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.TH CADVISOR "1" "September 2015" "cAdvisor version 0.16.0" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
cAdvisor \- analyze resource usage and performance characteristics of running containers
.SH DESCRIPTION
.SS "Usage of ./cadvisor:"
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\fB\-allow_dynamic_housekeeping\fR=\fI\,true\/\fR: Whether to allow the housekeeping interval to be dynamic
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\fB\-alsologtostderr\fR=\fI\,false\/\fR: log to standard error as well as files
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\fB\-boot_id_file=\fR"/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id": Comma\-separated list of files to check for boot\-id. Use the first one that exists.
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\fB\-bq_account=\fR"": Service account email
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\fB\-bq_credentials_file=\fR"": Credential Key file (pem)
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\fB\-bq_id=\fR"": Client ID
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\fB\-bq_project_id=\fR"": Bigquery project ID
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\fB\-bq_secret=\fR"notasecret": Client Secret
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\fB\-container_hints=\fR"/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json": location of the container hints file
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\fB\-docker=\fR"unix:///var/run/docker.sock": docker endpoint
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\fB\-docker_only\fR=\fI\,false\/\fR: Only report docker containers in addition to root stats
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\fB\-docker_root=\fR"/var/lib/docker": Absolute path to the Docker state root directory (default: \fI\,/var/lib/docker\/\fP)
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\fB\-docker_run=\fR"/var/run/docker": Absolute path to the Docker run directory (default: \fI\,/var/run/docker\/\fP)
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\fB\-enable_load_reader\fR=\fI\,false\/\fR: Whether to enable cpu load reader
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\fB\-event_storage_age_limit=\fR"default=24h": Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default is applied to all non\-specified event types
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\fB\-event_storage_event_limit=\fR"default=100000": Max number of events to store (per type). Value is a comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is an integer. Default is applied to all non\-specified event types
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\fB\-global_housekeeping_interval\fR=\fI\,1m0s\/\fR: Interval between global housekeepings
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\fB\-housekeeping_interval\fR=\fI\,1s\/\fR: Interval between container housekeepings
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\fB\-http_auth_file=\fR"": HTTP auth file for the web UI
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\fB\-http_auth_realm=\fR"localhost": HTTP auth realm for the web UI
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\fB\-http_digest_file=\fR"": HTTP digest file for the web UI
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\fB\-http_digest_realm=\fR"localhost": HTTP digest file for the web UI
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\fB\-httptest\fR.serve="": if non\-empty, httptest.NewServer serves on this address and blocks
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\fB\-listen_ip=\fR"": IP to listen on, defaults to all IPs
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\fB\-log_backtrace_at=\fR:0: when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
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\fB\-log_cadvisor_usage\fR=\fI\,false\/\fR: Whether to log the usage of the cAdvisor container
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\fB\-log_dir=\fR"": If non\-empty, write log files in this directory
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\fB\-logtostderr\fR=\fI\,false\/\fR: log to standard error instead of files
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\fB\-machine_id_file=\fR"/etc/machine\-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine\-id": Comma\-separated list of files to check for machine\-id. Use the first one that exists.
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\fB\-max_housekeeping_interval\fR=\fI\,1m0s\/\fR: Largest interval to allow between container housekeepings
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\fB\-max_procs\fR=\fI\,0\/\fR: max number of CPUs that can be used simultaneously. Less than 1 for default (number of cores).
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\fB\-port\fR=\fI\,8080\/\fR: port to listen
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\fB\-prometheus_endpoint=\fR"/metrics": Endpoint to expose Prometheus metrics on
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\fB\-stderrthreshold\fR=\fI\,0\/\fR: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
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\fB\-storage_driver=\fR"": storage driver to use. Data is always cached shortly in memory, this controls where data is pushed besides the local cache. Empty means none. Options are: <empty> (default), bigquery, and influxdb
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\fB\-storage_driver_buffer_duration\fR=\fI\,1m0s\/\fR: Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration, and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction
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\fB\-storage_driver_db=\fR"cadvisor": database name
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\fB\-storage_driver_host=\fR"localhost:8086": database host:port
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\fB\-storage_driver_password=\fR"root": database password
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\fB\-storage_driver_secure\fR=\fI\,false\/\fR: use secure connection with database
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\fB\-storage_driver_table=\fR"stats": table name
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\fB\-storage_driver_user=\fR"root": database username
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\fB\-storage_duration\fR=\fI\,2m0s\/\fR: How long to keep data stored (Default: 2min).
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\fB\-v\fR=\fI\,0\/\fR: log level for V logs
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\fB\-version\fR=\fI\,false\/\fR: print cAdvisor version and exit
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\fB\-vmodule=\fR: comma\-separated list of pattern=N settings for file\-filtered logging