Metaevent filter plugin

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Synopsis

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This plugin supports the following configuration options:

Required configuration options:

metaevent {
    followed_by_tags => ...
}

Available configuration options:

Setting Input type Required Default value

add_field

hash

No

{}

add_tag

array

No

[]

followed_by_tags

array

Yes

period

number

No

5

periodic_flush

boolean

No

false

remove_field

array

No

[]

remove_tag

array

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 {
      metaevent {
        add_field => { "foo_%{somefield}" => "Hello world, from %{host}" }
      }
    }
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    # You can also add multiple fields at once:
    filter {
      metaevent {
        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 {
      metaevent {
        add_tag => [ "foo_%{somefield}" ]
      }
    }
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    # You can also add multiple tags at once:
    filter {
      metaevent {
        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).

followed_by_tags

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

syntax: followed_by_tags => [ "tag", "tag" ]

period

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  • Value type is number
  • Default value is 5

syntax: period => 60

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 {
      metaevent {
        remove_field => [ "foo_%{somefield}" ]
      }
    }
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    # You can also remove multiple fields at once:
    filter {
      metaevent {
        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 {
      metaevent {
        remove_tag => [ "foo_%{somefield}" ]
      }
    }
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    # You can also remove multiple tags at once:
    filter {
      metaevent {
        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.