AWS Cloudwatch Logs Subscription Parser

Parse logs from AWS Cloudwatch Logs

egress: batch state: stateless output: log
status: deprecated
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Parses AWS CloudWatch Logs events (configured through AWS Cloudwatch subscriptions) coming from the aws_kinesis_firehose source.

Warnings

This transform has been deprecated in favor of the remap transform, which enables you to use Vector Remap Language (VRL for short) to create transform logic of any degree of complexity. The examples below show how you can use VRL to replace this transform’s functionality.

.message = parse_aws_cloudwatch_log_subscription_message(.message)

Configuration

Example configurations 

{
  "transforms": {
    "my_transform_id": {
      "type": "aws_cloudwatch_logs_subscription_parser",
      "inputs": [
        "my-source-or-transform-id"
      ],
      "field": "message"
    }
  }
}
[transforms.my_transform_id]
type = "aws_cloudwatch_logs_subscription_parser"
inputs = [ "my-source-or-transform-id" ]
field = "message"

---
transforms:
  my_transform_id:
    type: aws_cloudwatch_logs_subscription_parser
    inputs:
      - my-source-or-transform-id
    field: message

{
  "transforms": {
    "my_transform_id": {
      "type": "aws_cloudwatch_logs_subscription_parser",
      "inputs": [
        "my-source-or-transform-id"
      ],
      "field": "message"
    }
  }
}
[transforms.my_transform_id]
type = "aws_cloudwatch_logs_subscription_parser"
inputs = [ "my-source-or-transform-id" ]
field = "message"

---
transforms:
  my_transform_id:
    type: aws_cloudwatch_logs_subscription_parser
    inputs:
      - my-source-or-transform-id
    field: message

field

common optional string literal
The log field to decode as an AWS CloudWatch Logs Subscription JSON event. The field must hold a string value.
default: message

inputs

required [string]

A list of upstream source or transform IDs. Wildcards (*) are supported.

See configuration for more info.

Array string literal
Examples 
[
 "my-source-or-transform-id",
 "prefix-*"
]

Output

Logs

Line

One event will be published per log event in the subscription message.
Fields
id required string literal
The CloudWatch Logs event id.
Examples
35683658089614582423604394983260738922885519999578275840
log_group required string literal
The log group the event came from.
Examples
/lambda/test
log_stream required string literal
The log stream the event came from.
Examples
2020/03/24/[$LATEST]794dbaf40a7846c4984ad80ebf110544
message required string literal
The body of the log event.
Examples
hello
{"key": "value"}
owner required string literal
The ID of the AWS account the logs came from.
Examples
111111111111
subscription_filters required [string]
The list of subscription filter names that the logs were sent by.
timestamp required timestamp
The timestamp of the log event.
Examples
2020-10-10T17:07:36.452332Z

Telemetry

Metrics

link

events_in_total

counter
The number of events accepted by this component either from tagged origin like file and uri, or cumulatively from other origins.
component_id required
The Vector component ID.
component_kind required
The Vector component kind.
component_name required
Deprecated, use component_id instead. The value is the same as component_id.
component_type required
The Vector component type.
container_name optional
The name of the container from which the event originates.
file optional
The file from which the event originates.
host required
The hostname of the system Vector is running on.
mode optional
The connection mode used by the component.
peer_addr optional
The IP from which the event originates.
peer_path optional
The pathname from which the event originates.
pid required
The process ID of the Vector instance.
pod_name optional
The name of the pod from which the event originates.
uri optional
The sanitized URI from which the event originates.

events_out_total

counter
The total number of events emitted by this component.
component_id required
The Vector component ID.
component_kind required
The Vector component kind.
component_name required
Deprecated, use component_id instead. The value is the same as component_id.
component_type required
The Vector component type.
host required
The hostname of the system Vector is running on.
pid required
The process ID of the Vector instance.

processed_bytes_total

counter
The number of bytes processed by the component.
component_id required
The Vector component ID.
component_kind required
The Vector component kind.
component_name required
Deprecated, use component_id instead. The value is the same as component_id.
component_type required
The Vector component type.
container_name optional
The name of the container from which the bytes originate.
file optional
The file from which the bytes originate.
host required
The hostname of the system Vector is running on.
mode optional
The connection mode used by the component.
peer_addr optional
The IP from which the bytes originate.
peer_path optional
The pathname from which the bytes originate.
pid required
The process ID of the Vector instance.
pod_name optional
The name of the pod from which the bytes originate.
uri optional
The sanitized URI from which the bytes originate.

processed_events_total

counter
The total number of events processed by this component. This metric is deprecated in place of using events_in_total and events_out_total metrics.
component_id required
The Vector component ID.
component_kind required
The Vector component kind.
component_name required
Deprecated, use component_id instead. The value is the same as component_id.
component_type required
The Vector component type.
host required
The hostname of the system Vector is running on.
pid required
The process ID of the Vector instance.

processing_errors_total

counter
The total number of processing errors encountered by this component.
component_id required
The Vector component ID.
component_kind required
The Vector component kind.
component_name required
Deprecated, use component_id instead. The value is the same as component_id.
component_type required
The Vector component type.
error_type required
The type of the error
host required
The hostname of the system Vector is running on.
pid required
The process ID of the Vector instance.

utilization

gauge
A ratio from 0 to 1 of the load on a component. A value of 0 would indicate a completely idle component that is simply waiting for input. A value of 1 would indicate a that is never idle. This value is updated every 5 seconds.
component_id required
The Vector component ID.
component_kind required
The Vector component kind.
component_name required
Deprecated, use component_id instead. The value is the same as component_id.
component_type required
The Vector component type.
host required
The hostname of the system Vector is running on.
pid required
The process ID of the Vector instance.

Examples

Default

Given this event...
{
 "log": {
  "message": "\t{\n\t  \"messageType\": \"DATA_MESSAGE\",\n\t  \"owner\": \"111111111111\",\n\t  \"logGroup\": \"test\",\n\t  \"logStream\": \"test\",\n\t  \"subscriptionFilters\": [\n\t\t\"Destination\"\n\t  ],\n\t  \"logEvents\": [\n\t\t{\n\t\t  \"id\": \"35683658089614582423604394983260738922885519999578275840\",\n\t\t  \"timestamp\": 1600110569039,\n\t\t  \"message\": \"{\"bytes\":26780,\"datetime\":\"14/Sep/2020:11:45:41 -0400\",\"host\":\"157.130.216.193\",\"method\":\"PUT\",\"protocol\":\"HTTP/1.0\",\"referer\":\"https://www.principalcross-platform.io/markets/ubiquitous\",\"request\":\"/expedite/convergence\",\"source_type\":\"stdin\",\"status\":301,\"user-identifier\":\"-\"}\"\n\t\t},\n\t\t{\n\t\t  \"id\": \"35683658089659183914001456229543810359430816722590236673\",\n\t\t  \"timestamp\": 1600110569041,\n\t\t  \"message\": \"{\"bytes\":17707,\"datetime\":\"14/Sep/2020:11:45:41 -0400\",\"host\":\"109.81.244.252\",\"method\":\"GET\",\"protocol\":\"HTTP/2.0\",\"referer\":\"http://www.investormission-critical.io/24/7/vortals\",\"request\":\"/scale/functionalities/optimize\",\"source_type\":\"stdin\",\"status\":502,\"user-identifier\":\"feeney1708\"}\"\n\t\t}\n\t  ]\n\t}"
 }
}
...and this configuration...
[transforms.my_transform_id]
type = "aws_cloudwatch_logs_subscription_parser"
inputs = [ "my-source-or-transform-id" ]
field = "message"

---
transforms:
  my_transform_id:
    type: aws_cloudwatch_logs_subscription_parser
    inputs:
      - my-source-or-transform-id
    field: message

{
  "transforms": {
    "my_transform_id": {
      "type": "aws_cloudwatch_logs_subscription_parser",
      "inputs": [
        "my-source-or-transform-id"
      ],
      "field": "message"
    }
  }
}
...this Vector event is produced:
{
 "log": {
  "id": "35683658089614582423604394983260738922885519999578275840",
  "log_group": "test",
  "log_stream": "test",
  "message": "{\"bytes\":26780,\"datetime\":\"14/Sep/2020:11:45:41 -0400\",\"host\":\"157.130.216.193\",\"method\":\"PUT\",\"protocol\":\"HTTP/1.0\",\"referer\":\"https://www.principalcross-latform.io/markets/ubiquitous\",\"request\":\"/expedite/convergence\",\"source_type\":\"stdin\",\"status\":301,\"user-identifier\":\"-\"}",
  "owner": "111111111111",
  "subscription_filters": [
   "Destination"
  ],
  "timestamp": "2020-09-14T19:09:29.039Z"
 }
}

How it works

State

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

Structured Log Events

Note that the events themselves are not parsed. If they are structured data, you will typically want to pass them through a parsing transform.
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