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mfsmetalogger.cfg(5)	     This is part of MooseFS	    mfsmetalogger.cfg(5)

NAME
     mfsmetalogger.cfg - configuration file for mfsmetalogger

DESCRIPTION
     The  file	mfsmetalogger.cfg  contains  configuration of MooseFS metalogger
     process.

SYNTAX
     Syntax is:

     OPTION = VALUE

     Lines starting with # character are ignored as comments.

   STARTUP OPTIONS
     Changes in this section require process restart.

     WORKING_USER
	    user to run daemon as

     WORKING_GROUP
	    group to run daemon as (optional - if empty then default user  group
	    will be used)

     SYSLOG_IDENT
	    name  of process to place in syslog messages (default is mfsmetalog-
	    ger)

     LOCK_MEMORY
	    whether to perform mlockall() to avoid  swapping  out  mfsmetalogger
	    process (default is 0, i.e. no)

     LIMIT_GLIBC_MALLOC_ARENAS
	    limit malloc arenas to given value - prevents server from using huge
	    amount of virtual memory (Linux only, default is 4)

     DISABLE_OOM_KILLER
	    disable out of memory killer (Linux only, default is 1)

     NICE_LEVEL
	    nice  level  to  run  daemon with (default is -19 if possible; note:
	    process must be started as root to increase priority)

     FILE_UMASK
	    set default umask for group and others; user has always  0;  default
	    is 027 - block write for group and block all for others

     DATA_PATH
	    where to store metadata files

   RUNTIME OPTIONS
     Changes in this section require only process reload.

     BACK_LOGS
	    number of metadata change log files (default is 50)

     BACK_META_KEEP_PREVIOUS
	    number of previous metadata files to be kept (default is 3)

     META_DOWNLOAD_FREQ
	    metadata  download	frequency  in  hours  (default	is  24,  at most
	    BACK_LOGS/2)

     SYSLOG_MIN_LEVEL
	    minimum level of messages that will be reported by matalogger;  lev-
	    els in order of importance: ERROR, WARNING, NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG (de-
	    fault is INFO)

     SYSLOG_ELEVATE_TO
	    reported messages of level lower than set by this option will be el-
	    evated  to	this level (i.e. if SYSLOG_MIN_LEVEL is set to DEBUG and
	    SYSLOG_ELEVATE_TO is set to NOTICE, all INFO and DEBUG messages will
	    be sent to syslog as NOTICE ; default is NOTICE)

   MASTER CONNECTION OPTIONS
     Changes in this section require only process reload.

     MASTER_RECONNECTION_DELAY
	    delay in seconds before trying to reconnect to master after  discon-
	    nection (default is 5)

     BIND_HOST
	    local  address to use for master connections; default is *, i.e. de-
	    fault local address

     MASTER_HOST
	    address of MooseFS master host to connect with (default  is  mfsmas-
	    ter)

     MASTER_PORT
	    number of MooseFS master port to connect with (default is 9419)

     MASTER_TIMEOUT
	    timeout (in seconds) for master connections (default is 10)

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2026 Jakub Kruszona-Zawadzki, Saglabs SA

     This file is part of MooseFS.

     MooseFS  is  free	software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
     the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free  Soft-
     ware Foundation, version 2 (only).

     MooseFS  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
     WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY  or  FITNESS
     FOR  A  PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more de-
     tails.

     You should have received a copy of the GNU  General  Public  License  along
     with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

SEE ALSO
     mfsmetalogger(8)

MooseFS 4.59.1-1		    May 2026		    mfsmetalogger.cfg(5)

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