The udp_input operator listens for logs from UDP packets.
| Field | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
id |
udp_input |
A unique identifier for the operator |
output |
Next in pipeline | The connected operator(s) that will receive all outbound entries |
listen_address |
required | A listen address of the form <ip>:<port> |
write_to |
$ | The record field written to when creating a new log entry |
labels |
{} | A map of key: value labels to add to the entry's labels |
resource |
{} | A map of key: value labels to add to the entry's resource |
add_labels |
false | Adds net.transport, net.peer.ip, net.peer.port, net.host.ip and net.host.port labels |
Configuration:
- type: udp_input
listen_adress: "0.0.0.0:54526"Send a log:
$ nc -u localhost 54525 <<EOF
heredoc> message1
heredoc> message2
heredoc> EOFGenerated entries:
{
"timestamp": "2020-04-30T12:10:17.656726-04:00",
"record": "message1\nmessage2\n"
}