# Parameters and configuration

**Parameters**

<table border="1" id="bkmrk---conf-ruta-al-archi"><tbody><tr><td>--conf</td><td>Conf path file  
</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Conf file (--conf)**

```
ip = < IP or Kubernetes host >
port = < Kubernetes host port >
token = < Authentication token bearer >
connection = < Connection mode, normal or proxy >
proxy = < Connection url >
interval = < Interval in seconds for agents and for metrics analysis >
agent_group_name = < Name of the target group for the created agents >
prefix = < Prefix for the name of the agents >
transfer_mode = < transfer mode, tentacle or local >
data_dir = < (Only enabled if transfer_mode is local) Destination path for each agent's XML, by default "/var/spool/pandora/data_in/" >
tentacle_ip = < IP of the destination machine for the created agents >
tentacle_port = < Port of tentacle, default : 41121 >

deployments = < Activate with 1 to enable the monitoring of deployments >
nodes = < Activate with 1 to enable nodes monitoring >
pods = < Activate with 1 to enable pods monitoring >
```

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Example</span>

```
ip               = 192.168.49.2
port             = 8443
token            = eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IkVpeVhfTFFzSWpmcGtjZzM0blZrZDY3YUtMbzNqTWZmcmdLZ2NKblVHbTgifQ.eyJpc3MiOiJrdWJlcm5ldGVzL3NlcnZpY2VhY2NvdW50IiwisInN1YiI6InN5c3RlbTpzZXJ2aWNlYWNjb3VudDpkZWZhdWx0OmRlZmF1bHQifQ.aC1lPbS5kYR9Fg9hXJaPiQ8cHzjdWlaAfXdPlmPok6LRX0_OZESEhw8to4PZrz2vzt_BUbawUR0NOpHadujHIx7as4Jm8UCRHgmGseyB7mae9vRMFiD1B4EeH5L8lvucydlV2Avx1IV9SyssbypwGCH_jg7tfKz4EMz5aBfgipliRwFaRGdQMX5sjz4AknGxcb2UVOe9LFb_xC-awDEjaGvm_F0tSLxtyGPoJmsvknNmEC9hJLG_AU8Z9Ke5I5oTvEzRmUCqrKz6319p-x9aaF6yUfOFtlnQlLhIz2xkOs8DkkJ1Rk59i2MolzXGwmlGgWkgc7qCgvqXQNjDeX3ySA
connection       = normal
proxy            = http://localhost:8080
interval         = 300
agent_group_name = kubernetes
prefix           = kube.
transfer_mode    = tentacle
data_dir         = /var/spool/pandora/data_in
tentacle_ip      = 172.42.42.101
tentacle_port    = 41121

deployments      = 1
nodes            = 1
pods             = 1
```