Thanks a lot! I will give it a go. It even might be a good starting point for learning basic Lua.
/Klaus Regards, Klaus Post http://www.klauspost.com On 22 January 2016 at 19:29, Rob Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > This is untested and might need some tweaking, but it should point you in > the right direction: > > require "string" > > function process_message() > local msg = decode_message(read_message("raw")) > for _, field in ipairs(msg.Fields) do > field.name = string.gsub(field.name, "%.", "_") > end > inject_message(msg) > end > > Note that the "Type" value in the output message will have `heka.sandbox.` > prepended, so by default the Type would become > `heka.sandbox.heka.statmetric`. > > Hope this helps. > > -r > > > > On 01/22/2016 05:45 AM, Klaus Post wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> >> I am trying to put up a proof of concept where I work, to convince them >> to use heka. >> >> However, I have hit a small snag. For our limited scale test, we use >> Elasticsearch for storing our data. However, ES 2.0 has added a >> limitation, that you are not allowed to use dots (.) in field names. >> >> This gives me an issue, since the "StatsAccumInput" filter outputs >> fields with dots. I would like it to be in fields for use with Kibana. >> >> I have added a local "fix" in my Heka server to the Encocer, where I >> replace all dots in the field names. However, a more easily deployable >> solution would be, if I could simply have a Lua Filter that did this for >> me. >> >> My Lua skills unfortunately aren't as good as my Go skills. My thought >> was that this might be a trivial task for someone out there. >> >> You would help me a *lot*, if you could give me a base filter that >> outputs the same messages as it gets, but replaces all "." in field >> names with something else, like "-". >> >> >> I hope you will be able to help me! >> >> >> Regards, Klaus Post >> >> http://www.klauspost.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Heka mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/heka >> >> >
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