to RabbitMQ server. host - It is the host location at which RabbitMQ is running. user - It is username to log into RabbitMQ application. password - It is the corresponding password for the username to log into RabbitMQ application.
"agentDetails": { "docrootUrl": "http://platform.cogdevops.com/insights_install/release", "unzipPath": "[drive_name]://[folder_path]", "agentExchange": "iAgent", "agentPkgQueue": "INSIGHTS.AGENTS.PACKAGE" }	agentDetails - These are the configurations needed to setup agents in Insights Application. docrootUrl - It is the location from which agent would be downloaded in a zip file. unzipPath - It is the local system path where the downloaded zip file would be extracted. agentExchange - It is the channel where agent related data exchanges will take place. agentPkgQueue - It is the queue name where all the various agents will be queued.
"insightsServiceURL": "https://localhost:8080"	insightsServiceURL - It is the web server host and port where "PlatformService.war" file is deployed and run.
"disableAuth": false	disableAuth - This option is used to turn ON/OFF authentication service.
"enableNativeUsers": true	enableNativeUsers - This option is used to enable native users from Grafana to log into Insights application.
"insightsTimeZone": "US/Central"	insightsTimeZone - It is the local timezone of the country/place.

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