AMPS Configuration Basics

The AMPS server reads the configuration file on startup. At that time, the server fully expands any environment variables in the file and fully processes any include directives in the file.

The AMPS server keeps this configuration file in memory, and this fully expanded version of the file is what is provided by the Administrative Console and Galvanometer.

Changes to the configuration file on disk after the server has started have no effect. You must restart AMPS to change the configuration.

This section contains:

Topic	Description
Getting Started with AMPS Configuration	Walkthrough of the minimal AMPS configuration file
Units, Intervals, and Environment Variables	Describes the available unit abbreviations and how to use environment variables to set AMPS behavior at start time
Working With Configuration Files	Command-line options to the AMPS server for validating and expanding configuration files, or for producing a simple configuration outline
Including External Files	Describes options for composing an AMPS configuration from other files