common keys

interval (number)

The number of seconds to wait between collection attempts. This value overrides the defaultInterval value in the Virtana Service Observability agent service configuration file.

timeout (number)

The number of seconds to wait before dropping a collection attempt.

metric-names-variant (string, default = canonical)

The metric name style, either canonical or linuxMonitorZenPack.

protocol (string, default = local)

Collection type; only local is supported, so this key can be omitted.