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udp
editudp
editSend events over UDP
Keep in mind that UDP will lose messages.
Synopsis
editThis plugin supports the following configuration options:
Required configuration options:
udp { host => ... port => ... }
Available configuration options:
Details
edit
codec
edit- Value type is codec
-
Default value is
"json"
The codec used for output data. Output codecs are a convenient method for encoding your data before it leaves the output, without needing a separate filter in your Logstash pipeline.
exclude_tags
(DEPRECATED)
edit- 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 any of these tags. Optional.
host
edit- This is a required setting.
- Value type is string
- There is no default value for this setting.
The address to send messages to
port
edit- This is a required setting.
- Value type is number
- There is no default value for this setting.
The port to send messages on
tags
(DEPRECATED)
edit- 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 of these tags. Optional.
type
(DEPRECATED)
edit- DEPRECATED WARNING: This configuration item is deprecated and may not be available in future versions.
- Value type is string
-
Default value is
""
The type to act on. If a type is given, then this output will only
act on messages with the same type. See any input plugin’s type
attribute for more.
Optional.