parseHostname

Controls whether imkafka parses the hostname from each received message.

This parameter applies to imkafka: read from Apache Kafka.

Name:

parseHostname

Scope:

input

Type:

boolean

Default:

input=``off``

Required?:

no

Introduced:

8.38.0

Description

If this parameter is set to on, imkafka will parse the hostname in log if it exists. The result can be retrieved from $hostname. If it’s off, for compatibility reasons, the local hostname is used, same as the previous version.

Input usage

module(load="imkafka")
input(type="imkafka"
      topic="your-topic"
      parseHostname="on")

See also

See also imkafka: read from Apache Kafka.

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