Destination, storage type

Destinations of the storage type are used to transfer data to storage. Settings for a destination of the storage type are described in the following tables.

Basic settings tab

Setting

Description

Name

Unique name of the resource. The maximum length of the name is 128 Unicode characters.

Required setting.

Tenant

The name of the tenant that owns the resource.

Required setting.

State

This toggle switch enables sending events to the destination. This toggle switch is turned on by default.

 

Type

Destination type: storage.

Required setting.

URL

URL that you want to connect to. The following URL formats are supported:

  • <host name>:<port number>
  • <IPv4 address>:<port number>
  • <port number>.

You can specify IPv6 addresses in the following format: [<IPv6 address>%<interface>:<port number>, for example, [fe80::5054:ff:fe4d:ba0c%eth0]:4222.

You can add multiple URLs or remove an URL. To add an URL, click the + Add button. To remove an URL, click the delete cross-black icon next to it.

Required setting.

Tags

 

Description

Description of the resource. The maximum length of the description is 4000 Unicode characters.

Advanced settings tab

Setting

Description

Buffer size

Buffer size in bytes for accumulating events in the RAM of the server before sending sending them for further processing or storage. The value must be a positive integer. Default buffer size: 1,048,576 bytes (1 MB). Maximum buffer size: 67,108,864 bytes (64 MB).

Buffer flush interval

Interval (in seconds) for sending events to the destination. The default value is 1 second.

Disk buffer size limit

Size of the disk buffer in bytes. The default value is 10 GB.

Handlers

Number of handlers that the service can run simultaneously to process response rules in parallel. To determine the number of handlers, you can use the following formula: (<number of CPUs> / 2) + 2.

Proxy server

The proxy server for the destination. You can select an existing proxy server or create a new proxy server. To create a new proxy server, select Create new.

If you want to edit the settings of an existing proxy server, click the pencil edit-pencil icon next to it.

URL selection policy

Method of determining URLs to which events must be sent first if you added multiple URLs in the URL field on the Basic settings:

  • Any means events are sent to a randomly selected available URL as long as the URL accepts events. If the URL becomes unavailable, events are sent to another randomly selected available URL. This value is selected by default.
  • Prefer first means events are sent to the first added URL. If the URL becomes unavailable, events are sent to the next added available URL. If the first added URL becomes available again, events are sent to the first added URL again.
  • Round robin means events are evenly balanced among the available URLs. This method does not guarantee that events are evenly balanced among the URLs because the buffer may overflow or events may be sent to the destination. You can specify the buffer size in bytes in the Buffer size limit field; you can also specify the interval in seconds for sending events to the destination in the Buffer flush interval field.

Health check timeout

Interval, in seconds, for checking the health of the destination.

Disk buffer disabled

This toggle switch that enables the disk buffer. This toggle switch is turned on by default.

The disk buffer is used if the collector cannot send normalized events to the destination. You can specify the size of the disk buffer in the Disk buffer size limit field. If the disk buffer runs out of free space, new normalized events will overwrite old normalized events, starting with the oldest.

Timeout

The time, in seconds, for which the destination waits for a response from another service or component.

Debug

Ths switch enables resource logging. This toggle switch is turned off by default.

Filter

Filter for determining which events must be processed by the resource. You can select an existing filter or create a new filter. To create a new filter, select Create new.

If you want to edit the settings of an existing filter, click the pencil edit-pencil icon next to it.

How to create a filter?

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