inputsocket

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socket input

Synopsis

{
	"input": [
		{
			"type": "socket",

			// Socket type. Must be one of ["tcp", "unix", "unixpacket"].
			"socket": "tcp",

			// For TCP, address must have the form `host:port`.
			// For Unix networks, the address must be a file system path.
			"address": "localhost:9999"
		}
	]
}

Note: at the moment, this input only works with connection-oriented sockets.

Datagram-oriented sockets like UDP or UNIXGRAM socket are not supported.

Documentation

Index

• Constants
• func InitHandler(confraw *config.ConfigRaw) (config.TypeInputConfig, error)
• type InputConfig
  • func DefaultInputConfig() InputConfig
  • func (i *InputConfig) Start()

Constants

const ModuleName = "socket"

ModuleName is the name used in config file

Functions

func InitHandler

func InitHandler(confraw *config.ConfigRaw) (config.TypeInputConfig, error)

InitHandler initialize the input plugin

Types

type InputConfig

type InputConfig struct {
	config.InputConfig
	Socket  string `json:"socket"`  // Type of socket, must be one of ["tcp", "unix", "unixpacket"].
	Address string `json:"address"` // For TCP, address must have the form `host:port`. For Unix networks, the address must be a file system path.
}

InputConfig holds the output configuration json fields

func DefaultInputConfig

func DefaultInputConfig() InputConfig

DefaultInputConfig returns an InputConfig struct with default values

func (*InputConfig) Start

func (i *InputConfig) Start()

Start wraps the actual function starting the plugin