mongodbedit

  • Version: 3.0.0
  • Released on: 2017-01-16
  • Changelog
  • Compatible: 5.1.1.1, 5.0.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.0, 2.3.4

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

require_relative "bson/logstash_event"

 

Synopsisedit

This plugin supports the following configuration options:

Required configuration options:

mongodb {
    collection => ...
    database => ...
    uri => ...
}

Available configuration options:

Setting Input type Required Default value

codec

codec

No

"plain"

collection

string

Yes

database

string

Yes

enable_metric

boolean

No

true

generateId

boolean

No

false

id

string

No

isodate

boolean

No

false

retry_delay

number

No

3

uri

string

Yes

workers

<<,>>

No

1

Detailsedit

 

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.

collectionedit

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

The collection to use. This value can use %{foo} values to dynamically select a collection based on data in the event.

databaseedit

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

The database to use

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.

generateIdedit

  • Value type is boolean
  • Default value is false

If true, an "_id" field will be added to the document before insertion. The "_id" field will use the timestamp of the event and overwrite an existing "_id" field in the event.

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.

isodateedit

  • Value type is boolean
  • Default value is false

If true, store the @timestamp field in mongodb as an ISODate type instead of an ISO8601 string. For more information about this, see http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Dates

retry_delayedit

  • Value type is number
  • Default value is 3

Number of seconds to wait after failure before retrying

uriedit

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

a MongoDB URI to connect to See http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/connection-string/

workersedit

  • 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