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Sumo Logic

Description

This Sumo Logic destination can be configured to send logs and metrics data to a Sumo Logic HTTP logs and metrics source.

Prerequisites

A pre-existing Sumo Logic HTTP logs and metrics source needs to be configured for the exporter to work. Read more.

Supported Types

LogsMetricsTracesBindplane Agent
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Configuration

FieldDescription
Choose Telemetry TypeSelect which types of telemetry to export. Logs and metrics are supported.
EndpointEndpoint for the Sumo Logic HTTP logs and metrics source. See the Sumo Logic documentation for more information.
CompressionCompression algorithm to use when sending data to Sumo Logic.
Max Request Body SizeMaximum HTTP request body size in bytes (1048576 = 1MiB) before compression is applied.
Log FormatFormat to send logs in to Sumo Logic. Available formats are JSON and text.
Metric FormatFormat to send metrics in to Sumo Logic. See the Sumo Logic documentation for more information. Available values are prometheus and OTLP.
TimeoutTimeout limit for each attempt to send data to Sumo Logic in seconds. Maximum timeout limit is 55s.

This destination supports the following retry and queuing settings:

Sending QueuePersistent QueueRetry on Failure
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Example Configuration

The following example configuration will send logs and metrics. Default compression and max request body size will be used. Logs will be sent as JSON and metrics will be sent as Graphite and utilize the Graphite template to alter the metric names. The source host template will be used as well to override the one on the Sumo Logic HTTP logs and metrics source. Sending and persistent queues will be used as well as retry on failure.

Web Interface

observIQ docs - Sumo Logic Destination - image 1
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Standalone Destination

yaml
1apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
2kind: Destination
3metadata:
4  id: sumo_logic
5  name: sumo_logic
6spec:
7  type: sumo_logic
8  parameters:
9    - name: telemetry_types
10      value: ['Logs', 'Metrics']
11    - name: endpoint
12      value: 'https://host:1234/some/endpoint/for/sumo-logic'
13    - name: compression
14      value: 'gzip'
15    - name: max_request_body_size
16      value: '1048576'
17    - name: log_format
18      value: 'json'
19    - name: metric_format
20      value: 'otlp'
21    - name: sending_queue_enabled
22      value: 'true'
23    - name: persistent_queue_enabled
24      value: 'true'
25    - name: retry_on_failure_enabled
26      value: 'true'