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

=== Lumberjack output plugin

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==== Description

This output sends events using the lumberjack protocol.


[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-options"]
==== Lumberjack Output 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}-flush_size>> |<<number,number>>|No
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-hosts>> |<<array,array>>|Yes
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-idle_flush_time>> |<<number,number>>|No
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-port>> |<<number,number>>|Yes
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-ssl_certificate>> |a valid filesystem path|Yes
|=======================================================================

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

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

  * Value type is <<number,number>>
  * Default value is `1024`

To make efficient calls to the lumberjack output we are buffering events locally.
if the number of events exceed the number the declared `flush_size` we will
send them to the logstash server.

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

  * This is a required setting.
  * Value type is <<array,array>>
  * There is no default value for this setting.

List of addresses lumberjack can send to. When the plugin needs to connect to the remote
peer, it randomly selects one of the hosts. 

When the plugin is registered, it opens a connection to one of the hosts.
If the plugin detects a connection error, it selects a different host from the list and opens a new connection.

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

  * Value type is <<number,number>>
  * Default value is `1`

The amount of time since last flush before a flush is forced.

This setting helps ensure slow event rates don't get stuck in Logstash.
For example, if your `flush_size` is 100, and you have received 10 events,
and it has been more than `idle_flush_time` seconds since the last flush,
Logstash will flush those 10 events automatically.

This helps keep both fast and slow log streams moving along in
near-real-time.

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

  * This is a required setting.
  * Value type is <<number,number>>
  * There is no default value for this setting.

the port to connect to

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

  * This is a required setting.
  * Value type is <<path,path>>
  * There is no default value for this setting.

ssl certificate to use



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

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