Expect

The expect filter plugin allows you to validate that records match certain criteria in their structure, like validating that a key exists or it has a specific value.
The following page just describes the configuration properties available, for a detailed explanation of its usage and use cases, please refer the following page:
​Validating and your Data and Structure​
Configuration Parameters
The plugin supports the following configuration parameters:
Property
Description
key_exists
Check if a key with a given name exists in the record.
key_not_exists
Check if a key does not exist in the record.
key_val_is_null
check that the value of the key is NULL.
key_val_is_not_null
check that the value of the key is NOT NULL.
key_val_eq
check that the value of the key equals the given value in the configuration.
action
action to take when a rule does not match. The available options are warn , exit or "result_key". On warn, a warning message is sent to the logging layer when a mismatch of the rules above is found; using exit makes Fluent Bit abort with status code 255; result_key is to add a matching result to each record.
result_key
specify a key name of matching result. This key is to be used only when 'action' is 'result_key'.
Getting Started
As mentioned on top, refer to the following page for specific details of usage of this filter:
​Validating and your Data and Structure​

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Configuration Parameters

Getting Started