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Configuration

At a minimum, configure MetricsHub to:

  1. Monitor your resources. See Resource Configuration.
  2. Export the collected metrics to your observability platform. See Sending Telemetry to Observability Platforms.

You can further configure MetricsHub to:

  • Enrich hardware monitoring data with energy metrics to estimate the electricity costs and carbon emissions of your IT infrastructure. See Sustainability Settings.
  • Customize how metrics are collected and processed. See Metrics Collection Settings.
  • Extend the built-in monitoring capabilities to support niche systems, proprietary applications, and specialized services. See Custom Monitoring.

Locating Configuration Files​

MetricsHub configuration files use the .yaml or .yml extension and are stored in the following directories:

PlatformConfiguration directory
WindowsC:\ProgramData\MetricsHub\config
Linux/opt/metricshub/config
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A sample configuration file, metricshub-config-example.yaml, is provided in the MetricsHub installation directory.