Irc output plugin

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  • Plugin version: v3.0.6
  • Released on: 2018-04-06
  • Changelog

For other versions, see the Versioned plugin docs.

Installation

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For plugins not bundled by default, it is easy to install by running bin/logstash-plugin install logstash-output-irc. See Working with plugins for more details.

Getting help

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For 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

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Write events to IRC

Irc Output Configuration Options

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This plugin supports the following configuration options plus the Common options described later.

Also see Common options for a list of options supported by all output plugins.

 

channels

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

Channels to broadcast to.

These should be full channel names including the # symbol, such as "#logstash".

format

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  • Value type is string
  • Default value is "%{message}"

Message format to send, event tokens are usable here

host

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

Address of the host to connect to

messages_per_second

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  • Value type is number
  • Default value is 0.5

Limit the rate of messages sent to IRC in messages per second.

nick

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

IRC Nickname

password

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

IRC server password

port

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  • Value type is number
  • Default value is 6667

Port on host to connect to.

post_string

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

Static string after event

pre_string

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

Static string before event

real

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

IRC Real name

secure

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  • Value type is boolean
  • Default value is false

Set this to true to enable SSL.

user

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

IRC Username

Common options

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These configuration options are supported by all output plugins:

Setting Input type Required

codec

codec

No

enable_metric

boolean

No

id

string

No

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.

  • 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 irc outputs. Adding a named ID in this case will help in monitoring Logstash when using the monitoring APIs.

output {
  irc {
    id => "my_plugin_id"
  }
}

Variable substitution in the id field only supports environment variables and does not support the use of values from the secret store.