newrelicedit

This is a community-maintained plugin! It does not ship with Logstash by default, but it is easy to install by running bin/logstash-plugin install logstash-output-newrelic.

This output sends logstash events to New Relic Insights as custom events.

You can learn more about New Relic Insights here: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/insights/new-relic-insights/understanding-insights/new-relic-insights

 

Synopsisedit

This plugin supports the following configuration options:

Required configuration options:

newrelic {
    account_id => ...
    insert_key => ...
}

Available configuration options:

Setting Input type Required Default value

account_id

string

Yes

batch

boolean

No

true

batch_events

number

No

10

batch_timeout

number

No

5

codec

codec

No

"plain"

enable_metric

boolean

No

true

event_type

string

No

"LogstashEvent"

id

string

No

insert_key

string

Yes

proto

string

No

"https"

proxy_host

string

No

proxy_password

password

No

""

proxy_port

number

No

80

proxy_user

string

No

workers

<<,>>

No

1

Detailsedit

 

account_idedit

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

Your New Relic account ID. This is the 5 or 6-digit number found in the URL when you are logged into New Relic: account_id/…​

batchedit

  • Value type is boolean
  • Default value is true

Batch Processing - all optional This plugin uses the New Relic Insights REST API to send data. To make efficient REST API calls, we will buffer a certain number of events before flushing that out to Insights.

batch_eventsedit

  • Value type is number
  • Default value is 10

This setting controls how many events will be buffered before sending a batch of events.

batch_timeoutedit

  • Value type is number
  • Default value is 5

This setting controls how long the output will wait before sending a batch of a events, should the minimum specified in batch_events not be met yet.

codecedit

  • 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_metricedit

  • 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.

event_typeedit

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

The name for your event type. Use alphanumeric characters only. If left out, your events will be stored under "logstashEvent".

idedit

  • 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.

insert_keyedit

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

Your Insights Insert Key. You will need to generate one if you haven’t already, as described here: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/insights/new-relic-insights/adding-querying-data/inserting-custom-events-insights-api#register

protoedit

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

Should the log events be sent to Insights over https instead of plain http (typically yes).

proxy_hostedit

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

Proxy info - all optional If using a proxy, only proxy_host is required.

proxy_passwordedit

  • Value type is password
  • Default value is ""

Proxy_password should be left out if connecting to your proxy unauthenticated.

proxy_portedit

  • Value type is number
  • Default value is 80

Proxy_port will default to port 80 if left out.

proxy_useredit

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

Proxy_user should be left out if connecting to your proxy unauthenticated.

workersedit

  • Value type is string
  • Default value is 1

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