.. _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
-------------

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 from
- *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

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