Jdbc_streaming filter plugin

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Jdbc_streaming filter plugin

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  • Plugin version: v5.0.5
  • Released on: 2020-06-16
  • Changelog

For other versions, see the Versioned plugin docs.

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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This filter executes a SQL query and store the result set in the field specified as target. It will cache the results locally in an LRU cache with expiry.

For example, you can load a row based on an id in the event.

filter {
  jdbc_streaming {
    jdbc_driver_library => "/path/to/mysql-connector-java-5.1.34-bin.jar"
    jdbc_driver_class => "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
    jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydatabase"
    jdbc_user => "me"
    jdbc_password => "secret"
    statement => "select * from WORLD.COUNTRY WHERE Code = :code"
    parameters => { "code" => "country_code"}
    target => "country_details"
  }
}

Prepared Statements

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Using server side prepared statements can speed up execution times as the server optimises the query plan and execution.

Not all JDBC accessible technologies will support prepared statements.

With the introduction of Prepared Statement support comes a different code execution path and some new settings. Most of the existing settings are still useful but there are several new settings for Prepared Statements to read up on.

Use the boolean setting use_prepared_statements to enable this execution mode.

Use the prepared_statement_name setting to specify a name for the Prepared Statement, this identifies the prepared statement locally and remotely and it should be unique in your config and on the database.

Use the prepared_statement_bind_values array setting to specify the bind values. Typically, these values are indirectly extracted from your event, i.e. the string in the array refers to a field name in your event. You can also use constant values like numbers or strings but ensure that any string constants (e.g. a locale constant of "en" or "de") is not also an event field name. It is a good idea to use the bracketed field reference syntax for fields and normal strings for constants, e.g. prepared_statement_bind_values => ["[src_ip]", "tokyo"],.

There are 3 possible parameter schemes. Interpolated, field references and constants. Use interpolation when you are prefixing, suffixing or concatenating field values to create a value that exists in your database, e.g. "%{username}@%{domain}" → "[email protected]", "%{distance}km" → "42km". Use field references for exact field values e.g. "[srcip]" → "192.168.1.2". Use constants when a database column holds values that slice or categorise a number of similar records e.g. language translations.

A boolean setting prepared_statement_warn_on_constant_usage, defaulting to true, controls whether you will see a WARN message logged that warns when constants could be missing the bracketed field reference syntax. If you have set your field references and constants correctly you should set prepared_statement_warn_on_constant_usage to false. This setting and code checks should be deprecated in a future major Logstash release.

The statement (or statement_path) setting still holds the SQL statement but to use bind variables you must use the ? character as a placeholder in the exact order found in the prepared_statement_bind_values array. Some technologies may require connection string properties to be set, see MySQL example below.

Example:

filter {
  jdbc_streaming {
    jdbc_driver_library => "/path/to/mysql-connector-java-5.1.34-bin.jar"
    jdbc_driver_class => "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
    jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydatabase?cachePrepStmts=true&prepStmtCacheSize=250&prepStmtCacheSqlLimit=2048&useServerPrepStmts=true"
    jdbc_user => "me"
    jdbc_password => "secret"
    statement => "select * from WORLD.COUNTRY WHERE Code = ?"
    use_prepared_statements => true
    prepared_statement_name => "lookup_country_info"
    prepared_statement_bind_values => ["[country_code]"]
    target => "country_details"
  }
}

Jdbc_streaming Filter Configuration Options

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This plugin supports the following configuration options plus the Common Options described later.

Also see Common Options for a list of options supported by all filter plugins.

 

cache_expiration

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  • Value type is number
  • Default value is 5.0

The minimum number of seconds any entry should remain in the cache. Defaults to 5 seconds.

A numeric value. You can use decimals for example: cache_expiration => 0.25. If there are transient jdbc errors, the cache will store empty results for a given parameter set and bypass the jbdc lookup. This will merge the default_hash into the event until the cache entry expires. Then the jdbc lookup will be tried again for the same parameters. Conversely, while the cache contains valid results, any external problem that would cause jdbc errors will not be noticed for the cache_expiration period.

cache_size

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  • Value type is number
  • Default value is 500

The maximum number of cache entries that will be stored. Defaults to 500 entries. The least recently used entry will be evicted.

default_hash

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  • Value type is hash
  • Default value is {}

Define a default object to use when lookup fails to return a matching row. Ensure that the key names of this object match the columns from the statement.

jdbc_connection_string

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

JDBC connection string

jdbc_driver_class

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

JDBC driver class to load, for example "oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver" or "org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver"

jdbc_driver_library

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

JDBC driver library path to third party driver library.

jdbc_password

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

JDBC password

jdbc_user

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

JDBC user

jdbc_validate_connection

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  • Value type is boolean
  • Default value is false

Connection pool configuration. Validate connection before use.

jdbc_validation_timeout

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  • Value type is number
  • Default value is 3600

Connection pool configuration. How often to validate a connection (in seconds).

parameters

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  • Value type is hash
  • Default value is {}

Hash of query parameter, for example { "id" => "id_field" }.

prepared_statement_bind_values

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  • Value type is array
  • Default value is []

Array of bind values for the prepared statement. Use field references and constants. See the section on prepared_statements for more info.

prepared_statement_name

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  • Value type is string
  • Default value is ""

Name given to the prepared statement. It must be unique in your config and in the database. You need to supply this if use_prepared_statements is true.

prepared_statement_warn_on_constant_usage

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  • Value type is boolean
  • Default value is true

A flag that controls whether a warning is logged if, in prepared_statement_bind_values, a String constant is detected that might be intended as a field reference.

sequel_opts

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  • Value type is hash
  • Default value is {}

General/Vendor-specific Sequel configuration options

An example of an optional connection pool configuration max_connections - The maximum number of connections the connection pool

examples of vendor-specific options can be found in this documentation page: https://github.com/jeremyevans/sequel/blob/master/doc/opening_databases.rdoc

statement

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

Statement to execute. To use parameters, use named parameter syntax, for example "SELECT * FROM MYTABLE WHERE ID = :id".

tag_on_default_use

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  • Value type is array
  • Default value is ["_jdbcstreamingdefaultsused"]

Append values to the tags field if no record was found and default values were used.

tag_on_failure

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  • Value type is array
  • Default value is ["_jdbcstreamingfailure"]

Append values to the tags field if sql error occurred.

target

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

Define the target field to store the extracted result(s). Field is overwritten if exists.

use_cache

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  • Value type is boolean
  • Default value is true

Enable or disable caching, boolean true or false. Defaults to true.

use_prepared_statements

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  • Value type is boolean
  • Default value is false

When set to true, enables prepare statement usage

Common Options

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The following configuration options are supported by all filter plugins:

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 {
      jdbc_streaming {
        add_field => { "foo_%{somefield}" => "Hello world, from %{host}" }
      }
    }
    # You can also add multiple fields at once:
    filter {
      jdbc_streaming {
        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 {
      jdbc_streaming {
        add_tag => [ "foo_%{somefield}" ]
      }
    }
    # You can also add multiple tags at once:
    filter {
      jdbc_streaming {
        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).

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 jdbc_streaming filters. Adding a named ID in this case will help in monitoring Logstash when using the monitoring APIs.

    filter {
      jdbc_streaming {
        id => "ABC"
      }
    }

Variable substitution in the id field only supports environment variables and does not support the use of values from the secret store.

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 {
      jdbc_streaming {
        remove_field => [ "foo_%{somefield}" ]
      }
    }
    # You can also remove multiple fields at once:
    filter {
      jdbc_streaming {
        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 {
      jdbc_streaming {
        remove_tag => [ "foo_%{somefield}" ]
      }
    }
    # You can also remove multiple tags at once:
    filter {
      jdbc_streaming {
        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.