lumberjack

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Synopsis

This is what it might look like in your config file: 
output {
  lumberjack {
    codec => ... # codec (optional), default: "plain"
    hosts => ... # array (required)
    port => ... # number (required)
    ssl_certificate => ... # a valid filesystem path (required)
    window_size => ... # number (optional), default: 5000
    workers => ... # number (optional), default: 1
  }
}

Details

codec

  • Value type is codec
  • Default value is "plain"

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

  • DEPRECATED WARNING: This config item is deprecated. It may be removed in a further version.
  • Value type is array
  • Default value is []

Only handle events without any of these tags. Note this check is additional to type and tags.

hosts (required setting)

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

list of addresses lumberjack can send to

port (required setting)

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

the port to connect to

ssl_certificate (required setting)

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

ssl certificate to use

tags DEPRECATED

  • DEPRECATED WARNING: This config item is deprecated. It may be removed in a further version.
  • Value type is array
  • Default value is []

Only handle events with all of these tags. Note that if you specify a type, the event must also match that type. Optional.

type DEPRECATED

  • DEPRECATED WARNING: This config item is deprecated. It may be removed in a further version.
  • 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.

window_size

  • Value type is number
  • Default value is 5000

window size

workers

  • Value type is number
  • Default value is 1

The number of workers to use for this output. Note that this setting may not be useful for all outputs.

This is documentation from lib/logstash/outputs/lumberjack.rb