Configuration

Create a config.yaml file:

server:
    host: "localhost"
    port: "2112"
    uri: "/metrics"
    scrapingInterval: "1h"
    logName: "log/nbu-exporter.log"

nbuserver:
    scheme: "https"
    uri: "/netbackup"
    domain: "my.domain"
    domainType: "NT"
    host: "master.my.domain"
    port: "1556"
    apiVersion: "13.0"  # Optional: auto-detects if omitted
    apiKey: "your-api-key-here"
    contentType: "application/vnd.netbackup+json; version=13.0"
    insecureSkipVerify: false

# Optional: OpenTelemetry distributed tracing
# opentelemetry:
#     enabled: true
#     endpoint: "localhost:4317"
#     insecure: true
#     samplingRate: 0.1

Warning

Never commit API keys to version control. Use environment variables or secure secret management.

Server Section

Field	Type	Required	Description
host	string	Yes	Server bind address
port	string	Yes	Server port (1-65535)
uri	string	Yes	Metrics endpoint path
scrapingInterval	duration	Yes	Time window for job collection (e.g., "1h", "30m")
logName	string	Yes	Log file path

NBU Server Section

Field	Type	Required	Description
scheme	string	Yes	Protocol (http/https)
uri	string	Yes	API base path
domain	string	Yes	NetBackup domain
domainType	string	Yes	Domain type (NT, vx, etc.)
host	string	Yes	NetBackup master server hostname
port	string	Yes	API port (typically 1556)
apiVersion	string	No	API version (13.0, 12.0, or 3.0). Auto-detects if omitted.
apiKey	string	Yes	NetBackup API key
contentType	string	Yes	API content type header
insecureSkipVerify	bool	No	Skip TLS certificate verification

OpenTelemetry Section (Optional)

Field	Type	Required	Description
enabled	bool	No	Enable OpenTelemetry tracing (default: false)
endpoint	string	Yes*	OTLP gRPC endpoint (e.g., "localhost:4317")
insecure	bool	No	Use insecure connection (default: false)
samplingRate	float	No	Sampling rate 0.0-1.0 (default: 1.0)

*Required when enabled is true

See Configuration Examples for complete sample configs.