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Socket Sink

The Vector socket sink sends logs to socket receiver.

Configuration

[sinks.my_sink_id]
  # General
  type = "socket" # required
  inputs = ["my-source-or-transform-id", "prefix-*"] # required
  address = "92.12.333.224:5000" # required, required when mode = `tcp` or `udp`
  mode = "tcp" # required
  path = "/path/to/socket" # required, required when mode = `tcp` or `udp`


  # Encoding
  encoding.codec = "json" # required


  # Healthcheck
  healthcheck.enabled = true # optional, default
8 items
  • commonrequired*string

    address

    The address to connect to. The address must include a port.

    • Syntax: literal
    • Only required when: mode = `tcp` or `udp`
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  • optionaltable

    buffer

    Configures the sink specific buffer behavior.

    • commonoptionaluint

      max_events

      The maximum number of events allowed in the buffer.

      • Only relevant when: type = "memory"
      • Default: 500 (events)
    • commonrequired*uint

      max_size

      The maximum size of the buffer on the disk.

      • Only required when: type = "disk"
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    • enumcommonoptionalstring

      type

      The buffer's type and storage mechanism.

      • Syntax: literal
      • Default: "memory"
      • Enum, must be one of: "memory" "disk"
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    • enumoptionalstring

      when_full

      The behavior when the buffer becomes full.

      • Syntax: literal
      • Default: "block"
      • Enum, must be one of: "block" "drop_newest"
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  • commonrequiredtable

    encoding

    Configures the encoding specific sink behavior.

    • commonrequiredstring

      codec

      The encoding codec used to serialize the events before outputting.

      • Syntax: literal
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    • optional[string]

      except_fields

      Prevent the sink from encoding the specified labels.

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    • optional[string]

      only_fields

      Prevent the sink from encoding the specified labels.

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    • enumoptionalstring

      timestamp_format

      How to format event timestamps.

      • Syntax: literal
      • Default: "rfc3339"
      • Enum, must be one of: "rfc3339" "unix"
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  • commonoptionaltable

    healthcheck

    Health check options for the sink. See Health checks for more info.

    • commonoptionalbool

      enabled

      Enables/disables the healthcheck upon Vector boot.

      • Default: true
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  • optionaltable

    keepalive

    Configures the TCP keepalive behavior for the connection to the sink.

    • optionaluint

      time_secs

      The time a connection needs to be idle before sending TCP keepalive probes.

    • enumcommonrequiredstring

      mode

      The type of socket to use.

      • Syntax: literal
      • Enum, must be one of: "tcp" "udp" "unix"
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    • commonrequired*string

      path

      The unix socket path. This should be the absolute path.

      • Syntax: literal
      • Only required when: mode = `tcp` or `udp`
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    • optionaltable

      tls

      Configures the TLS options for incoming connections.

      • optionalstring

        ca_file

        Absolute path to an additional CA certificate file, in DER or PEM format (X.509), or an inline CA certificate in PEM format.

        • Syntax: literal
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      • commonoptionalstring

        crt_file

        Absolute path to a certificate file used to identify this connection, in DER or PEM format (X.509) or PKCS#12, or an inline certificate in PEM format. If this is set and is not a PKCS#12 archive, key_file must also be set.

        • Syntax: literal
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      • commonoptionalbool

        enabled

        Enable TLS during connections to the remote.

        • Default: false
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      • commonoptionalstring

        key_file

        Absolute path to a private key file used to identify this connection, in DER or PEM format (PKCS#8), or an inline private key in PEM format. If this is set, crt_file must also be set.

        • Syntax: literal
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      • optionalstring

        key_pass

        Pass phrase used to unlock the encrypted key file. This has no effect unless key_file is set.

        • Syntax: literal
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      • optionalbool

        verify_certificate

        If true (the default), Vector will validate the TLS certificate of the remote host.

        • Default: true
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      • optionalbool

        verify_hostname

        If true (the default), Vector will validate the configured remote host name against the remote host's TLS certificate. Do NOT set this to false unless you understand the risks of not verifying the remote hostname.

        • Default: true
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    Telemetry

    This component provides the following metrics that can be retrieved through the internal_metrics source. See the metrics section in the monitoring page for more info.

    • counter

      connection_errors_total

      The total number of connection errors for this Vector instance. This metric includes the following tags:

      • instance - The Vector instance identified by host and port.

      • job - The name of the job producing Vector metrics.

    • counter

      processed_bytes_total

      The total number of bytes processed by the component. This metric includes the following tags:

      • component_kind - The Vector component kind.

      • component_name - The Vector component ID.

      • component_type - The Vector component type.

      • instance - The Vector instance identified by host and port.

      • job - The name of the job producing Vector metrics.

    • counter

      events_in_total

      The total number of events accepted by this component. This metric includes the following tags:

      • component_kind - The Vector component kind.

      • component_name - The Vector component ID.

      • component_type - The Vector component type.

      • instance - The Vector instance identified by host and port.

      • job - The name of the job producing Vector metrics.

    • counter

      processed_events_total

      The total number of events processed by this component. This metric includes the following tags:

      • component_kind - The Vector component kind.

      • component_name - The Vector component ID.

      • component_type - The Vector component type.

      • file - The file that produced the error

      • instance - The Vector instance identified by host and port.

      • job - The name of the job producing Vector metrics.

    • counter

      events_out_total

      The total number of events emitted by this component. This metric includes the following tags:

      • component_kind - The Vector component kind.

      • component_name - The Vector component ID.

      • component_type - The Vector component type.

      • instance - The Vector instance identified by host and port.

      • job - The name of the job producing Vector metrics.

    How It Works

    Health checks

    Health checks ensure that the downstream service is accessible and ready to accept data. This check is performed upon sink initialization. If the health check fails an error will be logged and Vector will proceed to start.

    Require health checks

    If you'd like to exit immediately upon a health check failure, you can pass the --require-healthy flag:

    vector --config /etc/vector/vector.toml --require-healthy

    Disable health checks

    If you'd like to disable health checks for this sink you can set the healthcheck option to false.

    State

    This component is stateless, meaning its behavior is consistent across each input.

    Transport Layer Security (TLS)

    Vector uses Openssl for TLS protocols for it's maturity. You can enable and adjust TLS behavior via the tls.* options.

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