.. meta::
    :description: Kafka Connect Watcher
    :keywords: Kafka, Connect, Observability

.. _configuration_file_syntax:

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Configuration file syntax and settings
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The configuration files passed as inputs to the kafka-connect-watcher are going to be evaluated and checked with `jsonschema`_
which validates the structure and validity of the input.

Below is the JSON schema definition, found in `kafka_connect_watcher/watcher-config.spec.json`_

.. jsonschema:: ../kafka_connect_watcher/watcher-config.spec.json

Definition
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.. literalinclude:: ../kafka_connect_watcher/watcher-config.spec.json

.. _jsonschema: https://python-jsonschema.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
.. _kafka_connect_watcher/watcher-config.spec.json: https://github.com/JohnPreston/kafka-connect-watcher/blob/main/kafka_connect_watcher/watcher-config.spec.json