cc-metric-collector/sinks/natsSink.md

nats sink

The nats sink publishes all metrics into a NATS network. The publishing key is the database name provided in the configuration file

Configuration structure

{
  "<name>": {
    "type": "nats",
    "database" : "mymetrics",
    "host": "dbhost.example.com",
    "port": "4222",
    "user": "exampleuser",
    "password" : "examplepw",
    "nkey_file": "/path/to/nkey_file",
    "meta_as_tags" : [],
  }
}

• type: makes the sink an nats sink
• database: All metrics are published with this subject
• host: Hostname of the NATS server
• port: Port number (as string) of the NATS server
• user: Username for basic authentication
• password: Password for basic authentication
• meta_as_tags: print all meta information as tags in the output (optional)
• nkey_file: Path to credentials file with NKEY