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de in resulting graph they are added to the node as provided graph node_attributes required string literal a single graph node attribute in graphviz dot language examples color red name example node width 5 0 inputs required string a list of upstream source or transform ids wildcards are supported see configuration for more info array string literal examples my source or transform id prefix namespace optional string literal sets a prefix for all event fields added by the transform examples ec2 aws ec2 proxy optional object proxy configuration configure to proxy traffic through an http s proxy when making external requests similar to common proxy configuration convention you can set different proxies to use based on the type of traffic being proxied you can also set specific hosts that should not be proxied proxy enabled optional bool enables proxying support default true proxy http optional string literal proxy endpoint to use when proxying http traffic must be a valid uri string examples http foo bar 3128 proxy https optional string literal proxy endpoint to use when proxying https traffic must be a valid uri string examples http foo bar 3128 proxy no_proxy optional string a list of hosts to avoid proxying multiple patterns are allowed pattern example match domain names example com matches requests to example com wildcard domains example com matches requests to example com and its subdomains ip addresses 127 0 0 1 matches requests to 127 0 0 1 cidr blocks 192 168 0 0 16 matches requests to any ip addresses in this range splat matches all hosts refresh_interval_secs optional uint the interval between querying for updated metadata in seconds default 10 seconds refresh_timeout_secs optional uint the timeout for querying the ec2 metadata endpoint in seconds default 1 seconds required optional bool requires the transform to be able to successfully query the ec2 metadata before starting to process the data default true tags optional string a list of instance tags to include in each transformed event array string literal examples name project environment variables https_proxy common optional string literal the global url to proxy https requests through if another https proxy is set in the configuration file or at a component level this one will be overridden the lowercase variant has priority over the uppercase one examples http foo bar 3128 http_proxy common optional string literal the global url to proxy http requests through if another http proxy is set in the configuration file or at a component level this one will be overridden the lowercase variant has priority over the uppercase one examples http foo bar 3128 no_proxy common optional string literal list of hosts to avoid proxying globally allowed patterns here include pattern example match domain names example com matches requests to example com wildcard domains example come matches requests to example com and its subdomains ip addresses 127 0 0 1 matches requests to 127 0 0 1 cidr blocks 192 168 0 0 16 matches requests to any ip addresses in this range splat matches all hosts if another no_proxy value is set in the configuration file or at a component level this one is overridden the lowercase variant has priority over the uppercase one examples localhost example com 192 168 0 0 16 http_proxy common optional string literal the global url to proxy http requests through if another http proxy is set in the configuration file or at a component level this one will be overridden the lowercase variant has priority over the uppercase one examples http foo bar 3128 https_proxy common optional string literal the global url to proxy https requests through if another https proxy is set in the configuration file or at a component level this one will be overridden the lowercase variant has priority over the uppercase one examples http foo bar 3128 no_proxy common optional string literal list of hosts to avoid proxying globally allowed patterns here include pattern example match domain names example com matches requests to example com wildcard domains example come matches requests to example com and its subdomains ip addresses 127 0 0 1 matches requests to 127 0 0 1 cidr blocks 192 168 0 0 16 matches requests to any ip addresses in this range splat matches all hosts if another no_proxy value is set in the configuration file or at a component level this one is overridden the lowercase variant has priority over the uppercase one examples localhost example com 192 168 0 0 16 input types the following table lists all telemetry data types supported by the component across possible configurations be aware that the available data types may differ based on the specified codec configuration logs log events are supported metrics the following metrics are supported counter distribution gauge histogram set summary outputs component_id default output stream of the component use this component s id as an input to downstream transforms and sinks output types logs warning the fields shown below will be different if log namespacing is enabled see log namespacing for more details log log event enriched with ec2 metadata fields account id optional string literal the account id that launched the ec2 instance examples 123456789 ami id required string literal the ami id that the current ec2 instance is using examples ami 0006 8 cd7555f543d5 availability zone required string literal the availability zone that the current ec2 instance is running in examples 54 234 246 107 instance id required string literal the instance id of the current ec2 instance examples i 096 fba6d03d36d262 instance type required string literal the instance type of the current ec2 instance examples m4 large local hostname required string literal the local hostname of the current ec2 instance examples ip 172 31 93 227 ec2 internal local ipv4 required string literal the local ipv4 of the current ec2 instance examples 172 31 93 227 public hostname required string literal the public hostname of the current ec2 instance examples ec2 54 234 246 107 compute 1 amazonaws com public ipv4 required string literal the public ipv4 of the current ec2 instance examples 54 234 246 107 region required string literal the region that the current ec2 instance is running in examples us east 1 role name required string literal the role name that the current ec2 instance is using examples some_iam_role subnet id required string literal the subnet id of the current ec2 instance s default network interface examples subnet 9 d6713b9 tags optional object the instance s tags examples applicationid 12345678 name instancename vpc id required string literal the vpc id of the current ec2 instance s default network interface examples vpc a51da4dc telemetry metrics link component_discarded_events_total counter the number of events dropped by this component component_id the vector component id component_kind the vector component kind component_type the vector component type host optional the hostname of the system vector is running on intentional true if the events were discarded intentionally like a filter transform or false if due to an error pid optional the process id of the vector instance component_errors_total counter the total number of errors encountered by this component component_id the vector component id component_kind the vector component kind component_type the vector component type error_type the type of the error host optional the hostname of the system vector is running on pid optional the process id of the vector instance stage the stage within the component at which the error occurred component_latency_mean_seconds gauge the mean elapsed time in fractional seconds that an event spends in a single transform this includes both the time spent queued in the transform s input buffer and the time spent executing the transform itself this value is smoothed over time using an exponentially weighted moving average ewma host optional the hostname of the system vector is running on pid optional the process id of the vector instance component_latency_seconds histogram the elapsed time in fractional seconds that an event spends in a single transform this includes both the time spent queued in the transform s input buffer and the time spent executing the transform itself host optional the hostname of the system vector is running on pid optional the process id of the vector instance component_received_event_bytes_total counter the number of event bytes accepted by this component either from tagged origins like file and uri or cumulatively from other origins component_id the vector component id component_kind the vector component kind component_type the vector component type container_name optional the name of the container from which the data originated file optional the file from which the data originated host optional the hostname of the system vector is running on mode optional the connection mode used by the component peer_addr optional the ip from which the data originated peer_path optional the pathname from which the data originated pid optional the process id of the vector instance pod_name optional the name of the pod from which the data originated uri optional the sanitized uri from which the data originated component_received_events_count histogram a histogram of the number of events passed in each internal batch in vector s internal topology note that this is separate than sink level batching it is mostly useful for low level debugging performance issues in vector due to small internal batches component_id the vector component id component_kind the vector component kind component_type the vector component type container_name optional the name of the container from which the data originated file optional the file from which the data originated host optional the hostname of the system vector is running on mode optional the connection mode used by the component peer_addr optional the ip from which the data originated peer_path 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data originated uri optional the sanitized uri from which the data originated component_sent_event_bytes_total counter the total number of event bytes emitted by this component component_id the vector component id component_kind the vector component kind component_type the vector component type host optional the hostname of the system vector is running on output optional the specific output of the component pid optional the process id of the vector instance component_sent_events_total counter the total number of events emitted by this component component_id the vector component id component_kind the vector component kind component_type the vector component type host optional the hostname of the system vector is running on output optional the specific output of the component pid optional the process id of the vector instance metadata_refresh_failed_total counter the total number of failed efforts to refresh aws ec2 metadata component_id the vector component id component_kind the vector component kind component_type the vector component type host optional the hostname of the system vector is running on pid optional the process id of the vector instance metadata_refresh_successful_total counter the total number of aws ec2 metadata refreshes component_id the vector component id component_kind the vector component kind component_type the vector component type host optional the hostname of the system vector is running on pid optional the process id of the vector instance transform_buffer_max_byte_size gauge the maximum number of bytes the buffer that feeds into a transform can hold deprecated this metric has been deprecated in favor of transform_buffer_max_size_bytes component_id the vector component id component_kind the vector component kind component_type the vector component type host optional the hostname of the system vector is running on output optional the specific output of the component pid optional the process id of the vector instance 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