# Configuration

The Ingestion Key  is the only required configuration parameter, but the Inspector package is designed to help you deeply customize the monitoring strategy based on your application needs.

### Ignore Routes

It could be needed to turn off monitoring based on **url.** Think about paths like `/backend`, or other parts of your app that has nothing to do with the user experience.

You can easily ignore these path listing them into the `ignoreRoutes` array of `app/Config/Inspector.php` configuration file.

```php
class Inspector extends BaseConfig
{
    ...
    
    /**
     * List the path you don't want to monitor (Support for wildcard "*").
     *
     * @var array
     */
    public $ignoreRoutes = [
        'backend*'
    ];
    
    ...
}
```

{% hint style="warning" %}
You can also use the wildcard character **`*`** to exclude all sub-paths.
{% endhint %}

### Ignore Commands

You can ignore spark commands adding the command name to the `ignoreCommands` property in the `app/Config/Inspector.php` configuration file.

```php
class Inspector extends BaseConfig
{
    ...
    
    /**
     * List the commands you don't want to monitor (Support for wildcard "*").
     *
     * @var array
     */
    public $ignoreCommands = [
        'inspector:install',
        'serve',
        'make:*',
        'db:*',
        'migrate',
    ];
    
    ...
}
```

### Access the Inspector instance

You can get the current Inspector instance using the helper function:

```php
// Load the helper
helper('inspector');

// Use the inspector() function
inspector()->addSegment(function () {
    // Your code here...
}, 'type', 'label');
```