AST Configuration Assistance

Altocumulus

Jan 27, 2026

Jason, Happy 2026....I am still here. There is a lot of text in the below. Sorry for the verbosity but we did make progress. getting stuck at "sudo compose docker up". See the below.

Update: ...made progress and was able to run past "docker run --rm -it -w /app -v ${PWD}:/app --entrypoint /app/src/bin/init_entrypoint.sh python:3.12.6-slim-bookworm --generate-config" Get the below.

sudo docker run --rm -it -w /app -v ${PWD}:/app --entrypoint /app/src/bin/init_entrypoint.sh python:3.12.6-slim-bookworm --generate-config

Collecting PyYAML==6.0.2

Downloading PyYAML-6.0.2-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl.metadata (2.1 kB)

Downloading PyYAML-6.0.2-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl (767 kB)

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Installing collected packages: PyYAML

Successfully installed PyYAML-6.0.2

WARNING: Running pip as the 'root' user can result in broken permissions and conflicting behaviour with the system package manager, possibly rendering your system unusable.It is recommended to use a virtual environment instead: https://pip.pypa.io/warnings/venv. Use the --root-user-action option if you know what you are doing and want to suppress this warning.

[notice] A new release of pip is available: 24.2 -> 25.3

[notice] To update, run: pip install --upgrade pip

2026-01-27 19:01:10,067 - INFO - Generating configs from ./config/ast_defaults.yaml and ./config/bigip_receivers.yaml...

2026-01-27 19:01:10,067 - INFO - Loading AST Default Settings in ./config/ast_defaults.yaml...

2026-01-27 19:01:10,074 - INFO - Successfully loaded './config/ast_defaults.yaml'.

2026-01-27 19:01:10,074 - INFO - Loading Per-Receiver (BigIP) Settings in ./config/bigip_receivers.yaml...

2026-01-27 19:01:10,076 - INFO - Successfully loaded './config/bigip_receivers.yaml'.

2026-01-27 19:01:10,077 - INFO - Generating receiver configs...

2026-01-27 19:01:10,077 - INFO - Generating pipeline configs...

2026-01-27 19:01:10,077 - WARNING - The f5_data_export=true and f5_pipeline_default fields are required to export metrics periodically to F5. Contact your F5 Sales Rep to provision a Sensor ID and Access Token.

2026-01-27 19:01:10,077 - INFO - Built the following pipeline file:

metrics/local:

exporters:

- otlphttp/metrics-local

- debug/bigip

processors:

- batch/local

receivers:

- bigip/1

2026-01-27 19:01:10,078 - INFO - Built the following receiver file:

bigip/1:

collection_interval: 60s

data_types:

f5.apm:

enabled: false

f5.cgnat:

enabled: false

f5.dns:

enabled: false

f5.dos:

enabled: false

f5.firewall:

enabled: false

f5.gtm:

enabled: false

f5.policy.api_protection:

enabled: false

f5.policy.asm:

enabled: false

f5.policy.firewall:

enabled: false

f5.policy.ip_intelligence:

enabled: false

f5.policy.nat:

enabled: false

f5.profile.dos:

enabled: false

endpoint: https://10.232.1.77

password: ${env:BIGIP_PASSWORD_1}

timeout: 60s

tls:

ca_file: ''

insecure_skip_verify: false

username: admin

2026-01-27 19:01:10,087 - INFO - Successfully wrote data to './services/otel_collector/pipelines.yaml'.

2026-01-27 19:01:10,096 - INFO - Successfully wrote data to './services/otel_collector/receivers.yaml'.

[s331325@f05astpl001 application-study-tool]$

Now when doing "sudo docker compose up"... get the following error : "

grafana | logger=provisioning.datasources t=2026-01-27T18:58:19.649894511Z level=error msg="can't read datasource provisioning files from directory" path=/etc/grafana/provisioning/datasources error="open /etc/grafana/provisioning/datasources: permission denied"

grafana | logger=provisioning.plugins t=2026-01-27T18:58:19.67632371Z level=error msg="Failed to read plugin provisioning files from directory" path=/etc/grafana/provisioning/plugins error="open /etc/grafana/provisioning/plugins: permission denied"

grafana | logger=provisioning.alerting t=2026-01-27T18:58:19.676411247Z level=error msg="can't read alerting provisioning files from directory" path=/etc/grafana/provisioning/alerting error="open /etc/grafana/provisioning/alerting: permission denied"

grafana | logger=provisioning.alerting t=2026-01-27T18:58:19.676417257Z level=info msg="starting to provision alerting"

grafana | logger=provisioning.alerting t=2026-01-27T18:58:19.67642702Z level=info msg="finished to provision alerting"

grafana | logger=provisioning.dashboard t=2026-01-27T18:58:19.676436736Z level=error msg="can't read dashboard provisioning files from directory" path=/etc/grafana/provisioning/dashboards error="open /etc/grafana/provisioning/dashboards: permission denied"

grafana | logger=http.server t=2026-01-27T18:58:19.67676324Z level=info msg="HTTP Server Listen" address=0.0.0.0:3000 protocol=http subUrl= socket=

grafana | logger=provisioning.dashboard t=2026-01-27T18:58:19.723051927Z level=info msg="starting to provision dashboards"

grafana | logger=provisioning.dashboard t=2026-01-27T18:58:19.72307652Z level=info msg="finished to provision dashboards"

grafana | logger=grafana-apiserver t=2026-01-27T18:58:19.90612739Z level=info msg="Adding GroupVersion userstorage.grafana.app v0alpha1 to ResourceManager"

grafana | logger=grafana-apiserver t=2026-01-27T18:58:19.906792166Z level=info msg="Adding GroupVersion playlist.grafana.app v0alpha1 to ResourceManager"

grafana | logger=grafana-apiserver t=2026-01-27T18:58:19.907291435Z level=info msg="Adding GroupVersion featuretoggle.grafana.app v0alpha1 to ResourceManager"

grafana | logger=grafana-apiserver t=2026-01-27T18:58:19.9085977Z level=info msg="Adding GroupVersion iam.grafana.app v0alpha1 to ResourceManager"

grafana | logger=grafana-apiserver t=2026-01-27T18:58:19.910245956Z level=info msg="Adding GroupVersion notifications.alerting.grafana.app v0alpha1 to ResourceManager"

grafana | logger=app-registry t=2026-01-27T18:58:19.942745581Z level=info msg="app registry initialized"

grafana | logger=plugin.backgroundinstaller t=2026-01-27T18:58:20.165873398Z level=info msg="Installing plugin" pluginId=grafana-lokiexplore-app version=

grafana | logger=plugins.update.checker t=2026-01-27T18:58:20.16628026Z level=info msg="Update check succeeded" duration=542.57888ms

grafana | logger=grafana.update.checker t=2026-01-27T18:58:20.166481732Z level=info msg="Update check succeeded" duration=542.932799ms

grafana | logger=plugin.installer t=2026-01-27T18:58:20.216209971Z level=info msg="Updating plugin" pluginId=grafana-lokiexplore-app from=1.0.31 to=1.0.34

grafana | logger=plugin.angulardetectorsprovider.dynamic t=2026-01-27T18:58:20.217751349Z level=info msg="Patterns update finished" duration=624.259046ms

otel-collector-1 | Error: failed to get config: cannot resolve the configuration: cannot retrieve the configuration: unable to read the file file:/etc/otel-collector-config/defaults/bigip-scraper-config.yaml: open /etc/otel-collector-config/defaults/bigip-scraper-config.yaml: permission denied

otel-collector-1 | 2026/01/27 18:58:20 collector server run finished with error: failed to get config: cannot resolve the configuration: cannot retrieve the configuration: unable to read the file file:/etc/otel-collector-config/defaults/bigip-scraper-config.yaml: open /etc/otel-collector-config/defaults/bigip-scraper-config.yaml: permission denied

otel-collector-1 exited with code 1 (restarting)

grafana | logger=installer.fs t=2026-01-27T18:58:20.821082742Z level=info msg="Downloaded and extracted grafana-lokiexplore-app v1.0.34 zip successfully to /var/lib/grafana/plugins/grafana-lokiexplore-app"

grafana | logger=plugins.registration t=2026-01-27T18:58:20.895879816Z level=info msg="Plugin registered" pluginId=grafana-lokiexplore-app

grafana | logger=plugin.backgroundinstaller t=2026-01-27T18:58:20.895912971Z level=info msg="Plugin successfully installed" pluginId=grafana-lokiexplore-app version= duration=730.011779ms

grafana | logger=plugin.backgroundinstaller t=2026-01-27T18:58:20.940501472Z level=info msg="Installing plugin" pluginId=grafana-pyroscope-app version=

grafana | logger=plugin.installer t=2026-01-27T18:58:20.988538131Z level=info msg="Updating plugin" pluginId=grafana-pyroscope-app from=1.12.0 to=1.15.2

grafana | logger=installer.fs t=2026-01-27T18:58:21.122997211Z level=info msg="Downloaded and extracted grafana-pyroscope-app v1.15.2 zip successfully to /var/lib/grafana/plugins/grafana-pyroscope-app"

grafana | logger=plugins.registration t=2026-01-27T18:58:21.159611196Z level=info msg="Plugin registered" pluginId=grafana-pyroscope-app

grafana | logger=plugin.backgroundinstaller t=2026-01-27T18:58:21.159643085Z level=info msg="Plugin successfully installed" pluginId=grafana-pyroscope-app version= duration=219.110763ms

otel-collector-1 | 2026/01/27 18:58:21 collector server run finished with error: failed to get config: cannot resolve the configuration: cannot retrieve the configuration: unable to read the file file:/etc/otel-collector-config/defaults/bigip-scraper-config.yaml: open /etc/otel-collector-config/defaults/bigip-scraper-config.yaml: permission denied

otel-collector-1 exited with code 1 (restarting)

otel-collector-1 | 2026/01/27 18:58:23 collector server run finished with error: failed to get config: cannot resolve the configuration: cannot retrieve the configuration: unable to read the file file:/etc/otel-collector-config/defaults/bigip-scraper-config.yaml: open /etc/otel-collector-config/defaults/bigip-scraper-config.yaml: permission denied

otel-collector-1 exited with code 1 (restarting)

otel-collector-1 | 2026/01/27 18:58:27 collector server run finished with error: failed to get config: cannot resolve the configuration: cannot retrieve the configuration: unable to read the file file:/etc/otel-collector-config/defaults/bigip-scraper-config.yaml: open /etc/otel-collector-config/defaults/bigip-scraper-config.yaml: permission denied

otel-collector-1 exited with code 1 (restarting)

otel-collector-1 | 2026/01/27 18:58:33 collector server run finished with error: failed to get config: cannot resolve the configuration: cannot retrieve the configuration: unable to read the file file:/etc/otel-collector-config/defaults/bigip-scraper-config.yaml: open /etc/otel-collector-config/defaults/bigip-scraper-config.yaml: permission denied

otel-collector-1 exited with code 1 (restarting)

otel-collector-1 | 2026/01/27 18:58:47 collector server run finished with error: failed to get config: cannot resolve the configuration: cannot retrieve the configuration: unable to read the file file:/etc/otel-collector-config/defaults/bigip-scraper-config.yaml: open /etc/otel-collector-config/defaults/bigip-scraper-config.yaml: permission denied

otel-collector-1 exited with code 1 (restarting)

grafana | logger=infra.usagestats t=2026-01-27T18:59:00.580020213Z level=info msg="Usage stats are ready to report"

otel-collector-1 | 2026/01/27 18:59:13 collector server run finished with error: failed to get config: cannot resolve the configuration: cannot retrieve the configuration: unable to read the file file:/etc/otel-collector-config/defaults/bigip-scraper-config.yaml: open /etc/otel-collector-config/defaults/bigip-scraper-config.yaml: permission denied

otel-collector-1 exited with code 1 (restarting)

otel-collector-1 | 2026/01/27 19:00:04 collector server run finished with error: failed to get config: cannot resolve the configuration: cannot retrieve the configuration: unable to read the file file:/etc/otel-collector-config/defaults/bigip-scraper-config.yaml: open /etc/otel-collector-config/defaults/bigip-scraper-config.yaml: permission denied

otel-collector-1 exited with code 1 (restarting)

Thanks for your time.

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