Record Modifier

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The Record Modifier Filter plugin allows to append fields or to exclude specific fields.
Configuration Parameters
The plugin supports the following configuration parameters: Remove_key and Whitelist_key are exclusive.
Key
Description
Record
Append fields. This parameter needs key and value pair.
Remove_key
If the key is matched, that field is removed.
Whitelist_key
If the key is not matched, that field is removed.
Getting Started
In order to start filtering records, you can run the filter from the command line or through the configuration file.
This is a sample in_mem record to filter.
{"Mem.total"=>1016024, "Mem.used"=>716672, "Mem.free"=>299352, "Swap.total"=>2064380, "Swap.used"=>32656, "Swap.free"=>2031724}
Append fields
The following configuration file is to append product name and hostname (via environment variable) to record.
[INPUT]
    Name mem
    Tag  mem.local
​
[OUTPUT]
    Name  stdout
    Match *
​
[FILTER]
    Name record_modifier
    Match *
    Record hostname ${HOSTNAME}
    Record product Awesome_Tool
You can also run the filter from command line.
$ fluent-bit -i mem -o stdout -F record_modifier -p 'Record=hostname ${HOSTNAME}' -p 'Record=product Awesome_Tool' -m '*'
The output will be
[0] mem.local: [1492436882.000000000, {"Mem.total"=>1016024, "Mem.used"=>716672, "Mem.free"=>299352, "Swap.total"=>2064380, "Swap.used"=>32656, "Swap.free"=>2031724, "hostname"=>"localhost.localdomain", "product"=>"Awesome_Tool"}]
Remove fields with Remove_key
The following configuration file is to remove 'Swap.*' fields.
[INPUT]
    Name mem
    Tag  mem.local
​
[OUTPUT]
    Name  stdout
    Match *
​
[FILTER]
    Name record_modifier
    Match *
    Remove_key Swap.total
    Remove_key Swap.used
    Remove_key Swap.free
You can also run the filter from command line.
$ fluent-bit -i mem -o stdout -F  record_modifier -p 'Remove_key=Swap.total' -p 'Remove_key=Swap.free' -p 'Remove_key=Swap.used' -m '*'
The output will be
[0] mem.local: [1492436998.000000000, {"Mem.total"=>1016024, "Mem.used"=>716672, "Mem.free"=>295332}]
Remove fields with Whitelist_key
The following configuration file is to remain 'Mem.*' fields.
[INPUT]
    Name mem
    Tag  mem.local
​
[OUTPUT]
    Name  stdout
    Match *
​
[FILTER]
    Name record_modifier
    Match *
    Whitelist_key Mem.total
    Whitelist_key Mem.used
    Whitelist_key Mem.free
You can also run the filter from command line.
$ fluent-bit -i mem -o stdout -F  record_modifier -p 'Whitelist_key=Mem.total' -p 'Whitelist_key=Mem.free' -p 'Whitelist_key=Mem.used' -m '*'
The output will be
[0] mem.local: [1492436998.000000000, {"Mem.total"=>1016024, "Mem.used"=>716672, "Mem.free"=>295332}]
Parser
Standard Output
Key	Description
Record	Append fields. This parameter needs key and value pair.
Remove_key	If the key is matched, that field is removed.
Whitelist_key	If the key is not matched, that field is removed.