cc-metric-collector/sinks/httpSink.md

http sink

The http sink uses POST requests to a HTTP server to submit the metrics in the InfluxDB line-protocol format. It uses JSON web tokens for authentification. The sink creates batches of metrics before sending, to reduce the HTTP traffic.

Configuration structure

{
  "<name>": {
    "type": "http",
    "meta_as_tags" : true,
    "url" : "https://my-monitoring.example.com:1234/api/write",
    "jwt" : "blabla.blabla.blabla",
    "timeout": "5s",
    "max_idle_connections" : 10,
    "idle_connection_timeout" : "5s",
    "flush_delay": "2s",
    "batch_size" : 100
  }
}

• type: makes the sink an http sink
• meta_as_tags: print all meta information as tags in the output (optional)
• url: The full URL of the endpoint
• jwt: JSON web tokens for authentification (Using the Bearer scheme)
• timeout: General timeout for the HTTP client (default '5s')
• max_idle_connections: Maximally idle connections (default 10)
• idle_connection_timeout: Timeout for idle connections (default '5s')
• flush_delay: Batch all writes arriving in during this duration (default '1s', batching can be disabled by setting it to 0)
• batch_size: Maximal number of batched metrics. Either it is flushed because batch size or the flush_delay is reached