16.2. Parameters for Event Notifications in notifier.conf
The event notifier configuration file can be found in
/usr/share/ovirt-engine/services/ovirt-engine-notifier/ovirt-engine-notifier.conf.
Table 16.1. notifier.conf variables
| Variable name | Default | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| SENSITIVE_KEYS | none | A comma-separated list of keys that will not be logged. |
| JBOSS_HOME | /usr/share/jbossas | The location of the application server used by the engine. |
| ENGINE_ETC | /etc/ovirt-engine | The location of the etc directory used by the engine. |
| ENGINE_LOG | /var/log/ovirt-engine | The location of the logs directory used by the engine. |
| ENGINE_USR | /usr/share/ovirt-engine | The location of the usr directory used by the engine. |
| NOTIFIER_STOP_TIME | 30 | The time, in seconds, after which the service will time out. |
| NOTIFIER_STOP_INTERVAL | 1 | The time, in seconds, by which the timeout counter will be incremented. |
| INTERVAL_IN_SECONDS | 120 | The interval in seconds between instances of dispatching messages to subscribers. |
| MAIL_SERVER | none | The SMTP mail server address. Required. |
| MAIL_PORT | 25 | The default port of a non-secured SMTP server is 25. The default port of a secured SMTP server (one with SSL enabled) is 465. |
| MAIL_USER | none | If SSL is enabled to authenticate the user, then this variable must be set. This variable is also used to specify the "from" user address when the MAIL_FROM variable is not set. Some mail servers do not support this functionality. The address is in RFC822 format. |
| MAIL_PASSWORD | none | This variable is required to authenticate the user if the mail server requires authentication or if SSL is enabled. |
| MAIL_ENABLE_SSL | false | This indicates whether SSL should be used to communicate with the mail server. |
| HTML_MESSAGE_FORMAT | false | The mail server sends messages in HTML format if this variable is set to "true". |
| MAIL_FROM | none | This variable specifies a "from" address in RFC822 format, if supported by the mail server. |
| MAIL_REPLY_TO | none | This variable specifies "reply-to" addresses in RFC822 format on sent mail, if supported by the mail server. |
| DAYS_TO_KEEP_HISTORY | none | This variable sets the number of days dispatched events will be preserved in the history table. If this variable is not set, events remain on the history table indefinitely. |
| DAYS_TO_SEND_ON_STARTUP | 0 | The number of days of old events that will be processed and sent when the notifier starts. |