Heartbeat input plugin
editHeartbeat input plugin
edit- Plugin version: v3.0.7
- Released on: 2018-09-13
- Changelog
For other versions, see the Versioned plugin docs.
Getting Help
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Description
editGenerate heartbeat messages.
The general intention of this is to test the performance and availability of Logstash.
Heartbeat Input Configuration Options
editThis plugin supports the following configuration options plus the Common Options described later.
Also see Common Options for a list of options supported by all input plugins.
count
edit- Value type is number
-
Default value is
-1
How many times to iterate. This is typically used only for testing purposes.
interval
edit- Value type is number
-
Default value is
60
Set how frequently messages should be sent.
The default, 60
, means send a message every 60 seconds.
message
edit- Value type is string
-
Default value is
"ok"
The message string to use in the event.
If you set this to epoch
then this plugin will use the current
timestamp in unix timestamp (which is by definition, UTC). It will
output this value into a field called clock
If you set this to sequence
then this plugin will send a sequence of
numbers beginning at 0 and incrementing each interval. It will
output this value into a field called clock
Otherwise, this value will be used verbatim as the event message. It
will output this value into a field called message
Common Options
editThe following configuration options are supported by all input plugins:
Details
edit
codec
edit- Value type is codec
-
Default value is
"plain"
The codec used for input data. Input codecs are a convenient method for decoding your data before it enters the input, without needing a separate filter in your Logstash pipeline.
enable_metric
edit- Value type is boolean
-
Default value is
true
Disable or enable metric logging for this specific plugin instance by default we record all the metrics we can, but you can disable metrics collection for a specific plugin.
id
edit- Value type is string
- There is no default value for this setting.
Add a unique ID
to the plugin configuration. If no ID is specified, Logstash will generate one.
It is strongly recommended to set this ID in your configuration. This is particularly useful
when you have two or more plugins of the same type, for example, if you have 2 heartbeat inputs.
Adding a named ID in this case will help in monitoring Logstash when using the monitoring APIs.
input { heartbeat { id => "my_plugin_id" } }
tags
edit- Value type is array
- There is no default value for this setting.
Add any number of arbitrary tags to your event.
This can help with processing later.
type
edit- Value type is string
- There is no default value for this setting.
Add a type
field to all events handled by this input.
Types are used mainly for filter activation.
The type is stored as part of the event itself, so you can also use the type to search for it in Kibana.
If you try to set a type on an event that already has one (for example when you send an event from a shipper to an indexer) then a new input will not override the existing type. A type set at the shipper stays with that event for its life even when sent to another Logstash server.