Core Docker

Startup Arguments

Argument Description

-h

Display help with available arguments.

-f

Start the process in the foreground and use existing data and configuration.

-i

One-time command to initialize or update database and configuration files and do NOT start.

-s

Command to initialize or update database and configuration files and start OpenNMS in the foreground.

-t

One-time command to run the config-tester against the configuration.

Environment Variables

Table 1. Java options

Environment variable

Description

Required

Default value

JAVA_OPTS

Allows to add additional Java options

optional

-

Table 2. PostgreSQL connection configuration in opennms-datasources.xml
Environment variable Description Required Default value

OPENNMS_DBNAME

Database name used for Meridian Core instance

required

-

OPENNMS_DBUSER

Username with access to the database

required

-

OPENNMS_DBPASS

Password for user with acccess to the database

required

-

POSTGRES_HOST

Host with the PostgreSQL server instance running

required

-

POSTGRES_PORT

PostgreSQL server port

optional

5432

POSTGRES_USER

PostgreSQL super user to initialize database schema specified in OPENNMS_DBNAME

required

-

POSTGRES_PASSWORD

PostgreSQL super user password

required

-

OPENNMS_DATABASE_CONNECTION_POOLFACTORY

Database connection pool factory

optional

org.opennms.core.db.HikariCPConnectionFactory

OPENNMS_DATABASE_CONNECTION_IDLETIMEOUT

Database connection pool idle timeout

optional

600

OPENNMS_DATABASE_CONNECTION_LOGINTIMEOUT

Database connection pool login timeout

optional

3

OPENNMS_DATABASE_CONNECTION_MINPOOL

Minimal connection pool size

optional

50

OPENNMS_DATABASE_CONNECTION_MAXPOOL

Maximum connection pool size

optional

50

OPENNMS_DATABASE_CONNECTION_MAXSIZE

Maximum connections

optional

50

Table 3. Timeseries storage configuration in opennms.properties.d/_confd.timeseries.properties
Environment variable Description Required Default value

OPENNMS_TIMESERIES_STRATEGY

Used Timeseries storage strategy

optional

rrd

OPENNMS_RRD_STOREBYFOREIGNSOURCE

Store timeseries data by foreign source instead of the database node id

optional

true

OPENNMS_RRD_STRATEGYCLASS

Java RRD Strategy class

optional

org.opennms.netmgt.rrd.rrdtool.MultithreadedJniRrdStrategy

OPENNMS_RRD_INTERFACEJAR

Java RRD Interface library

optional

/usr/share/java/jrrd2.jar

OPENNMS_LIBRARY_JRRD2

JRRD2 library path

optional

/usr/lib64/libjrrd2.so

Table 4. SNMP Trap receiver configuration in trapd-configuration.xml
Environment variable Description Required Default value

OPENNMS_TRAPD_ADDRESS

Listen interface for SNMP Trapd

optional

*

OPENNMS_TRAPD_PORT

Port to listen for SNMP Traps

optional

1162

OPENNMS_TRAPD_NEWSUSPECTONTRAP

Create new suspect event based Trap recipient for unknown devices

optional

false

OPENNMS_TRAPD_INCLUDERAWMESSAGE

Preserve raw messages in SNMP Traps

optional

false

OPENNMS_TRAPD_THREADS

Set maximum thread size to process SNMP Traps

optional

0

OPENNMS_TRAPD_QUEUESIZE

Set maximum queue for SNMP Trap processing

optional

10000

OPENNMS_TRAPD_BATCHSIZE

Set batch size for SNMP Trap processing

optional

1000

OPENNMS_TRAPD_BATCHINTERVAL

Set batch processing interval in milliseconds

optional

500

Table 5. Karaf Shell configuration in org.apache.karaf.shell.cfg
Environment variable Description Required Default value

OPENNMS_karaf_SSH_HOST

Listen interface for Karaf shell

optional

0.0.0.0

OPENNMS_karaf_SSH_PORT

SSH Port for Karaf shell

optional

8101

Table 6. Cassandra and Newts configuration in opennms.properties.d/_confd.newts.properties
Environment variable Description Required Default value

REPLICATION_FACTOR

Set Cassandra replication factor for the newts keyspace if Newts is used

optional

1

OPENNMS_CASSANDRA_HOSTNAMES

A comma separated list with Cassandra hosts for Newts

optional

localhost

OPENNMS_CASSANDRA_KEYSPACE

Name of the keyspace used by Newts

optional

newts

OPENNMS_CASSANDRA_PORT

Cassandra server port

optional

9042

OPENNMS_CASSANDRA_USERNAME

Username with access to Cassandra

optional

cassandra

OPENNMS_CASSANDRA_PASSWORD

Password for user with access to Cassandra

optional

cassandra

Directory Conventions

Mountpoint Description

/opt/opennms-overlay

Allows to overwrite files relative to /opt/opennms

/opennms-data

Directory with RRDTool/JRobin files and generated PDF reports sent to the file system