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Common Sandbox ParametersΒΆ

These are the configuration options that are universally available to all Sandbox plugins. The are consumed by Heka when it initializes the plugin.

  • script_type (string):

    The language the sandbox is written in. Currently the only valid option is ‘lua’ which is the default.

  • filename (string):

    The path to the sandbox code; if specified as a relative path it will be appended to Heka’s global share_dir.

  • preserve_data (bool):

    True if the sandbox global data should be preserved/restored on plugin shutdown/startup. When true this works in conjunction with a global Lua _PRESERVATION_VERSION variable which is examined during restoration; if the previous version does not match the current version the restoration will be aborted and the sandbox will start cleanly. _PRESERVATION_VERSION should be incremented any time an incompatible change is made to the global data schema. If no version is set the check will always succeed and a version of zero is assumed.

  • memory_limit (uint):

    The number of bytes the sandbox is allowed to consume before being terminated (default 8MiB).

  • instruction_limit (uint):

    The number of instructions the sandbox is allowed to execute during the process_message/timer_event functions before being terminated (default 1M).

  • output_limit (uint):

    The number of bytes the sandbox output buffer can hold before being terminated (default 63KiB). Warning: messages exceeding 64KiB will generate an error and be discarded by the standard output plugins (File, TCP, UDP) since they exceed the maximum message size.

  • module_directory (string):

    The directory or directories where ‘require’ will attempt to load the external Lua modules from. Supports multiple paths separated by semicolons. Defaults to ${SHARE_DIR}/lua_modules.

  • config (object):

    A map of configuration variables available to the sandbox via read_config. The map consists of a string key with: string, bool, int64, or float64 values.