fingerprint

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  • Version: 3.0.2
  • Released on: July 14, 2016
  • Changelog

Getting Help

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For questions about the plugin, open a topic in the Discuss forums. For bugs or feature requests, open an issue in Github. For the list of Elastic supported plugins, please consult the Elastic Support Matrix.

Description

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Fingerprint fields using by replacing values with a consistent hash.

 

Synopsis

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This plugin supports the following configuration options:

Required configuration options:

fingerprint {
    method => ...
}

Available configuration options:

Setting Input type Required

add_field

hash

No

add_tag

array

No

base64encode

boolean

No

concatenate_sources

boolean

No

enable_metric

boolean

No

id

string

No

key

string

No

method

string, one of ["SHA1", "SHA256", "SHA384", "SHA512", "MD5", "MURMUR3", "IPV4_NETWORK", "UUID", "PUNCTUATION"]

Yes

periodic_flush

boolean

No

remove_field

array

No

remove_tag

array

No

source

array

No

target

string

No

Details

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add_field

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  • Value type is hash
  • Default value is {}

If this filter is successful, add any arbitrary fields to this event. Field names can be dynamic and include parts of the event using the %{field}.

Example:

    filter {
      fingerprint {
        add_field => { "foo_%{somefield}" => "Hello world, from %{host}" }
      }
    }
[source,ruby]
    # You can also add multiple fields at once:
    filter {
      fingerprint {
        add_field => {
          "foo_%{somefield}" => "Hello world, from %{host}"
          "new_field" => "new_static_value"
        }
      }
    }

If the event has field "somefield" == "hello" this filter, on success, would add field foo_hello if it is present, with the value above and the %{host} piece replaced with that value from the event. The second example would also add a hardcoded field.

add_tag

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  • Value type is array
  • Default value is []

If this filter is successful, add arbitrary tags to the event. Tags can be dynamic and include parts of the event using the %{field} syntax.

Example:

    filter {
      fingerprint {
        add_tag => [ "foo_%{somefield}" ]
      }
    }
[source,ruby]
    # You can also add multiple tags at once:
    filter {
      fingerprint {
        add_tag => [ "foo_%{somefield}", "taggedy_tag"]
      }
    }

If the event has field "somefield" == "hello" this filter, on success, would add a tag foo_hello (and the second example would of course add a taggedy_tag tag).

base64encode

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  • Value type is boolean
  • Default value is false

When set to true, SHA1', SHA256, SHA384, SHA512 and MD5 fingerprint methods will be returned base64 encoded rather than hex encoded.

concatenate_sources

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  • Value type is boolean
  • Default value is false

When set to true, we concatenate the values of all fields into 1 string like the old checksum filter.

enable_metric

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  • Value type is boolean
  • Default value is true

Disable or enable metric logging for this specific plugin instance by default we record all the metrics we can, but you can disable metrics collection for a specific plugin.

  • Value type is string
  • There is no default value for this setting.

Add a unique ID to the plugin configuration. If no ID is specified, Logstash will generate one. It is strongly recommended to set this ID in your configuration. This is particularly useful when you have two or more plugins of the same type, for example, if you have 2 grok filters. Adding a named ID in this case will help in monitoring Logstash when using the monitoring APIs.

output {
 stdout {
   id => "my_plugin_id"
 }
}

key

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  • Value type is string
  • There is no default value for this setting.

When used with IPV4_NETWORK method fill in the subnet prefix length Not required for MURMUR3 or UUID methods With other methods fill in the HMAC key

method

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  • This is a required setting.
  • Value can be any of: SHA1, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, MD5, MURMUR3, IPV4_NETWORK, UUID, PUNCTUATION
  • Default value is "SHA1"

Fingerprint method

periodic_flush

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  • Value type is boolean
  • Default value is false

Call the filter flush method at regular interval. Optional.

remove_field

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  • Value type is array
  • Default value is []

If this filter is successful, remove arbitrary fields from this event. Fields names can be dynamic and include parts of the event using the %{field} Example:

    filter {
      fingerprint {
        remove_field => [ "foo_%{somefield}" ]
      }
    }
[source,ruby]
    # You can also remove multiple fields at once:
    filter {
      fingerprint {
        remove_field => [ "foo_%{somefield}", "my_extraneous_field" ]
      }
    }

If the event has field "somefield" == "hello" this filter, on success, would remove the field with name foo_hello if it is present. The second example would remove an additional, non-dynamic field.

remove_tag

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  • Value type is array
  • Default value is []

If this filter is successful, remove arbitrary tags from the event. Tags can be dynamic and include parts of the event using the %{field} syntax.

Example:

    filter {
      fingerprint {
        remove_tag => [ "foo_%{somefield}" ]
      }
    }
[source,ruby]
    # You can also remove multiple tags at once:
    filter {
      fingerprint {
        remove_tag => [ "foo_%{somefield}", "sad_unwanted_tag"]
      }
    }

If the event has field "somefield" == "hello" this filter, on success, would remove the tag foo_hello if it is present. The second example would remove a sad, unwanted tag as well.

source

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  • Value type is array
  • Default value is "message"

Source field(s)

target

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  • Value type is string
  • Default value is "fingerprint"

Target field. will overwrite current value of a field if it exists.