De_dot filter plugin
editDe_dot filter plugin
edit- Plugin version: v1.1.0
- Released on: 2024-05-27
- Changelog
For other versions, see the Versioned plugin docs.
Getting Help
editFor questions about the plugin, open a topic in the Discuss forums. For bugs or feature requests, open an issue in Github. For the list of Elastic supported plugins, please consult the Elastic Support Matrix.
Description
editThis filter appears to rename fields by replacing .
characters with a different
separator. In reality, it’s a somewhat expensive filter that has to copy the
source field contents to a new destination field (whose name no longer contains
dots), and then remove the corresponding source field.
It should only be used if no other options are available.
De_dot Filter Configuration Options
editThis plugin supports the following configuration options plus the Common Options described later.
Setting | Input type | Required |
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No |
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No |
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No |
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No |
Also see Common Options for a list of options supported by all filter plugins.
fields
edit- Value type is array
- There is no default value for this setting.
The fields
array should contain a list of known fields to act on.
If undefined, all top-level fields will be checked. Sub-fields must be
manually specified in the array. For example: ["field.suffix","[foo][bar.suffix]"]
will result in "field_suffix" and nested or sub field ["foo"]["bar_suffix"]
This is an expensive operation.
nested
edit- Value type is boolean
-
Default value is
false
If nested
is true, then create sub-fields instead of replacing dots with
a different separator.
Common Options
editThe following configuration options are supported by all filter plugins:
Setting | Input type | Required |
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No |
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No |
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No |
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No |
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No |
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No |
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No |
add_field
edit- 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 { de_dot { add_field => { "foo_%{somefield}" => "Hello world, from %{host}" } } }
# You can also add multiple fields at once: filter { de_dot { 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
edit- 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 { de_dot { add_tag => [ "foo_%{somefield}" ] } }
# You can also add multiple tags at once: filter { de_dot { 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).
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 de_dot filters.
Adding a named ID in this case will help in monitoring Logstash when using the monitoring APIs.
filter { de_dot { id => "ABC" } }
Variable substitution in the id
field only supports environment variables
and does not support the use of values from the secret store.
periodic_flush
edit- Value type is boolean
-
Default value is
false
Call the filter flush method at regular interval. Optional.
remove_field
edit- Value type is array
-
Default value is
[]
If this filter is successful, remove arbitrary fields from this event. Fields names can be dynamic and include parts of the event using the %{field} Example:
filter { de_dot { remove_field => [ "foo_%{somefield}" ] } }
# You can also remove multiple fields at once: filter { de_dot { 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
edit- 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 { de_dot { remove_tag => [ "foo_%{somefield}" ] } }
# You can also remove multiple tags at once: filter { de_dot { 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.