Splunk HEC source plugin
The Splunk HEC plugin lets you ingest log data from the Splunk HTTP Event Collector.
Supported telemetry types
This plugin supports these telemetry types:
Logs | Metrics | Traces |
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Configuration parameters
Use the parameters in this section to configure your plugin. The Telemetry Pipeline web interface uses the values in the Name column to describe the parameters. Items in the Key column are the YAML keys to use in pipeline configuration files.
General
Name | Key | Description | Default |
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Address to Listen On | listen | Required. The address to listen on. | 0.0.0.0 |
Port | port | Required. The port for Telemetry Pipeline to listen on. | 9880 |
Tag Key | tag | Specifies the key name to overwrite a tag. If set, the value of that key overwrites the tag. | none |
Buffer Max Size | buffer_max_size | Specifies the maximum buffer size in KB to receive a JSON message. | 4M |
Buffer Chunk Size | buffer_chunk_size | Required. Sets the chunk size for incoming JSON messages. Chunks are stored and managed in the space available by buffer_max_size . | 512K |
Splunk Token | splunk_token | Your Splunk token for HTTP HEC. | none |
Security and TLS
Name | Key | Description | Default |
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TLS | tls | Enable or disable TLS/SSL support. Accepted values: true , false . | false |
TLS Certificate Validation | tls.verify | Turn TLS/SSL certificate validation on or off. TLS must be on for this setting to be enabled. | on |
TLS Debug Level | tls.debug | Set TLS debug verbosity level. Accepted values: 0 (No debug), 1 (Error), 2 (State change), 3 (Informational), 4 (Verbose). | 1 |
CA Certificate File Path | tls.ca_file | Absolute path to CA certificate file. | none |
Certificate File Path | tls.crt_file | Absolute path to certificate file. | none |
Private Key File Path | tls.key_file | Absolute path to private key file. | none |
Private Key Path Password | tls.key_passwd | Optional password for tls.key_file file. | none |
TLS SNI Hostname Extension | tls.vhost | Hostname to be used for TLS SNI extension. | none |