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RSS

The RSS plugin can be used to show the latest status updates of third party services, from a list of sepcified RSS feeds.

Configuration

To use the RSS plugin the following configuration is needed in the satellites configuration file:

Field Type Description Required
name string The name of the RSS plugin instance. Yes
type rss The type for the RSS plugin. Yes 
plugins:
  - name: rss
    type: rss

Insight Options

Note

The RSS plugin can not be used within the insights section of an application.

Variable Options

Note

The RSS plugin can not be used to get a list of variable values.

Panel Options

The following options can be used for a panel with the RSS plugin:

Field Type Description Required
urls []string A list of RSS feed URLs. Yes
sortBy string Set the field by which the retrieved feed items should be sorted. This can be feed, title, updated or published. The default value is published. No

Notification Options

Field Type Description Required
urls []string A list of RSS feed URLs. Yes
sortBy string Set the field by which the retrieved feed items should be sorted. This can be feed, title, updated or published. The default value is published. No

Usage

---
apiVersion: kobs.io/v1
kind: Application
metadata:
  name: example-application
  namespace: kobs
spec:
  dashboards:
    - title: Status of External Services
      inline:
        rows:
          - size: -1
            panels:
              - title: External Services
                plugin:
                  name: rss
                  type: rss
                  options:
                    urls:
                      - https://www.githubstatus.com/history.rss
                      - https://status.aws.amazon.com/rss/route53.rss
                      - https://azurestatuscdn.azureedge.net/de-de/status/feed/
                      - https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/history.atom
                    sortBy: updated

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