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Outputs

Common Output Parameters

There are some configuration options that are universally available to all Heka output plugins. These will be consumed by Heka itself when Heka initializes the plugin and do not need to be handled by the plugin-specific initialization code.

  • message_matcher (string, optional):

    Boolean expression, when evaluated to true passes the message to the filter for processing. Defaults to matching nothing. See: Message Matcher Syntax

  • message_signer (string, optional):

    The name of the message signer. If specified only messages with this signer are passed to the filter for processing.

  • ticker_interval (uint, optional):

    Frequency (in seconds) that a timer event will be sent to the filter. Defaults to not sending timer events.

  • encoder (string, optional):

    New in version 0.6.

    Encoder to be used by the output. This should refer to the name of an encoder plugin section that is specified elsewhere in the TOML configuration. Messages can be encoded using the specified encoder by calling the OutputRunner’s Encode() method.

  • use_framing (bool, optional):

    New in version 0.6.

    Specifies whether or not Heka’s Stream Framing should be applied to the binary data returned from the OutputRunner’s Encode() method.

  • can_exit (bool, optional)

    New in version 0.7.

    Whether or not this plugin can exit without causing Heka to shutdown. Defaults to false.