Unit Tests

It's possible to define unit tests within a Vector configuration file that cover a network of transforms within the topology. The intention of these tests is to improve the maintainability of configs containing larger and more complex combinations of transforms.

Executing tests within a config file can be done with the test subcommand:

vector test /etc/vector/*.toml

Configuration

• Common
• Advanced

vector.toml

[transforms.foo]
  type = "regex_parser"
  regex = "^(?P<timestamp>[\\w\\-:\\+]+) (?P<level>\\w+) (?P<message>.*)$"

[[tests]]
  # General
  name = "foo test" # required

  # Inputs
  [[tests.inputs]]
    insert_at = "foo" # required
    type = "raw" # required
    value = "some message contents" # required, required when type = "raw"

  # Outputs
  [[tests.outputs]]
    # Conditions
    conditions.type = "check_fields" # optional, default
    conditions."message.eq" = "this is the content to match against" # example
    conditions."message.contains" = "foo" # example
    conditions."environment.ends_with" = "-staging" # example
    conditions."message.regex" = " (any|of|these|five|words) " # example
    conditions."environment.starts_with" = "staging-" # example

    # General
    extract_from = "foo" # required

For more information about unit tests check out this guide.

4 items

commonrequired

• stringcommonrequired

  name

  A unique identifier for this test.

  • No default
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• [string]required

  no_outputs_from

  A list of transforms that must NOT output events in order for the test to pass.

  • No default
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• [table]commonrequired

  inputs

  A table that defines a unit test input event.

  • stringcommonrequired

    insert_at

    The name of a transform, the input event will be delivered to this transform in order to begin the test.

    • No default
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  • stringenumcommonrequired

    type

    The event type.

    • No default
    • Enum, must be one of: "raw" "log" "metric"
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  • stringcommonrequired*

    value

    Specifies the log message field contents when the input type is 'raw'.

    • Only required when: type = "raw"
    • No default
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  • tablerequired*

    log_fields

    Specifies the log fields when the input type is 'log'.

    • *commonrequired

      [field-name]

      A key/value pair representing a field to be added to the input event.

      • No default
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  • tablerequired*

    metric

    Specifies the metric type when the input type is 'metric'.

    • stringenumoptional

      direction

      The direction to increase or decrease the gauge value.

      • No default
      • Enum, must be one of: "plus" "minus"
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    • stringcommonrequired

      name

      The name of the metric. Defaults to <field>_total for counter and <field> for gauge.

      • No default
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    • floatoptional

      sample_rate

      The bucket/distribution the metric is a part of.

      • No default
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    • stringcommonrequired

      timestamp

      Time metric was created/ingested.

      • No default
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    • stringenumcommonrequired

      type

      The metric type.

      • No default
      • Enum, must be one of: "counter" "gauge" "histogram" "set"
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    • floatcommonrequired

      val

      Amount to increment/decrement or gauge.

      • No default
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    • tablecommonoptional

      tags

      Key/value pairs representing metric tags.

      • stringcommonrequired

        [tag-name]

        Key/value pairs representing metric tags.

        • No default
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• [table]commonrequired

  outputs

  A table that defines a unit test expected output.

  • [table]commonoptional

    conditions

    A table that defines a collection of conditions to check against the output of a transform. A test is considered to have passed when each condition has resolved true for one or more events extracted from the target transform.An expected output without conditions instead prints the input and output of a target without checking its values.

    • stringenumcommonoptional

      type

      The type of the condition to execute.

      • Default: "check_fields"
      • Enum, must be one of: "check_fields" "is_log" "is_metric"
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    • stringcommonoptional

      [field-name].eq

      Check whether a fields contents exactly matches the value specified.

      • Only relevant when: type = "check_fields"
      • No default
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    • booloptional

      [field-name].exists

      Check whether a field exists or does not exist, depending on the provided value being true or false respectively.

      • Only relevant when: type = "check_fields"
      • No default
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    • stringoptional

      [field-name].neq

      Check whether a fields contents does not match the value specified.

      • Only relevant when: type = "check_fields"
      • No default
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    • stringcommonoptional

      [field_name].contains

      Checks whether a string field contains a string argument.

      • Only relevant when: type = "check_fields"
      • No default
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    • stringcommonoptional

      [field_name].ends_with

      Checks whether a string field ends with a string argument.

      • Only relevant when: type = "check_fields"
      • No default
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    • stringcommonoptional

      [field_name].regex

      Checks whether a string field matches a regular expression. Vector uses the documented Rust Regex syntax. Note that this condition is considerably more expensive than a regular string match (such as starts_with or contains) so the use of those conditions are preferred where possible.

      • Only relevant when: type = "check_fields"
      • No default
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    • stringcommonoptional

      [field_name].starts_with

      Checks whether a string field starts with a string argument.

      • Only relevant when: type = "check_fields"
      • No default
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  • stringcommonrequired

    extract_from

    The name of a transform, at the end of the test events extracted from this transform will be checked against a table of conditions.

    • No default
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