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File OutputΒΆ

Plugin Name: FileOutput

Writes message data out to a file system.

Config:

  • path (string):

    Full path to the output file. If date rotation is in use, then the output file path can support strftime syntax to embed timestamps in the file path: http://strftime.org

  • perm (string, optional):

    File permission for writing. A string of the octal digit representation. Defaults to “644”.

  • folder_perm (string, optional):

    Permissions to apply to directories created for FileOutput’s parent directory if it doesn’t exist. Must be a string representation of an octal integer. Defaults to “700”.

  • flush_interval (uint32, optional):

    Interval at which accumulated file data should be written to disk, in milliseconds (default 1000, i.e. 1 second). Set to 0 to disable.

  • flush_count (uint32, optional):

    Number of messages to accumulate until file data should be written to disk (default 1, minimum 1).

  • flush_operator (string, optional):

    Operator describing how the two parameters “flush_interval” and “flush_count” are combined. Allowed values are “AND” or “OR” (default is “AND”).

New in version 0.6.

  • use_framing (bool, optional):

    Specifies whether or not the encoded data sent out over the TCP connection should be delimited by Heka’s Stream Framing. Defaults to true if a ProtobufEncoder is used, false otherwise.

New in version 0.9.

  • rotation_interval (uint32, optional):

    Interval at which the output file should be rotated, in hours. Only the following values are allowed: 0, 1, 4, 12, 24 (set to 0 to disable). The files will be named relative to midnight of the day. Defaults to 0, i.e. disabled.

Example:

[counter_file]
type = "FileOutput"
message_matcher = "Type == 'heka.counter-output'"
path = "/var/log/heka/counter-output.log"
perm = "666"
flush_count = 100
flush_operator = "OR"
encoder = "PayloadEncoder"