:plugin: clone
:type: filter

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[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}"]

=== Clone filter plugin

include::{include_path}/plugin_header.asciidoc[]

==== Description

The clone filter is for duplicating events.
A clone will be created for each type in the clone list.
The original event is left unchanged and a `type` field is added to the clone.
Created events are inserted into the pipeline 
as normal events and will be processed by the remaining pipeline configuration 
starting from the filter that generated them (i.e. this plugin).

==== Event Metadata and the Elastic Common Schema (ECS)
This plugin adds a tag to a cloned event.
By default, the tag is stored in the `type` field.
When ECS is enabled, the tag is stored in the `tags` array field.

Here’s how ECS compatibility mode affects output.
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|=======================================================================
| ECS disabled | ECS v1 | Availability | Description

| type | tags | Always | a tag of cloned event
|=======================================================================

[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-options"]
==== Clone Filter Configuration Options

This plugin supports the following configuration options plus the <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-common-options>> described later.

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|=======================================================================
|Setting |Input type|Required
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-clones>> |<<array,array>>|Yes
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-ecs_compatibility>> | <<string,string>>|No
|=======================================================================

Also see <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-common-options>> for a list of options supported by all
filter plugins.

&nbsp;

[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-clones"]
===== `clones` 

  * This is a required setting.
  * Value type is <<array,array>>
  * There is no default value for this setting.
  * a new clone will be created with a `type` of the given value in this list when ECS is disabled
  * a new clone will be created with a `tags` of the given value in this list when ECS is enabled

Note: setting an empty array will not create any clones. A warning message is logged.

[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-ecs_compatibility"]
===== `ecs_compatibility`

* Value type is <<string,string>>
* Supported values are:
** `disabled`: does not use ECS-compatible field names
** `v1`: uses fields that are compatible with Elastic Common Schema
* Default value depends on which version of Logstash is running:
** When Logstash provides a `pipeline.ecs_compatibility` setting, its value is used as the default
** Otherwise, the default value is `disabled`.

Controls this plugin's compatibility with the {ecs-ref}[Elastic Common Schema (ECS)].
The value of this setting affects the behavior of the <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-clones>>

Example:
[source,ruby]
    filter {
      clone {
        clones => ["sun", "moon"]
      }
    }

ECS disabled
[source,text]
-----
{
      "@version" => "1",
      "sequence" => 0,
       "message" => "Hello World!",
    "@timestamp" => 2021-03-24T11:20:36.226Z,
          "host" => "example.com"
}
{
      "@version" => "1",
      "sequence" => 0,
       "message" => "Hello World!",
    "@timestamp" => 2021-03-24T11:20:36.226Z,
          "type" => "sun",
          "host" => "example.com"
}
{
      "@version" => "1",
      "sequence" => 0,
       "message" => "Hello World!",
    "@timestamp" => 2021-03-24T11:20:36.226Z,
          "type" => "moon",
          "host" => "example.com"
}
-----

ECS enabled
[source,text]
-----
{
      "sequence" => 0,
    "@timestamp" => 2021-03-23T20:25:10.042Z,
       "message" => "Hello World!",
      "@version" => "1",
          "host" => "example.com"
}
{
          "tags" => [
        [0] "sun"
    ],
      "sequence" => 0,
    "@timestamp" => 2021-03-23T20:25:10.042Z,
       "message" => "Hello World!",
      "@version" => "1",
          "host" => "example.com"
}
{
          "tags" => [
        [0] "moon"
    ],
      "sequence" => 0,
    "@timestamp" => 2021-03-23T20:25:10.042Z,
       "message" => "Hello World!",
      "@version" => "1",
          "host" => "example.com"
}
-----

[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-common-options"]
include::{include_path}/{type}.asciidoc[]