Sink HTTP

Netify Sink HTTP Plugin

Introduction

The HTTP sink plugin is a RESTful client, able to post structured JSON data to an API endpoint.

License

The Netify Sink HTTP Plugin is open-source software. It can be dual-licensed under the GPLv3 or a commercial license. Please contact us for details.

Installation

Netify plugins are packaged in the same workflow as the agent and can be installed using a similar syntax that was implemented during the installation of the Netify agent. Plugins are compiled and made available for x86 on mirrors. For other architectures like ARM and MIPS, please contact us

Select your installation target for specific instructions on how to install this plugin.

Plugins are compiled against specific Netify agent versions and require ABI compatibility. Click here for more information.
Netify mirros can be found here.

Configuration

Plugin Loader Configuration

All plugins are disabled by default, and the Netify Sink HTTP plugin is no different. To enable: 

netifyd --enable-plugin sink-http
A plugin can also be disabled in this way by substituting --disable-plugin.

Alternatively, you can edit /etc/netifyd/plugins.d/10-netify-sink-http.conf and set enable to yes. 

# Netify Agent HTTP Sink Plugin Loader
# Copyright (C) 2023 eGloo Incorporated
#
# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.
#
##############################################################################
 
[sink-http]
enable = yes
plugin_library = /usr/lib64/libnetify-sink-http.so.0.0.0
conf_filename = ${path_state_persistent}/netify-sink-http.json
 
# vim: set ft=dosini :

Plugin Configuration

Once the plugin has been enabled, it can be configured using the defined JSON configuration file specified in the plugin loader configuration. Let's look at a configuration sample to review the syntax and parts of the file. 

{
    "timeout_connect": 30,
    "timeout_transfer": 300,
    "channels": {
        "legacy": {
            "enable": true,
            "timeout_connect": 30,
            "timeout_transfer": 300,
            "url": "https://sink.netify.ai/v1/",
            "headers": {
                "x-vendor-id": "EG",
                "X-UUID": "${uuid_agent}",
                "X-UUID-Site": "${uuid_site}",
                "X-UUID-Serial": "${uuid_serial}"
            }
        }
    }
}
Property timeout_connect
Description Connection timeout, equivalent to cURL's --connect-timeout parameter. Maximum time, in seconds, that you allow the connection to the server to take.
Type unsigned
Property timeout_transfer
Description Maximum time, in seconds, that is allowed for the entire operation to take, equivalent to cURL's --max-time argument.
Type unsigned
Property channels
Description An object array that defines one or more channels to be available to the core processors.
Type object
Options Depends on local configuration (see Channel Objects section below). Each channel object is keyed.
Channel Objects

The Log Sink's channel object list determines which instances to log to. In the example above, we are defining only one, the legacychannel. Let's take a closer look at the configuration.

Property enable
Description Enables or disables sending data to the channel.
Type boolean
Property timeout_connect
Description See global section above.
Type unsigned
Property timeout_transfer
Description See global section above.
Type unsigned
Property url
Description The URL to perform the POST operation to.
Type unsigned
Property headers
Description An object containing one or more headers to add to the Request.
Type object

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