Dummy HTTP source plugin

The Dummy HTTP source plugin (name: datagen, alias: dummy_http) generates simulated log data that you can use to test your pipeline configuration. This plugin is based on the Datagen source plugin and uses a predefined template to generate its logs.

This is a self-contained source plugin that doesn’t communicate with any external sources, which means it’s neither push-based nor pull-based.

This plugin doesn’t support the use of a descriptive metadata name in the Pipeline Builder interface.

Supported telemetry types

This plugin for Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline supports these telemetry types:

Logs	Metrics	Traces

Configuration parameters

The Dummy HTTP plugin has no configuration parameters.

Template format

Logs generated by the Dummy HTTP source plugin use the following template format:

template: >-
        {
          "log": "{{ IPv4Address }} - {{ FirstName }} [{{ Day }}/{{ MonthString }}/{{ Number 2011 2024 }}:{{ Hour }}:{{ Minute }}:{{ Second }} -0700] \"{{ HTTPMethod }} {{ URLPath }} HTTP/{{ HTTPVersion }}\" {{ HTTPStatusCode }} {{ Number 100 10000 }} \"{{ URL }}\" \"{{ UserAgent }}\""
        }

This template produces logs that resemble the following examples:

[{"date":1733159068.797057,"log":"142.201.230.54 - Kitty [31/February/1938:14:22:50 -0700] \"HEAD /user-centric/open-source HTTP/HTTP/1.1\" 301 7907 \"https://www.principalunleash.name/magnetic/end-to-end/eyeballs\" \"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10_8_5 rv:4.0; en-US) AppleWebKit/535.49.6 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/6.2 Safari/535.49.6\""}]
[{"date":1733159069.797646,"log":"165.214.42.13 - Riley [8/July/1998:16:52:34 -0700] \"GET /enterprise/intuitive HTTP/HTTP/1.1\" 406 6981 \"https://www.productdot-com.com/enable/efficient/content/brand\" \"Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 8_0_3 like Mac OS X; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.13.6 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Mobile/8B113 Safari/6534.13.6\""}]
[{"date":1733159070.796631,"log":"13.114.140.228 - Bailey [1/February/1989:18:11:27 -0700] \"HEAD /distributed HTTP/HTTP/1.0\" 401 9871 \"https://www.internationalmorph.biz/24-365/global/action-items\" \"Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 7_3_3 like Mac OS X; en-US) AppleWebKit/532.14.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Mobile/8B119 Safari/6532.14.2\""}]
[{"date":1733159071.799888,"log":"72.109.188.94 - Fabiola [14/May/1987:0:43:25 -0700] \"DELETE /e-enable/virtual HTTP/HTTP/2.0\" 100 3605 \"https://www.internationalinnovative.com/bandwidth\" \"Opera/8.34 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10_6_7; en-US) Presto/2.12.268 Version/11.00\""}]
[{"date":1733159072.797658,"log":"19.32.161.243 - Marlene [23/March/1917:3:0:19 -0700] \"PATCH /global/deliverables HTTP/HTTP/1.1\" 205 6830 \"https://www.centralenable.info/e-business/vertical/models\" \"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.0) AppleWebKit/5320 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/38.0.815.0 Mobile Safari/5320\""}]
[{"date":1733159073.797684,"log":"40.66.86.63 - Leif [12/March/1904:6:28:31 -0700] \"POST /dot-com HTTP/HTTP/1.0\" 304 3638 \"http://www.humansexy.org/transparent\" \"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.01; en-US; rv:1.9.2.20) Gecko/1915-02-18 Firefox/35.0\""}]
[{"date":1733159074.79653,"log":"196.27.18.191 - Shanny [10/January/1992:14:28:43 -0700] \"GET /systems/best-of-breed/incubate/enable HTTP/HTTP/2.0\" 403 1572 \"https://www.districtinitiatives.info/holistic/best-of-breed/integrated/24-7\" \"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0) AppleWebKit/5352 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/37.0.888.0 Mobile Safari/5352\""}]
[{"date":1733159075.797568,"log":"154.13.34.48 - Neal [3/October/1931:22:16:42 -0700] \"GET /out-of-the-box/eyeballs/evolve/solutions HTTP/HTTP/1.1\" 200 7010 \"http://www.dynamicintegrate.io/incentivize/niches\" \"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.20) Gecko/1955-08-17 Firefox/36.0\""}]
[{"date":1733159076.796681,"log":"220.237.28.126 - Matteo [2/October/1903:10:42:10 -0700] \"HEAD /integrate/efficient HTTP/HTTP/2.0\" 406 2280 \"http://www.productdisintermediate.name/mission-critical/visionary\" \"Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 8_1_2 like Mac OS X; en-US) AppleWebKit/536.51.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0.5 Mobile/8B111 Safari/6536.51.1\""}]
[{"date":1733159077.800555,"log":"113.30.237.225 - Abigayle [16/October/1925:10:32:6 -0700] \"DELETE /world-class/expedite/architectures HTTP/HTTP/1.0\" 504 1560 \"https://www.principale-services.io/strategize/deliverables\" \"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/5361 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/40.0.884.0 Mobile Safari/5361\""}]

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