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# Mezmo Agent Configuration for Kubernetes

> Configure the Mezmo Logging Agent in a Kubernetes cluster by editing the DaemonSet environment variables and applying a custom config file.

When using the Mezmo Logging Agent within a Kubernetes cluster, the configuration is a bit different than the standard v2 agent configuration.

The only editable file is the `environmental variables `section of the `daemonset` configurations.

## To configure the agent

Find the effective config at beginning of agent pod log. It should look like this:

```json theme={null}
http:
  host: logs.logdna.com
  endpoint: /logs/agent
  use_ssl: true
  timeout: 10000
  use_compression: true
  gzip_level: 2
  params:
    hostname: main-mac-ubuntu
    mac: ~
    ip: ~
    tags: ~
  body_size: 2097152
log:
  dirs:
    - /home/dmitri/SOURCE/TMP/root/subdir_missing
  include:
    glob:
      - "*.log"
    regex: []
  exclude:
    glob: []
    regex: []
  lookback: start
  log_metric_server_stats: ~
journald:
  systemd_journal_tailer: ~
startup: {}

```

Copy this config file and put it in a new text file, use vim `<name of file>` for example (depending on what text editor you use) Then to this file, you'll add the below params.

```json theme={null}
http: 
	params: 
		retrybase delay_ms: 100000 
		retry_step_delay_ms: 10000

```

Apply this config file to your Kubernetes cluster.

Then m[odify the envs section of the DaemonSet](https://github.com/logdna/logdna-agent-v2#configuring-the-environment)  you deployed with the env. variable `LOGDNA`*`CONFIG`*`FILE = <full_path_to_config_yaml>`