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Version: 0.16

Default mode

Default mode is the default Prisme Analytics mode that aims to provide a fully integrated and functional experience.

It integrates with ClickHouse and Grafana to setup a functional environment. Databases tables, Grafana datasources and dashboards are all prepared during server start up.

Overview​

Configuration options​

Configuration of your instance is done by environment variable.

Web server​

Prisme has 2 logs, an access logs for processed requests and a general logs for everything else.

All logs are structured JSON that follows bunyan format.

You can pipe logs to bunyan CLI to pretty print them.

Access Log​

Path to access log file.

Default: PRISME_ACCESS_LOG=/dev/stdout

Port​

Web server listening TCP port.

Default: PRISME_PORT=80

API Endpoints Timeout​

Duration before handlers timeout on /api/* endpoints.

Default: PRISME_API_EVENTS_TIMEOUT=3s

Administration Server​

Since v0.15.0, Prisme is able to collect and expose it's metrics on the newly added administration interface.

Host Port​

<host>:<port> string on which administration server will listen.

Default: PRISME_ADMIN_HOSTPORT=127.0.0.1:9090 (PRISME_ADMIN_HOSTPORT="0.0.0.0:9090" in Docker)

Proxy options​

Prisme Analytics can be positioned behind a reverse proxy, and this section provides information on options related to the proxy setup. It's important to note that a misconfigured server can have security implications. Hence, Prisme Analytics prioritizes security by default with carefully chosen default values.

Trust proxy​

Whether X-Forwarded-For, X-Request-Id and other proxy related headers should be trusted. Sets this value to true only if your instance is running behind a proxy.

Default: PRISME_TRUST_PROXY=false

Proxy header​

HTTP header used to determine client IP address when Prisme Analytics is placed behind a trusted proxy.

Default: PRISME_PROXY_HEADER=X-Forwarded-For

Grafana options​

URL​

URL pointing to an healthy Grafana instance.

Example: PRISME_GRAFANA_URL=http://grafana.localhost:3000
This option is mandatory.

User​

Username of Grafana user used to setups Grafana datasource, folder and dashboards.

Example: PRISME_GRAFANA_USER=prismebot
This option is mandatory.

Password​

Password of Grafana user used to setups Grafana datasource, folder and dashboards.

Example: PRISME_GRAFANA_PASSWORD=securepassword
This option is mandatory.

Organization ID​

ID of Grafana organization in which Grafana resources will be setup.

Default: PRISME_GRAFANA_ORG_ID=1

ClickHouse options​

Secure connection​

Use a TLS connection for ClickHouse.

Default: PRISME_CLICKHOUSE_TLS=false

Host and port​

<host>:<port> string pointing to a ClickHouse instance.

Example: PRISME_CLICKHOUSE_HOSTPORT=clickhouse.localhost:9000
This option is mandatory.

Database​

ClickHouse database to use.

Default: PRISME_CLICKHOUSE_DATABASE=prisme

Origin registry options​

Origins​

Comma separated list (without whitespace) of valid origins. Events coming from an invalid source are rejected.

Example: PRISME_ORIGIN_REGISTRY_ORIGINS=www.example.com,app.example.com

Event store options​

Event store is responsible of storing events efficiently in ClickHouse.

ClickHouse recommend keeping number of insertions to 1 per seconds max and inserting rows per batch of tens of thousands.

Maximum batch size​

Maximum size of an events batch before it is sent to ClickHouse. Leave as default unless you have high traffic load.

Default: PRISME_EVENTSTORE_MAX_BATCH_SIZE=4096

Maximum batch timeout​

Maximum duration before current batch is sent to event store.

Default: PRISME_EVENTSTORE_MAX_BATCH_TIMEOUT=1m