Edge Delta S3 Destination
Configure the Edge Delta S3 Destination to send logs to an AWS S3 endpoint using the S3 output node.
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Overview
The S3 destination node sends items to an S3 destination. These items are raw archive bytes that are buffered with the archive buffer processor.
- incoming_data_types: log
This node requires Edge Delta agent version v0.1.59 or higher.
Configure S3
Before you configure your Edge Delta account to sends logs to an AWS S3 endpoint, you must configure S3.
Example Edge Delta Configuration

nodes:
- name: my_s3
type: s3_output
bucket: <REDACTED>
region: <REDACTED>
aws_key_id: <REDACTED>
aws_sec_key: <REDACTED>
compression: zstd
encoding: parquet
use_native_compression: true
path_prefix:
order:
- Year
- Month
- Day
- Hour
- 2 Minute
- tag
- host
format: ver=parquet/year=%s/month=%s/day=%s/hour=%s/min=%s/tag=%s/host=%s/
Required Parameters
name
A descriptive name for the node. This is the name that will appear in pipeline builder and you can reference this node in the YAML using the name. It must be unique across all nodes. It is a YAML list element so it begins with a - and a space followed by the string. It is a required parameter for all nodes.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: <node type>
type: s3_output
The type parameter specifies the type of node being configured. It is specified as a string from a closed list of node types. It is a required parameter.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: <node type>
bucket
The bucket parameter defines the target bucket to use. It is specified as a string and is required.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: s3_output
bucket: <bucket to target>
region: <s3 region>
region
The region parameter specifies the region where the cluster is found. It is specified as a string and is required.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: s3_output
bucket: <bucket to target>
region: <s3 region>
Optional parameters
aws_key_id
The aws_key_id parameter is the AWS key ID that has PutObject permission to target the bucket. It is used with aws_sec_key. It is specified as a string and is optional.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: s3_output
bucket: <bucket to target>
region: <s3 region>
aws_key_id: <key>
aws_sec_key: <secure key>
aws_sec_key
The aws_sec_key parameter is the AWS secret key ID that has PutObject permission to target the bucket. It is used with aws_key_id. It is specified as a string and is optional.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: s3_output
bucket: <bucket to target>
region: <s3 region>
aws_key_id: <key>
aws_sec_key: <secure key>
buffer_max_bytesize
The buffer_max_bytesize parameter configures the maximum byte size for total unsuccessful items. If the limit is reached, the remaining items are discarded until the buffer space becomes available. It is specified as a datasize.Size, has a default of 0 indicating no size limit, and it is optional.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: s3_output
bucket: <bucket to target>
region: <s3 region>
buffer_max_bytesize: 2048
buffer_path
The buffer_path parameter configures the path to store unsuccessful items. Unsuccessful items are stored there to be retried back (exactly once delivery). It is specified as a string and it is optional.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: s3_output
bucket: <bucket to target>
region: <s3 region>
buffer_path: <path to unsuccessful items folder>
buffer_ttl
The buffer_ttl parameter configures the time-to-Live for unsuccessful items, which indicates when to discard them. It is specified as a duration, has a default of 10m, and it is optional.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: s3_output
bucket: <bucket to target>
region: <s3 region>
buffer_ttl: 20m
compression
The compression parameter specifies the compression format. It can be gzip, zstd, snappy or uncompressed. It is specified as a string, has a default of gzip, and it is optional.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: s3_output
bucket: <bucket to target>
region: <s3 region>
compression: gzip | zstd | snappy | uncompressed
disable_compaction
This parameter configures whether to disable compaction by the Compactor Agent for data from this node before it is sent to the data destination. It is specified as a boolean, the default is false and it is optional.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: s3_output
bucket: <bucket to target>
region: <s3 region>
disable_compaction: true
endpoint
The endpoint parameter specifies a customized s3 server endpoint. It is specified as a string and is optional.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: s3_output
bucket: <bucket to target>
region: <s3 region>
endpoint: <server endpoint>
encoding
The encoding parameter specifies the encoding format. It can be json or parquet. It is specified as a string, has a default of json, and it is optional.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: s3_output
bucket: <bucket to target>
region: <s3 region>
encoding: json | parquet
external_id
The external_id parameter is a unique identifier to avoid a confused deputy attack. It is specified as a string and is optional.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: s3_output
bucket: <bucket to target>
region: <s3 region>
external_id: <ID>
flush_interval
The flush_interval parameter specifies the duration to flush (or force) data to the destination, including buffered data. It is specified as a duration and is optional.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: s3_output
bucket: <bucket to target>
region: <s3 region>
flush_interval: 10m
max_byte_limit
The max_byte_limit parameter specifies the maximum bytes before flushing buffered raw data to archive destination. It is specified with a data size and is optional. If not specified for this node the setting in the agent settings is used.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: s3_output
bucket: <bucket to target>
region: <s3 region>
max_byte_limit: 32MB
path_prefix
The path_prefix parameter configures the path prefix using order and format child parameters. It is optional.
The order child parameter lists the formatting items that will define the path prefix:
- You can refer to
Year,Month,Day,<any number that can divide 60> Minute,Hour,tag,host,OtherTags.<item related tags>andLogFields.<log related tags>. - For ECS,
ecs_cluster,ecs_container_name,ecs_task_familyandecs_task_versionare available. - For K8s,
k8s_namespace,k8s_controller_kind,k8s_controller_logical_name,k8s_pod_name,k8s_container_nameandk8s_container_imageare available. - For Docker,
docker_container_nameanddocker_image_nameare available
The format child parameter specifies a format string that has %s as placeholders per each order item.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: s3_output
bucket: <bucket to target>
region: <s3 region>
path_prefix:
order:
- Year
- Month
- Day
- Hour
- 2 Minute
- tag
- host
format: ver=parquet/year=%s/month=%s/day=%s/hour=%s/min=%s/tag=%s/host=%s/
role_arn
The role_arn parameter is used if authentication and authorization is performed using an assumed AWS IAM role. It should consist of the account ID and role name. A role_arn is optional for a data destination depending on the access configuration.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: s3_output
bucket: <bucket to target>
region: <s3 region>
role_arn: <role ARN>
use_native_compression
The use_native_compression parameter configures whether, for parquet encoding, to only compress data segments for each archive file, not the whole file. It is specified as a Boolean, has a default of false, and it is optional.
nodes:
- name: <node name>
type: s3_output
bucket: <bucket to target>
region: <s3 region>
use_native_compression: true