Log Sampling

Description

The Log Sampling processor can be used to filter out logs with a configured "drop ratio".

Supported Types

MetricsLogsTraces
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Configuration Table

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
drop_ratioenum"0.50"The probability an entry is dropped (used for sampling). A value of 1.0 will drop 100% of matching entries, while a value of 0.0 will drop 0%.

Valud drop ratio's range from "0.0" (0%) to "1.00" (100%) with 5% increments. Note that the drop ratio value is a string.

Valid drop ratio values:

  • "1.00"
  • "0.95"
  • "0.90"
  • "0.85"
  • "0.80"
  • "0.75"
  • "0.70"
  • "0.65"
  • "0.60"
  • "0.55"
  • "0.50"
  • "0.45"
  • "0.40"
  • "0.35"
  • "0.30"
  • "0.25"
  • "0.20"
  • "0.15"
  • "0.10"
  • "0.05"
  • "0.0"

Example Configuration

Filter out 65%.

Web Interface

observIQ docs - Log Sampling - image 1

Standalone Processor

yaml
1apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
2kind: Processor
3metadata:
4  id: sampling
5  name: sampling
6spec:
7  type: sampling
8  parameters:
9    - name: drop_ratio
10      value: '0.65'