metricsApiKeyFile

Protects the imhttp Prometheus metrics endpoint with API key authentication.

This parameter applies to imhttp: HTTP input module.

Name:

metricsApiKeyFile

Scope:

module

Type:

string

Default:

none

Required?:

no

Introduced:

Not specified

Description

If set, the metrics endpoint accepts matching API key tokens from a file. Accepted request headers are Authorization: ApiKey and X-API-Key. Leading whitespace after the header scheme is ignored.

Blank lines and lines starting with # are ignored.

Module usage

module(
    load="imhttp"
    metricsApiKeyFile="/etc/rsyslog/api-keys.txt"
)

See also

See also imhttp: HTTP input module.

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