xmpp

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  • Version: 3.0.2
  • Released on: 2016-07-14
  • Changelog
  • Compatible: 5.1.1.1, 5.0.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.0, 2.3.4

This output allows you ship events over XMPP/Jabber.

This plugin can be used for posting events to humans over XMPP, or you can use it for PubSub or general message passing for logstash to logstash.

 

Synopsis

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This plugin supports the following configuration options:

Required configuration options:

xmpp {
    message => ...
    password => ...
    user => ...
}

Available configuration options:

Setting Input type Required Default value

codec

codec

No

"plain"

enable_metric

boolean

No

true

host

string

No

id

string

No

message

string

Yes

password

password

Yes

rooms

array

No

user

string

Yes

users

array

No

workers

<<,>>

No

1

Details

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codec

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  • 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.

enable_metric

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  • 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.

host

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

The xmpp server to connect to. This is optional. If you omit this setting, the host on the user/identity is used. (foo.com for [email protected])

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

Add a unique ID to the plugin instance, this ID is used for tracking information for a specific configuration of the plugin.

output {
 stdout {
   id => "ABC"
 }
}

If you don’t explicitely set this variable Logstash will generate a unique name.

message

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

The message to send. This supports dynamic strings like %{host}

password

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  • This is a required setting.
  • Value type is password
  • There is no default value for this setting.

The xmpp password for the user/identity.

rooms

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

if muc/multi-user-chat required, give the name of the room that you want to join: [email protected]/nick

user

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

The user or resource ID, like [email protected].

users

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

The users to send messages to

workers

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  • Value type is string
  • Default value is 1

TODO remove this in Logstash 6.0 when we no longer support the :legacy type This is hacky, but it can only be herne