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Agent Configuration

Configuration options for the ChatOps agent.

Configuration Methods

Command-line Flags

./chatops-agent \
  -api-key YOUR_API_KEY \
  -api-url https://your-chatops-instance.com

Environment Variables

export CHATOPS_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"
export CHATOPS_API_URL="https://your-chatops-instance.com"
./chatops-agent

Config File

Create a JSON config file:

{
  "api_key": "your-api-key-here",
  "api_url": "https://your-chatops-instance.com"
}

Use with: 

./chatops-agent -config /path/to/config.json

Configuration Options

API Key

  • Required: Yes
  • Flag: -api-key
  • Env: CHATOPS_API_KEY
  • Description: API key for authentication

API URL

  • Required: No (default: https://chatops.onrender.com)
  • Flag: -api-url
  • Env: CHATOPS_API_URL
  • Description: ChatOps API server URL

Defaults

  • API URL: https://chatops.onrender.com
  • Metrics Interval: 5 seconds
  • Reconnection Delay: Exponential backoff starting at 1 second

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