All the files in this section can be found in the /etc/ceilometer/ directory.

The configuration for the Telemetry services and agents is found in the ceilometer.conf file. This file must be modified after installation.

The event_definitions.yaml file defines how events received from other OpenStack components should be translated to Telemetry samples. You should not need to modify this file.

Pipelines describe a coupling between sources of samples and the corresponding sinks for transformation and publication of the data. They are defined in the pipeline.yaml file. You should not need to modify this file.

The policy.json file defines additional access controls that apply to the Telemetry service.