de_dot

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This does not ship with Logstash by default, but it is easy to install by running bin/logstash-plugin install logstash-filter-de_dot.

This 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.

 

Synopsis

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This plugin supports the following configuration options:

Required configuration options:

de_dot {
}

Available configuration options:

Setting Input type Required Default value

add_field

hash

No

{}

add_tag

array

No

[]

fields

array

No

nested

boolean

No

false

periodic_flush

boolean

No

false

remove_field

array

No

[]

remove_tag

array

No

[]

separator

string

No

"_"

Details

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add_field

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  • 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}" }
      }
    }
[source,ruby]
    # 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

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  • 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}" ]
      }
    }
[source,ruby]
    # 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).

fields

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  • 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

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  • Value type is boolean
  • Default value is false

If nested is true, then create sub-fields instead of replacing dots with a different separator.

periodic_flush

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  • Value type is boolean
  • Default value is false

Call the filter flush method at regular interval. Optional.

remove_field

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  • 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}" ]
      }
    }
[source,ruby]
    # 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

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  • 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}" ]
      }
    }
[source,ruby]
    # 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.

separator

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  • Value type is string
  • Default value is "_"

Replace dots with this value.