Request to incorporate CopperEggWriter configuration files into this repo

embedded-jmxtrans-webapp-coktail/src/main/copperegg/README.md

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+# Using the CopperEggWriter Output Writer
+
+## Deploying with the Cocktail Demo App
+
+### 1. Save a copy of your current resources/jmxtrans.json file
+
+```xml
+    cd <path-to-embedded-jmxtrans-samples> 
+    mv embedded-jmxtrans-webapp-coktail/src/main/resources/jmxtrans.json embedded-jmxtrans-webapp-coktail/src/main/resources/jmxtrans.json.original
+```
+
+### 2. Copy the CocktailDemo-specific copperegg_config.json and jmxtrans.json to resources/
+
+```xml
+    cd <path-to-embedded-jmxtrans-samples> 
+    cp embedded-jmxtrans-webapp-coktail/src/main/copperegg/copperegg_configCocktailApp/*.json embedded-jmxtrans-webapp-coktail/src/main/resources/
+```
+
+### 3. Edit the (newly-copied) jmxtrans.json file
+
+```xml
+    cd <path-to-embedded-jmxtrans-samples> 
+    nano embedded-jmxtrans-webapp-coktail/src/main/resources/jmxtrans.json
+    In the "OutputWriters" array, find the CopperEggWriter settings.
+        Replace  <YOUR_USER_NAME>  with your user name
+        Replace  <YOUR_APIKEY> with your Uptime Cloud Monitor APIKEY
+    Optionally, add any other OutputWriters to the OutputWriters array.
+    Save and close jmxtrans.json
+```
+
+### 4. Build and Deploy the Cocktail Demo App as usual.
+
+
+## Integrating with your Spring-enabled or Plain Java Servlet
+
+### 1. Save a copy of your current resources/jmxtrans.json file, as in Step 1 above
+
+### 2. Copy the copperegg_config.json and jmxtrans.json to resources/
+
+```xml
+    cp src/main/copperegg/*.json <path-to-your-resources-directory>
+```
+### 3. Edit the (newly-copied) jmxtrans.json file, as descibed in Step 3 above
+
+
+### 4. Follow the embedded-jmxtrans instructions for building and deploying
+
+For Spring integration:
+
+  [embedded-jmxtrans wiki](https://github.com/jmxtrans/embedded-jmxtrans/wiki/Spring-Integration)
+
+For Plain-Java-Servlet integration:
+
+  [embedded-jmxtrans wiki](https://github.com/jmxtrans/embedded-jmxtrans/wiki/Plain-Java-Servlet-Integration)
+
+
+For the documentation about the embedded-jmxtrans module, refer to:
+* [Documentation](https://github.com/jmxtrans/embedded-jmxtrans/wiki)
+* [Latest javadocs](http://jmxtrans.github.com/embedded-jmxtrans/apidocs/)
+
+To learn more about Uptime Cloud Monitor, and to sign up for a free trial:
+* [Uptime Cloud Monitor Homepage] (https://www.idera.com/infrastructure-monitoring-as-a-service/)
+* [Uptime Cloud Monitor Signup] (https://www.idera.com/infrastructure-monitoring-as-a-service/freetrialsubscriptionform)
+* [Uptime Cloud Monitor Login] (https://app.copperegg.com/login)
+
+
+License
+==================
+
+Please refer to the LICENSE and NOTIFICATION files included by the authors of embedded-jmxtrans and embedded-jmxtrans-samples.
+
+Uptime Cloud Monitor has provided three JSON files in this repository, which can be used to configure the CopperEggWriter.
+These files are made available under the terms of the MIT License:
+
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