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- Release notes
Rate limit the flow of events
editRate limit the flow of events
editThis functionality is in beta and is subject to change. The design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.
The rate_limit
processor limits the throughput of events based on
the specified configuration.
In the current implementation, rate-limited events are dropped. Future implementations may allow rate-limited events to be handled differently.
Examples
edit- rate_limit: limit: "10000/m"
- rate_limit: fields: - "cloudfoundry.org.name" limit: "400/s"
- if.equals.cloudfoundry.org.name: "acme" then: - rate_limit: limit: "500/s"
Configuration settings
editElastic Agent processors execute before ingest pipelines, which means that your processor configurations cannot refer to fields that are created by ingest pipelines or Logstash. For more limitations, refer to What are some limitations of using processors?
Name | Required | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
|
Yes |
The rate limit. Supported time units for the rate are |
|
|
No |
List of fields. The rate limit will be applied to each distinct value derived by combining the values of these fields. |
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