[general]
enable_local_mode = true                                        # whether VES is watching log files locally (on the same node as logs are produced)
enable_network_mode = true                                      # whether VES is watching log files over a network (logs are produced on a different node)

[watcher]
enabled = true
checkpoint_path = "path/to/checkpoint.json"                     # path to the VES checkpoint file, required to support resuming on crashes or restarts
log_dir = "path/to/log/file(s)/directory"                       # path VES will use to watch and tail log files it's working on local mode
poll_interval_ms = 5000                                         # poll interval local log file watcher will use to check for any updates to the log_dir
recursive = false                                               # whether the local log watcher will watch files in log_dir recursively

[parser]
# Currently, the parser module is non-configurable, work is being done to implement this

[buffer]
capacity_option = "unbounded"                                   # Options: "bounded", "unbounded" determines what InMemoryBuffer capacity is set to at runtime
buffer_capacity = 10000                                         # determines the capacity InMemoryBuffer will be created with at runtime
batch_size = 200                                                # determine InMemoryBuffer batch size at runtime
batch_timeout_ms = 500                                          # determine InMemoryBuffer batch size based on the size at a point in time at runtime
overflow_policy = "drop_oldest"                                 # determine how to handle InMemoryBuffer overflow at runtime
flush_policy = "batch_size"                                     # determine InMemoryBuffer flush trigger at runtime
drain_policy = "batch_size"                                     # determine InMemoryBuffer draining trigger at runtime

[buffer.durability]
type = "s-q-lite"                                               # determine the durability settings for InMemoryBuffer at runtime. RECOMMENDED s-q-lite to allow graceful restarts without losing data during a crash
path = "/var/ves-sqlite-db/parsed_log_buffer.db"                # determine location of the SQLite DB providing persistence to InMemoryBuffer at runtime

[shipper]
embedder_target_addr = "https://127.0.0.1:50051"                # determine the gRPC address for the Embedding engine. Required to send aggregated/normalized logs to be converted to vector embeddings
connection_timeout_ms = 500                                     # determine time to wait before failing a new connection attempt to the Embedding engine
max_reconnect_attempts = 10                                     # determine reconnection to Embedding engine limit before declaring reconnection failure
initial_retry_delay_ms = 500                                    # determine delay before reconnection retry attempts to Embedding engine
max_retry_delay_ms = 30000                                      # determine ceiling for exponential backoff while retrying reconnections to Embedding engine
backoff_factor = 2.0                                            # determine multiplier for reconnection to Embedding engine retry growth
retry_jitter = 0.2                                              # determine random reconnection to Embedding engine jitter percentage to avoid thundering herd problem on successful reconnection to Embedding engine
send_timeout_ms = 3000                                          # determine max timeout to push one aggregated/normalized logs batch into Embedding engine gRPC stream
response_timeout_ms = 10000                                     # determine max timeout to wait for response from Embedding engine before declaring gRPC stream unhealthy