Edge Delta Demo Source
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Overview
This input type generates random Apache and NGINX access logs with various response codes. For error case, it would generate an NGINX log with “500” response code. This input can be used for testing.
Example
inputs:
demos:
- name: "demo"
type: demo_input
labels: "fast"
speed: "1ms"
error_interval: "100ms"
error_count: 20
Example Output
{
"_timestamp": 1679307886734,
"_type": "log",
"_raw": "246.71.86.239 - russel7464 [20/03/2023:11:24:46 +0100] \"DELETE /v1/logout HTTP/1.1\" 200 25978 \"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_6 rv:7.0; en-US) AppleWebKit/532.25.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Safari/532.25.2\"",
"_ed": {
"__group_name": "site1-env|stat|site1-agent|Demo|demo_input",
"host": "site1-agent",
"ip": "<REDACTED>",
"__logical_source": "Demo,site1-env|stat|site1-agent|Demo|demo_input",
"__short_src_name": "demo_input",
"__src_name": "site1-env|stat|site1-agent|Demo|demo_input",
"src_type": "Demo",
"tag": "site1-env"
}
}
Required Parameters
name
The name parameter defines a descriptive name for the demo source. It is specified as a string. The name parameter is required for a demo source.
inputs:
demos:
- name: "demo"
type: demo_input
The type parameter must be defined as demo_input. It is specified as a string. The type parameter is required for a demo source.
inputs:
demos:
- name: "demo"
type: demo_input
labels
The labels parameter provides one or more names that can be used to refer to the input, for example in a workflow. It is specified as a string. The labels parameter is required for a demo source.
inputs:
demos:
- name: "demo"
type: demo_input
labels: "demo"
speed
The speed parameter defines the interval between each log that is generated. It is specified as a duration. The speed parameter is required for a demo source.
inputs:
demos:
- name: "demo"
type: demo_input
labels: "demo"
speed: 100ms
error_interval
The error_interval parameter defines the duration for which error logs will be generated. It is specified as a duration. The error_interval parameter is required for a demo source.
inputs:
demos:
- name: "demo"
type: demo_input
labels: "demo"
speed: 100ms
error_interval: 1s
error_count
The error_count parameter defines the number of error logs to be generated. It is specified as an integer. The error_count parameter is required for a demo source.
inputs:
demos:
- name: "demo"
type: demo_input
labels: "demo"
speed: 100ms
error_interval: 1s
error_count: 20