Configure Chronograf
Configure Chronograf by passing command line options when starting the Chronograf service. Or set custom default configuration options in the filesystem so they don’t have to be passed in when starting Chronograf.
- Start the Chronograf service
- Set custom default Chronograf configuration options
- Set up security, organizations, and users
Start the Chronograf service
Use one of the following commands to start Chronograf:
If you installed Chronograf using an official Debian or RPM package and are running a distro with
systemd
. For example, Ubuntu 15 or later.systemctl start chronograf
If you installed Chronograf using an official Debian or RPM package:
service chronograf start
If you built Chronograf from source:
$GOPATH/bin/chronograf
Set custom default Chronograf configuration options
Custom default Chronograf configuration settings can be defined in /etc/default/chronograf
.
This file consists of key-value pairs. See keys (environment variables) for Chronograf configuration options, and set values for the keys you want to configure.
HOST=0.0.0.0
PORT=8888
TLS_CERTIFICATE=/path/to/cert.pem
TOKEN_SECRET=MySup3rS3cretT0k3n
LOG_LEVEL=info
Note: /etc/default/chronograf
is only created when installing the .deb or
.rpm` package.
Set up security, organizations, and users
To set up security for Chronograf, configure:
After you configure OAuth 2.0 authentication, you can set up multiple organizations, roles, and users. For details, check out the following topics:
Was this page helpful?
Thank you for your feedback!
Support and feedback
Thank you for being part of our community! We welcome and encourage your feedback and bug reports for Chronograf and this documentation. To find support, use the following resources: