stdin.md

stdin operator

The stdin generates entries from lines written to stdin.

Configuration Fields

Field	Default	Description
id	generate_input	A unique identifier for the operator
output	Next in pipeline	The connected operator(s) that will receive all outbound entries
write_to	$	A field that will be set to the path of the file the entry was read from

Example Configurations

Mock a file input

Configuration:

- type: stdin

Command:

echo "test" | stanza -c ./config.yaml

Output records:

{
  "timestamp": "2020-11-10T11:09:56.505467-05:00",
  "severity": 0,
  "record": "test"
}