Appendix A – Sematext Docker Agent Configuration Options

Parameter / Environment variable

Description

Required Parameters

SPM_TOKEN

SPM Application Token, enables metric and event collection

LOGSENE_TOKEN

Logsene Application Token enables logging to Logsene, see logging specific parameters for filter options and Log Routing section to route logs from different containers to separate Logsene applications

-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock

Path to the docker socket (optional, if dockerd provides TCP on 2375, see also DOCKER_PORT and DOCKER_HOST parameter)

TCP and TLS connection

If the UNIX socket is not available Sematext Agent assumes the Container Gateway Address (autodetect) and port 2375 as default (no TLS) – this needs no configuration. If Docker Daemon TCP settings are different you have to configure the TCP settings. The TCP settings can be modified with the following parameters. Please note the following parameters are compatible with the variables set in the “docker-machine env” command.

DOCKER_HOST

e.g. tcp://ip-reachable-from-container:2375/ – default value ‘unix:///var/run/docker.sock’. When the UNIX socket is not available the agent tries to connect to tcp://gateway:2375. In case a TCP socket is used there is no need to mount the Docker UNIX socket as volume

DOCKER_PORT

Sematext Docker Agent will use its gateway address (autodetect) with the given DOCKER_PORT

DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY

0 or 1

DOCKER_CERT_PATH

Path to your certificate files. Mount the path to the certificates with

-v $DOCKER_CERT_PATH:$DOCKER_CERT_PATH

Optional Parameters

–privileged

The parameter might be helpful when Sematext Agent cannot start because of limited permission to connect and write to the Docker socket /var/run/docker.sock. The privileged mode is a potential security risk, so we recommend to enable the appropriate security. Please read about Docker security: https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/security/

HOSTNAME_LOOKUP_URL

On Amazon ECS, a metadata query must be used to get the instance hostname (e.g. “169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/local-hostname”)

HTTPS_PROXY

URL for a proxy server (behind firewalls)

LOGSENE_RECEIVER_URL

URL for bulk inserts into Logsene. Required for Logsene On Premises only.

SPM_RECEIVER_URL

URL for bulk inserts into SPM. Required for SPM On Premises only.

EVENTS_RECEIVER_URL

URL for SPM events receiver. Required for SPM On Premises only.

Docker Logs Parameters

Whitelist containers

MATCH_BY_NAME

Regular expression to white list container names

MATCH_BY_IMAGE

Regular expression to white list image names

Blacklist containers

SKIP_BY_NAME

Regular expression to black list container names

SKIP_BY_IMAGE

Regular expression to black list image names for logging

-v /yourpatterns/patterns.yml:/etc/logagent/patterns.yml

Pass custom patterns.yml for log parsing, see logagent-js

-v /tmp:/logsene-log-buffer

Directory to store logs, in case of a network or service outage. Docker Agent deletes these files after a successful transmission.

GEOIP_ENABLED

true enables Geo-IP lookups in the log parser; default value: false

MAXMIND_DB_DIR

Directory for the Geo-IP lite database, must end with /. Storing the DB in a volume could save downloads for updates after restarts. Using /tmp/ (ramdisk) could speed up Geo-IP lookups (consumes add. ~30 MB main memory).