INI Settings

This is the configuration list supported in php.ini.

Configuration Item Description Default Value
skywalking_agent.enable Enable skywalking_agent extension or not. Off
skywalking_agent.log_file Log file path. /tmp/skywalking-agent.log
skywalking_agent.log_level Log level: one of OFF, TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR. INFO
skywalking_agent.runtime_dir Skywalking agent runtime directory. /tmp/skywalking-agent
skywalking_agent.server_addr Address of skywalking oap server. Only available when reporter_type is grpc. 127.0.0.1:11800
skywalking_agent.service_name Application service name. hello-skywalking
skywalking_agent.skywalking_version Skywalking version, 8 or 9. 8
skywalking_agent.authentication Skywalking authentication token, let it empty if the backend isn’t enabled. Only available when reporter_type is grpc.
skywalking_agent.worker_threads Skywalking worker threads, 0 will auto set as the cpu core size. 0
skywalking_agent.enable_tls Wether to enable tls for gPRC, default is false. Only available when reporter_type is grpc. Off
skywalking_agent.ssl_trusted_ca_path The gRPC SSL trusted ca file. Only available when reporter_type is grpc.
skywalking_agent.ssl_key_path The private key file. Enable mTLS when ssl_key_path and ssl_cert_chain_path exist. Only available when reporter_type is grpc.
skywalking_agent.ssl_cert_chain_path The certificate file. Enable mTLS when ssl_key_path and ssl_cert_chain_path exist. Only available when reporter_type is grpc.
skywalking_agent.heartbeat_period Agent heartbeat report period. Unit, second. 30
skywalking_agent.properties_report_period_factor The agent sends the instance properties to the backend every heartbeat_period * properties_report_period_factor seconds. 10
skywalking_agent.enable_zend_observer Whether to use zend observer instead of zend_execute_ex to hook the functions, this feature is only available for PHP8+. Off
skywalking_agent.reporter_type Reporter type, optional values are grpc and kafka. grpc
skywalking_agent.kafka_bootstrap_servers A list of host/port pairs to use for connect to the Kafka cluster. Only available when reporter_type is kafka.
skywalking_agent.kafka_producer_config Configure Kafka Producer configuration in JSON format {"key": "value}. Only available when reporter_type is kafka. {}
skywalking_agent.inject_context Whether to enable automatic injection of skywalking context variables (such as SW_TRACE_ID). For php-fpm mode, it will be injected into the $_SERVER variable. For swoole mode, it will be injected into the $request->server variable. Off