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+classes:
+- service.heka.metric_collector.single
+parameters:
+  heka:
+    metric_collector:
+      aggregator_host: ${_param:stacklight_monitor_address}
+      aggregator_port: ${_param:aggregator_port}
+      influxdb_database: lma
+      influxdb_host: ${_param:heka_influxdb_host}
+      influxdb_password: ${_param:influxdb_stacklight_password}
+      influxdb_port: 8086
+      influxdb_time_precision: ms
+      influxdb_username: lma
+      nagios_host: ${_param:nagios_host}
+      nagios_username: ${_param:nagios_username}
+      nagios_password: ${_param:nagios_password}
+      nagios_port: ${_param:nagios_status_port}