Time Bounded
Time bounded rules allow you to apply a configuration file to an agent for a specific period of time. This feature is useful when you want to collect more or less data for a specific period of time.
Get started with a time bounded configuration by simply creating a rule that will apply a configuration file to an agent that matches the rule.
The following example will apply a Telegraf configuration file to any agent that has the tag "env:non-prod,os:linux" during both Saturdays and Sundays.
Pre-requisites:
- Passport
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- An observability solution.
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- An existing configuration file.
- If you don't already have a configuration file uploaded, upload a configuration file to your Passport account now.
Create a rule
Select a configuration file from Configurations list view page, then click the Rules tab and select Create Rule.
Now, create a rule that will apply the configuration file to the agents that matches the rule and then click create.
For example, create a rule that will apply the configuration file to all agents that have the tags env:non-prod,os:linux during both Saturdays and Sundays as seen below.
Now, this configuration will automatically be applied to any agent that has the tag env:non-prod,os:linux during both Saturdays and Sundays that is currently being managed and any new agent that comes online with the tag env:non-prod,os:linux during both Saturdays and Sundays. Once the rule expires, the configuration file will be removed from the agent.
Rule weights
A configuration can have 1 or more rules applied to it. When creating a time bounded config, set the rule weight to be a higher number so it will override other rules such as a default configuration which could have a weight of 1.
Doing this will allow you to have multiple rules applied to a configuration file and or agent with either lower or higher weights for other conditions such as auto-provisioning default configs, in coming alerts, Etc. When the rules with higher value weights expire, then the rules engine will apply the rule with lower weights to the agents.
We will set the weight of this rule to be something high such as 100 so we can override other rules such as a default configuration file. Once the rule expires, the default configuration file or a lower weighted configuration will be applied to the agent.
