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Some documentation updates for elasticsearch plugin.

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Seth Hall 2012-07-20 08:51:39 -04:00
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scripts/base/frameworks/logging/writers/elasticsearch.bro
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##! Log writer for sending logs to an ElasticSearch server.
##!
##! Note: This module is in testing and is not yet considered stable!
##!
##! There is one known memory issue. If your elasticsearch server is
##! running slowly and taking too long to return from bulk insert
##! requests, the message queue to the writer thread will continue
##! growing larger and larger giving the appearance of a memory leak.
module LogElasticSearch;
export {
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const type_prefix = "" &redef;
## The time before an ElasticSearch transfer will timeout.
## This is not working!
const transfer_timeout = 2secs;
## The batch size is the number of messages that will be queued up before
## they are sent to be bulk indexed.
## Note: this is mainly a memory usage parameter.
const max_batch_size = 1000 &redef;
## The maximum amount of wall-clock time that is allowed to pass without
## finishing a bulk log send. This represents the maximum delay you
## would like to have with your logs before they show up in ElasticSearch.
## would like to have with your logs before they are sent to ElasticSearch.
const max_batch_interval = 1min &redef;
## The maximum byte size for a buffered JSON string to send to the bulk