drop_output.md

drop_output operator

The drop_output operator does nothing. Useful for discarding entries while troubleshooting Stanza during development.

Configuration Fields

Operator drop_output does not have configuration

Example Configurations

Configuration

pipeline:
- type: stdin
- type: drop_output

Send a message:

echo "hello world" | ./stanza -c ./config.yaml 

There will be no output:

{"level":"info","timestamp":"2021-08-20T20:09:55.057-0400","message":"Starting stanza agent"}
{"level":"info","timestamp":"2021-08-20T20:09:55.057-0400","message":"Stanza agent started"}
{"level":"info","timestamp":"2021-08-20T20:09:55.057-0400","message":"Stdin has been closed","operator_id":"$.stdin","operator_type":"stdin"}

Compare with stdout output operator:

{"level":"info","timestamp":"2021-08-20T20:09:28.314-0400","message":"Starting stanza agent"}
{"level":"info","timestamp":"2021-08-20T20:09:28.314-0400","message":"Stanza agent started"}
{"timestamp":"2021-08-20T20:09:28.314776719-04:00","severity":0,"record":"hello world"}
{"level":"info","timestamp":"2021-08-20T20:09:28.314-0400","message":"Stdin has been closed","operator_id":"$.stdin","operator_type":"stdin"}