Monitoring Gateway Command Line Reference (`monitor-start.py`)

The monitoring gateway service (tibkmongateway) stores monitoring data and log messages in an InfluxDB database.

Location

The monitor-start.py file is located in the bin directory of the product installation tree.

It is started using the monitor-start Python script. The script can be started using one of the following ways:

Parameter	Description
--help -h	Show the help message, listing all parameters.
-e --exit-on-error	Exit on any broker polling error.
-p POLLINGINTERVAL --polling-interval	Polling interval in seconds, default is 60.
-f CSVFILE --config-file CSVFILE	The configuration (`.csv`) file with broker access information for all Kafka brokers. Brokers are polled sequentially. You are required to use either this or the `-j` option.
--generateonly	Specified in conjunction with `-f`, the script will use the `.csv` file to generate a JSON configuration file in the output directory, and then exit.
-o DIRECTORY --output DIRECTORY	Specify a directory to place the output files in. The default directory is /var/tmp/ on Unix and c:\tmp on Windows.
-j JSONFILE --json JSONFILE	Use a previously generated JSON file to load configuration information. Either specify `-j` or `-f`, but not both.