Configure a VMware Aria Operations for Applications Proxy Container to Use wavefront.conf

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This article applies to:

• Data Ingestion

• Feature Category: VMware Aria Operations for Applications Proxy

• Product edition: 5.x or later

Overview:

Currently there are two methodologies to deploying the VMware Aria Operations for Applications Proxy:

• When the VMware Aria Operations for Applications Proxy is ran as a service, the configuration of the VMware Aria Operations for Applications Proxy is performed via the wavefront.conf configuration file.
• When the VMware Aria Operations for Applications Proxy is ran as a container via the wavefronthq/proxy image, the configuration of the VMware Aria Operations for Applications Proxy is performed via WAVEFRONT_PROXY_ARGS. 

Configure a VMware Aria Operations for Applications Proxy Container to Use wavefront.conf:

To utilize wavefront.conf configuration file for a VMware Aria Operations for Applications Proxy running as a container, please use the details below:

Prerequisites

Prior to utilizing a wavefront.conf configuration file on a VMware Aria Operations for Applications Proxy running as a container, a wavefront.conf file needs to be configured and stored where the container host can access.

• Copy wavefront.conf from an existing proxy to use as a template or save wavefront.conf.default to wavefront.conf.
• Configure the wavefront.conf file as desired.
• Environmental variables VMware Aria Operations for Applications URL and API_TOKEN are still required to be defined outside of wavefront.conf for the container to start.

Process

Utilize the below docker run example replacing <myinstance> with your VMware Aria Operations for Applications Cluster name, <YOUR-API-TOKEN> with the API token the VMware Aria Operations for Applications Proxy will utilize, and </path/to/file> with the path to where the wavefront.conf is available on the container's host.

 

This example command will load the volume file wavefront.conf on the start of the VMware Aria Operations for Applications Proxy service startup.

docker run \
-e WAVEFRONT_URL=https://<myinstance>.wavefront.com/api \
-e WAVEFRONT_TOKEN=<YOUR-API-TOKEN> \
-e WAVEFRONT_PROXY_ARGS='-f /etc/wavefront/wavefront-proxy/wavefront.conf' \
-v </path/to/file>/wavefront.conf:/etc/wavefront/wavefront-proxy/wavefront.conf:ro \
-p 2878:2878 \
wavefronthq/proxy:latest

 

See also:

Run a Proxy in a Container

Advanced Proxy Configuration Properties