[syslog-ng] plugin options for Riak destination

[Balazs Scheidler]

I don't really have an opinion right here. Those with actual experience
with risk should chime in.
On May 19, 2015 1:21 PM, "Parth Oberoi" <htrapdev at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> In order to build a riak destination , the first task is to figure out the
> options syslog-ng plugin  would need to understand, For this we have
> considered the
> following two use cases
>
> 1) Inserting each log message into its own unique key.A templatable bucket
> would store
>     keys(time-stamps) and its respective values(log messages)
>
> 2) Inserting each log message into a Set contained under a key.
>     In order to use a set we need to have a bucket type as "set".Rest is
> similar to the first case.
>
>
> To switch between the two cases an option mode() is used with parameters
> "set" for using a
> set (2nd case) and "store" for the first case.
>
> Here is a config snippet for the destination:
>
> destination d_riak {
>   riak(
>     server("localhost")
>     port(8087)
>     bucket-type("message")
>     bucket("logs_${YEAR}${MONTH}${DAY}")
>     key("${UNIXTIME}-$(uuid)")
>     value("$(format-json --scope selected-macros)")
>     mode("set")
>   );
> };
>
> I would really like to know if the users would prefer to set the mode and
> bucket type as separate
> options or  as sub-options under  bucket() as below:
>
> destination d_riak {
>   riak(
>     server("localhost")
>     port(8087)
>     bucket("logs_${YEAR}${MONTH}${DAY}" type("message") mode("store"))
>     key("${UNIXTIME}-$(uuid)")
>     value("$(format-json --scope selected-macros)")
>   );
> };
>
> Any other feedback on the topic is also welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Parth
>
>
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