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Version: 2.14

error-log-logger

Description#

error-log-logger is a plugin which pushes the log data of APISIX's error.log to TCP servers or Apache SkyWalking.

This plugin will provide the ability to send the log data which selected by the level to Monitoring tools and other TCP servers, and SkyWalking over HTTP.

This plugin provides the ability as a batch to push the log data to your external TCP servers or monitoring tools. If not receive the log data, don't worry, it will automatically send the logs after the timer function expires in our Batch Processor.

For more info on Batch-Processor in Apache APISIX please refer. Batch-Processor

Attributes#

NameTypeRequirementDefaultValidDescription
tcp.hoststringrequiredIP address or the Hostname of the TCP server.
tcp.portintegerrequired[0,...]Target upstream port.
tcp.tlsbooleanoptionalfalseControl whether to perform SSL verification.
tcp.tls_server_namestringoptionalThe server name for the new TLS extension SNI.
skywalking.endpoint_addrstringoptionalhttp://127.0.0.1:12900/v3/logsthe http endpoint of Skywalking.
skywalking.service_namestringoptionalAPISIXservice name for skywalking reporter
skywalking.service_instance_nameStringoptionalAPISIX Instance NameService instance name for skywalking reporter, set it to $hostname to get local hostname directly.
clickhouse.endpoint_addrStringoptionalhttp://127.0.0.1:8213clickhouse HTTP endpoint, default http://127.0.0.1:8213
clickhouse.userStringoptionaldefaultclickhouse user
clickhouse.passwordStringoptionalclickhouse password
clickhouse.databaseStringoptionalclickhouse for error log DB name
clickhouse.logtableStringoptionalclickhouse for error log table name
hoststringoptional(Deprecated, use tcp.host instead) IP address or the Hostname of the TCP server.
portintegeroptional[0,...](Deprecated, use tcp.port instead) Target upstream port.
tlsbooleanoptionalfalse(Deprecated, use tcp.tls instead) Control whether to perform SSL verification.
tls_server_namestringoptional(Deprecated, use tcp.tls_server_name instead) The server name for the new TLS extension SNI.
timeoutintegeroptional3[1,...]Timeout for the upstream to connect and send, unit: second.
keepaliveintegeroptional30[1,...]Time for keeping the cosocket alive, unit: second.
levelstringoptionalWARNThe filter's log level, default warn, choose the level in ["STDERR", "EMERG", "ALERT", "CRIT", "ERR", "ERROR", "WARN", "NOTICE", "INFO", "DEBUG"], the value ERR equals ERROR.

The plugin supports the use of batch processors to aggregate and process entries(logs/data) in a batch. This avoids frequent data submissions by the plugin, which by default the batch processor submits data every 5 seconds or when the data in the queue reaches 1000. For information or custom batch processor parameter settings, see Batch-Processor configuration section.

How To Enable And Disable#

The error-log-logger is a global plugin of APISIX.

Enable plugin#

Enable the plug-in error-log-logger in conf/config.yaml, then this plugin can work fine. It does not need to be bound in any route or service.

Here is an example of conf/config.yaml:

plugins:                          # plugin list
... ...
- request-id
- hmac-auth
- api-breaker
- error-log-logger # enable plugin `error-log-logger

Disable plugin#

Remove or comment out the plugin error-log-logger from conf/config.yaml.

plugins:                          # plugin list
... ...
- request-id
- hmac-auth
- api-breaker
#- error-log-logger # enable plugin `error-log-logger

How to set the TCP server address#

Step: update the attributes of the plugin

curl http://127.0.0.1:9080/apisix/admin/plugin_metadata/error-log-logger -H 'X-API-KEY: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1' -X PUT -d '
{
"tcp": {
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"port": 1999
},
"inactive_timeout": 1
}'

How to set the SkyWalking OAP server address#

Step: update the attributes of the plugin

curl http://127.0.0.1:9080/apisix/admin/plugin_metadata/error-log-logger -H 'X-API-KEY: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1' -X PUT -d '
{
"skywalking": {
"endpoint_addr":"http://127.0.0.1:12800/v3/logs"
},
"inactive_timeout": 1
}'

How to set the clickhouse#

The plugin sends the error log as a string to the data field of the clickhouse table.

TODO Here save error log as a whole string to clickhouse 'data' column. We will add more columns in the future.

Step: update the attributes of the plugin

curl http://127.0.0.1:9080/apisix/admin/plugin_metadata/error-log-logger -H 'X-API-KEY: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1' -X PUT -d '
{
"clickhouse": {
"user": "default",
"password": "a",
"database": "error_log",
"logtable": "t",
"endpoint_addr": "http://127.0.0.1:8123"
}
}'