receive

Socket Source

The Vector socket source receives logs from socket client.

Configuration

[sources.my_source_id]
  type = "socket" # required
  address = "0.0.0.0:9000" # required
  max_length = 102400 # optional, default, bytes
  mode = "tcp" # required
7 items
  • commonrequiredstring

    address

    The address to listen for connections on, or systemd#N to use the Nth socket passed by systemd socket activation. If an address is used it must include a port.

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  • optionalstring

    host_key

    The key name added to each event representing the current host. This can also be globally set via the global [host_key](#host_key) option.

    • Default: "host"
  • commonoptionaluint

    max_length

    The maximum bytes size of incoming messages before they are discarded.

    • Default: 102400 (bytes)
  • enumcommonrequiredstring

    mode

    The type of socket to use.

    • Enum, must be one of: "tcp" "udp" "unix"
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  • commonrequiredstring

    path

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

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  • optionaluint

    shutdown_timeout_secs

    The timeout before a connection is forcefully closed during shutdown.

    • Default: 30 (seconds)
  • 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 in-line CA certificate in PEM format.

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    • optionalstring

      crt_file

      Absolute path to a certificate file used to identify this server, in DER or PEM format (X.509) or PKCS#12, or an in-line certificate in PEM format. If this is set, and is not a PKCS#12 archive, key_file must also be set. This is required if enabled is set to true.

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    • optionalbool

      enabled

      Require TLS for incoming connections. If this is set, an identity certificate is also required.

      • Default: false
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    • optionalstring

      key_file

      Absolute path to a private key file used to identify this server, in DER or PEM format (PKCS#8), or an in-line private key in PEM format.

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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.

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    • optionalbool

      verify_certificate

      If true, Vector will require a TLS certificate from the connecting host and terminate the connection if the certificate is not valid. If false (the default), Vector will not request a certificate from the client.

      • Default: false
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Output

This component outputs log events with the following fields:

{
  "host" : "my-host.local",
  "message" : "2019-02-13T19:48:34+00:00 [info] Started GET \"/\" for 127.0.0.1",
  "timestamp" : "2020-10-10T17:07:36+00:00"
}
  • commonrequiredstring

    host

    The local hostname, equivalent to the gethostname command.

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  • commonrequiredstring

    message

    The raw line, unparsed.

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  • commonrequiredtimestamp

    timestamp

    The exact time the event was ingested into Vector.

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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_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

    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.

Examples

Given the following input:

2019-02-13T19:48:34+00:00 [info] Started GET "/" for 127.0.0.1

And the following configuration:

[sources.socket]
type = "socket"

The following Vector log event will be output:

{
  "timestamp": "2020-10-10T17:07:36.452332Z",
  "message": "2019-02-13T19:48:34+00:00 [info] Started GET \"/\" for 127.0.0.1",
  "host": "my-host.local"
}

How It Works

Context

By default, the socket source will augment events with helpful context keys as shown in the "Output" section.

Transport Layer Security (TLS)

Vector uses Openssl for TLS protocols. You can adjust TLS behavior via the tls.* options.

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