zeromq

ZeroMQ filter. This is the best way to send an event externally for filtering It works much like an exec filter would by sending the event "offsite" for processing and waiting for a response

The protocol here is: * REQ sent with JSON-serialized logstash event * REP read expected to be the full JSON filtered event * - if reply read is an empty string, it will cancel the event.

Note that this is a limited subset of the zeromq functionality in inputs and outputs. The only topology that makes sense here is: REQ/REP.

 

Synopsis

This plugin supports the following configuration options:

Required configuration options:

zeromq {
}

Available configuration options:

Setting Input typeRequiredDefault value

add_field

hash

No

{}

add_tag

array

No

[]

add_tag_on_timeout

string

No

"zeromqtimeout"

address

string

No

"tcp://127.0.0.1:2121"

field

string

No

mode

string, one of ["server", "client"]

No

"client"

periodic_flush

boolean

No

false

remove_field

array

No

[]

remove_tag

array

No

[]

retries

number

No

3

sockopt

hash

No

timeout

number

No

500

Details

 

add_field

  • Value type is hash
  • Default value is {}

If this filter is successful, add any arbitrary fields to this event. Field names can be dynamic and include parts of the event using the %{field}.

Example:

filter {
  zeromq {
    add_field => { "foo_%{somefield}" => "Hello world, from %{host}" }
  }
}
# You can also add multiple fields at once:
filter {
  zeromq {
    add_field => {
      "foo_%{somefield}" => "Hello world, from %{host}"
      "new_field" => "new_static_value"
    }
  }
}

If the event has field "somefield" == "hello" this filter, on success, would add field foo_hello if it is present, with the value above and the %{host} piece replaced with that value from the event. The second example would also add a hardcoded field.

add_tag

  • Value type is array
  • Default value is []

If this filter is successful, add arbitrary tags to the event. Tags can be dynamic and include parts of the event using the %{field} syntax.

Example:

filter {
  zeromq {
    add_tag => [ "foo_%{somefield}" ]
  }
}
# You can also add multiple tags at once:
filter {
  zeromq {
    add_tag => [ "foo_%{somefield}", "taggedy_tag"]
  }
}

If the event has field "somefield" == "hello" this filter, on success, would add a tag foo_hello (and the second example would of course add a taggedy_tag tag).

add_tag_on_timeout

  • Value type is string
  • Default value is "zeromqtimeout"

tag to add if zeromq timeout expires before getting back an answer. If set to "" then no tag will be added.

address

  • Value type is string
  • Default value is "tcp://127.0.0.1:2121"

0mq socket address to connect or bind Please note that inproc:// will not work with logstash as we use a context per thread By default, filters connect

exclude_tags (DEPRECATED)

  • DEPRECATED WARNING: This configuration item is deprecated and may not be available in future versions.
  • Value type is array
  • Default value is []

Only handle events without all/any (controlled by exclude_any config option) of these tags. Optional.

field

  • Value type is string
  • There is no default value for this setting.

The field to send off-site for processing If this is unset, the whole event will be sent TODO (lusis) Allow filtering multiple fields

mode

  • Value can be any of: server, client
  • Default value is "client"

0mq mode server mode binds/listens client mode connects

periodic_flush

  • Value type is boolean
  • Default value is false

Call the filter flush method at regular interval. Optional.

remove_field

  • Value type is array
  • Default value is []

If this filter is successful, remove arbitrary fields from this event. Example:

filter {
  zeromq {
    remove_field => [ "foo_%{somefield}" ]
  }
}
# You can also remove multiple fields at once:
filter {
  zeromq {
    remove_field => [ "foo_%{somefield}", "my_extraneous_field" ]
  }
}

If the event has field "somefield" == "hello" this filter, on success, would remove the field with name foo_hello if it is present. The second example would remove an additional, non-dynamic field.

remove_tag

  • Value type is array
  • Default value is []

If this filter is successful, remove arbitrary tags from the event. Tags can be dynamic and include parts of the event using the %{field} syntax.

Example:

filter {
  zeromq {
    remove_tag => [ "foo_%{somefield}" ]
  }
}
# You can also remove multiple tags at once:
filter {
  zeromq {
    remove_tag => [ "foo_%{somefield}", "sad_unwanted_tag"]
  }
}

If the event has field "somefield" == "hello" this filter, on success, would remove the tag foo_hello if it is present. The second example would remove a sad, unwanted tag as well.

retries

  • Value type is number
  • Default value is 3

number of retries, used for both sending and receiving messages. for sending, retries should return instantly. for receiving, the total blocking time is up to retries X timeout, which by default is 3 X 500 = 1500ms

sockopt

  • Value type is hash
  • There is no default value for this setting.

0mq socket options This exposes zmq_setsockopt for advanced tuning see http://api.zeromq.org/2-1:zmq-setsockopt for details

This is where you would set values like: ZMQ::HWM - high water mark ZMQ::IDENTITY - named queues ZMQ::SWAP_SIZE - space for disk overflow ZMQ::SUBSCRIBE - topic filters for pubsub

example: sockopt ⇒ ["ZMQ::HWM", 50, "ZMQ::IDENTITY", "my_named_queue"]

tags (DEPRECATED)

  • DEPRECATED WARNING: This configuration item is deprecated and may not be available in future versions.
  • Value type is array
  • Default value is []

Only handle events with all/any (controlled by include_any config option) of these tags. Optional.

timeout

  • Value type is number
  • Default value is 500

timeout in milliseconds on which to wait for a reply.

type (DEPRECATED)

  • DEPRECATED WARNING: This configuration item is deprecated and may not be available in future versions.
  • Value type is string
  • Default value is ""

Note that all of the specified routing options (type,tags,exclude_tags,include_fields, exclude_fields) must be met in order for the event to be handled by the filter. The type to act on. If a type is given, then this filter will only act on messages with the same type. See any input plugin’s "type" attribute for more. Optional.