Files (Local/HTTP/Git)

The file config type is set to scrape configurations or configurations in common with the related elements that can be specified in the fields; type, and id. The paths to the configuration(s) to be scraped is set with the field path as a list.

file:
  - type: $.Config.InstanceType
    id: $.Config.InstanceId
    path:
      - config*.json
      - test*.json

For more examples of configuration file, please check the GitHub repo

File

Field	Description	Scheme	Required
`id`	A static value or JSONPath expression to use as the ID for the resource.	`string`	`true`
`name`	A static value or JSONPath expression to use as the Name for the resource. Default value is the `id`.	`string`	`false`
`items`	A JSONPath expression to use to extract individual items from the resource	`string`	`false`
`type`	A static value or JSONPath expression to use as the type for the resource.	`string`	`true`
`transform`	Specify field to transform result	`Transform`	`false`
`format`	Format of config item, defaults to JSON, available options are JSON	`string`	`false`
`timestampFormat`	TimestampFormat is a Go time format string used to parse timestamps in createFields and DeletedFields. If not specified, the default is `RFC3339`.	`string`	`false`
`createFields`	CreateFields is a list of JSONPath expression used to identify the created time of the config. If multiple fields are specified, the first non-empty value will be used	`[]string`	`false`
`deleteFields`	DeleteFields is a JSONPath expression used to identify the deleted time of the config. If multiple fields are specified, the first non-empty value will be used	`[]string`	`false`
`url`	Specify URL e.g github repository containing the configuration(s)	`string`	`false`
`paths`	Specify paths to configuration(s) for scraping	`[]string`	`true`
`ignore`	Set configurations to ignore	`[]string`	`false`