Blackhole

Send observability events nowhere, which can be useful for debugging purposes

status: stable delivery: at-least-once egress: stream state: stateless

Configuration

Example configurations 

{
  "sinks": {
    "my_sink_id": {
      "type": "blackhole",
      "inputs": [
        "my-source-or-transform-id"
      ]
    }
  }
}
[sinks.my_sink_id]
type = "blackhole"
inputs = [ "my-source-or-transform-id" ]

---
sinks:
  my_sink_id:
    type: blackhole
    inputs:
      - my-source-or-transform-id

{
  "sinks": {
    "my_sink_id": {
      "type": "blackhole",
      "inputs": [
        "my-source-or-transform-id"
      ],
      "print_amount": 1000,
      "rate": 1000
    }
  }
}
[sinks.my_sink_id]
type = "blackhole"
inputs = [ "my-source-or-transform-id" ]
print_amount = 1_000
rate = 1_000

---
sinks:
  my_sink_id:
    type: blackhole
    inputs:
      - my-source-or-transform-id
    print_amount: 1000
    rate: 1000

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-*"
]

print_amount

optional uint
The number of events that must be received in order to print a summary of activity.
Examples 
1000
default: 1000

rate

optional uint
Rates the amount of events that the sink can consume per second.
Examples 
1000

Telemetry

Metrics

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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.

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.

How it works

State

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