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diff --git a/doc/rtd/reference/datasources/nwcs.rst b/doc/rtd/reference/datasources/nwcs.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..19c9ddd6 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rtd/reference/datasources/nwcs.rst @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +.. _datasource_nwcs: + +NWCS +**** + +The NWCS datasource retrieves basic configuration values from the locally +accessible metadata service. All data is served over HTTP from the address +``169.254.169.254``. + +Configuration +============= + +The NWCS datasource can be configured as follows: :: + + datasource: + NWCS: + url: 'http://169.254.169.254' + retries: 3 + timeout: 2 + wait: 2 + +* ``url``: The URL used to acquire the metadata configuration. +* ``retries``: Determines the number of times to attempt to connect to the + metadata service. +* ``timeout``: Determines the timeout (in seconds) to wait for a response from + the metadata service +* ``wait``: Determines the timeout in seconds to wait before retrying after + accessible failure. |