Configurations

In NXLog Platform, a configuration refers to a predefined NXLog Agent configuration. See Create a configuration for instructions on how to create one.

You can create configurations for different requirements and apply them to multiple NXLog Agent instances in one go. Configurations dramatically improve the efficiency and scalability of managing your agents.

To see your configurations, navigate to the Agents > Configurations page. You can click Show filters, then select one or more statuses to narrow the configuration list.

Table 1. Configurations explained
Column	Description
Name	The configuration’s name. The SP icon indicates configurations that were created from a template. The number in parenthesis indicates how many agents are currently using the configuration.
Collect from	Input modules included in the configuration. The number in parenthesis indicates how many instances of that specific input module are currently in use by agents assigned to this configuration. For example, if a configuration uses two instances of the File input module and it is assigned to four agents, the Collect from column will show `File (8)`.
Send to	Output modules included in the configuration.
Version	The latest configuration version.
Actions menu	Click for further actions: Update agents This option is available when a configuration has been modified. Use it to deploy the changes to agents using this configuration. Edit configuration Modify the configuration. Assign to agent Assign the configuration to an existing agent. This option is not available for draft configurations. Duplicate Create a copy of the configuration. Version history View a list of previous configuration versions and track changes. Delete Delete the configuration.

Configuration history

NXLog Platform automatically keeps a record of configuration changes, incrementing the configuration version number by 1 each time you save changes. To view a configuration’s history, go to the Configurations view, click the … button next to the configuration, and select Version history.

NXLog Platform agent configuration versions

Table 2. Configuration history explained
Column	Description
Version	Configuration version number. Click on it to view the configuration at that version.
Date	Date when the configuration was updated.
Changed by	Name and email address of the user who made the change.
Comment	Optional comment entered by the user when saving the configuration.
Actions	Click for further actions: Restore Revert the configuration to the selected version. Delete Delete the selected configuration version.

Select two configuration versions, then click Compare selected versions to view a detailed comparison of the changes.

Comparison of NXLog Platform agent configuration versions