Advanced Settings for SCEF

Advanced Settings for SCEF Servers lists the advanced settings for SCEF servers. Changing a setting only affects the selected SCEF server; if you need to make a change, you need to make it to every SCEF server in the topology.

Advanced Settings for SCEF Servers
Category	Configuration Key	Description	Default
Metrics	METRIC.ENABLED	Required to collect statistics in an InfluxData InfluxDB database. Enable or disable statistics on this server. Enter true or false.	false
Metrics	METRIC.INFLUXDB.DATABASE	Required to collect statistics in an InfluxData InfluxDB database. Specifies the name of the database server. Enter a string.	None
Metrics	METRIC.INFLUXDB.IP	Required to collect statistics in an InfluxData InfluxDB database. Location of the database server. Enter an IP address.	None
Metrics	METRIC.INFLUXDB.PORT	Required to collect statistics in an InfluxData InfluxDB database. Port used for client-server communication over the InfluxDB HTTP API. Enter a port number.	None
Metrics	METRIC.INFLUXDB.RETENTIONPOLICY	Required to collect statistics in an InfluxData InfluxDB database. Retention policy of the database. Enter scef_retention.	None
Metrics	METRIC.NODE.ID	Required to collect statistics in an InfluxData InfluxDB database. Identifies this SCEF server. Enter the configured server name. The value must be unique among all SCEF servers in the topology.	None
Metrics	METRIC.REPORT.INITIALDELAY	Required to collect statistics in an InfluxData InfluxDB database. The first data is sent to the database after this value, in seconds, after the first message is received or sent.	5 seconds
Metrics	METRIC.REPORT.INTERVAL	Required to collect statistics in an InfluxData InfluxDB database. The measurement interval sent to the database, in seconds.	5 seconds