Source identifier

docs/operators/recombine.md

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ The `recombine` operator combines consecutive logs into single logs based on sim
 | `max_batch_size`     | 1000             | The maximum number of consecutive entries that will be combined into a single entry. |
 | `overwrite_with`     | `oldest`         | Whether to use the fields from the `oldest` or the `newest` entry for all the fields that are not combined. |
 | `force_flush_period` | `5s`             | Flush timeout after which entries will be flushed aborting the wait for their sub parts to be merged with. |
+| `source_identifier`  | `$attibutes["file.path"]` | The [field](/docs/types/field.md) to separate one source of logs from others when combining them. |
+| `max_sources`        | 1000             | The maximum number of unique sources allowed concurrently to be tracked for combining separately. |
 
 Exactly one of `is_first_entry` and `is_last_entry` must be specified.
 

go.mod

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.9.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v0.4.0 // indirect
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.4.1 // indirect
+	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/internal/presigned-url v1.3.2/go.mod h1:72H
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sso v1.4.2/go.mod h1:NBvT9R1MEF+Ud6ApJKM0G+IkPchKS7p7c2YPKwHmBOk=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts v1.7.2/go.mod h1:8EzeIqfWt2wWT4rJVu3f21TfrhJ8AEMzVybRNSb/b4g=
 github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.8.0/go.mod h1:SObp3lf9smib00L/v3U2eAKG8FyQ7iLrJnQiAmR5n+E=
-github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0 h1:Q92kusRqC1XV2MjkWETPvjJVqKetz1OzxZB7mHJLju8=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.2.0 h1:9Re3G2TWxkE06LdMWMpcY6KV81GLXMGiYpPYUPkFAws=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.2.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
@@ -317,7 +316,6 @@ github.com/kr/fs v0.1.0/go.mod h1:FFnZGqtBN9Gxj7eW1uZ42v5BccTP0vu6NEaFoC2HwRg=
 github.com/kr/logfmt v0.0.0-20140226030751-b84e30acd515/go.mod h1:+0opPa2QZZtGFBFZlji/RkVcI2GknAs/DXo4wKdlNEc=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.0/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
-github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1 h1:Fmg33tUaq4/8ym9TJN1x7sLJnHVwhP33CNkpYV/7rwI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0 h1:WgNl7dwNpEZ6jJ9k1snq4pZsg7DOEN8hP9Xw0Tsjwk0=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0/go.mod h1:640gp4NfQd8pI5XOwp5fnNeVWj67G7CFk/SaSQn7NBk=
@@ -432,6 +430,7 @@ github.com/rivo/tview v0.0.0-20200219210816-cd38d7432498/go.mod h1:6lkG1x+13OShE
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.1.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jVj6XXZzXRy/MSR5jhDC/2q6DgLz+nrA6LYCDYWNEvQ=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.1 h1:/FiVV8dS/e+YqF2JvO3yXRFbBLTIuSDkuC7aBOAvL+k=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.1/go.mod h1:xXDCJY+GAPziupqXw64V24skbSoqbTEfhy4qGm1nDQc=
 github.com/rs/cors v1.8.0/go.mod h1:EBwu+T5AvHOcXwvZIkQFjUN6s8Czyqw12GL/Y0tUyRM=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=

operator/builtin/transformer/recombine/recombine.go

@@ -38,9 +38,11 @@ func NewRecombineOperatorConfig(operatorID string) *RecombineOperatorConfig {
 	return &RecombineOperatorConfig{
 		TransformerConfig: helper.NewTransformerConfig(operatorID, "recombine"),
 		MaxBatchSize:      1000,
+		MaxSources:        1000,
 		CombineWith:       "\n",
 		OverwriteWith:     "oldest",
 		ForceFlushTimeout: 5 * time.Second,
+		SourceIdentifier:  entry.NewAttributeField("file.path"),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -52,8 +54,10 @@ type RecombineOperatorConfig struct {
 	MaxBatchSize             int           `json:"max_batch_size"     yaml:"max_batch_size"`
 	CombineField             entry.Field   `json:"combine_field"      yaml:"combine_field"`
 	CombineWith              string        `json:"combine_with"       yaml:"combine_with"`
+	SourceIdentifier         entry.Field   `json:"source_identifier"  yaml:"source_identifier"`
 	OverwriteWith            string        `json:"overwrite_with"     yaml:"overwrite_with"`
 	ForceFlushTimeout        time.Duration `json:"force_flush_period" yaml:"force_flush_period"`
+	MaxSources               int           `json:"max_sources"        yaml:"max_sources"`
 }
 
 // Build creates a new RecombineOperator from a config
@@ -106,13 +110,15 @@ func (c *RecombineOperatorConfig) Build(bc operator.BuildContext) ([]operator.Op
 		matchFirstLine:      matchesFirst,
 		prog:                prog,
 		maxBatchSize:        c.MaxBatchSize,
+		maxSources:          c.MaxSources,
 		overwriteWithOldest: overwriteWithOldest,
-		batch:               make([]*entry.Entry, 0, c.MaxBatchSize),
+		batchMap:            make(map[string][]*entry.Entry),
 		combineField:        c.CombineField,
 		combineWith:         c.CombineWith,
 		forceFlushTimeout:   c.ForceFlushTimeout,
 		ticker:              time.NewTicker(c.ForceFlushTimeout),
 		chClose:             make(chan struct{}),
+		sourceIdentifier:    c.SourceIdentifier,
 	}
 
 	return []operator.Operator{recombine}, nil
@@ -125,15 +131,17 @@ type RecombineOperator struct {
 	matchFirstLine      bool
 	prog                *vm.Program
 	maxBatchSize        int
+	maxSources          int
 	overwriteWithOldest bool
 	combineField        entry.Field
 	combineWith         string
 	ticker              *time.Ticker
 	forceFlushTimeout   time.Duration
 	chClose             chan struct{}
+	sourceIdentifier    entry.Field
 
 	sync.Mutex
-	batch []*entry.Entry
+	batchMap map[string][]*entry.Entry
 }
 
 func (r *RecombineOperator) Start(_ operator.Persister) error {
@@ -147,9 +155,19 @@ func (r *RecombineOperator) flushLoop() {
 		select {
 		case <-r.ticker.C:
 			r.Lock()
-			if err := r.flushCombined(); err != nil {
-				r.Errorw("Failed flushing", "error", err)
+			timeNow := time.Now()
+			for source, entries := range r.batchMap {
+				lastEntryTs := entries[len(entries)-1].Timestamp
+				timeSinceLastEntry := timeNow.Sub(lastEntryTs)
+				if timeSinceLastEntry < r.forceFlushTimeout {
+					continue
+				}
+				if err := r.flushSource(source); err != nil {
+					r.Errorf("there was error flushing combined logs %s", err)
+				}
 			}
+
+			r.ticker.Reset(r.forceFlushTimeout)
 			r.Unlock()
 		case <-r.chClose:
 			r.ticker.Stop()
@@ -171,6 +189,8 @@ func (r *RecombineOperator) Stop() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+const DefaultSourceIdentifier = "DefaultSourceIdentifier"
+
 func (r *RecombineOperator) Process(ctx context.Context, e *entry.Entry) error {
 	// Lock the recombine operator because process can't run concurrently
 	r.Lock()
@@ -190,24 +210,34 @@ func (r *RecombineOperator) Process(ctx context.Context, e *entry.Entry) error {
 
 	// this is guaranteed to be a boolean because of expr.AsBool
 	matches := m.(bool)
+	var s string
+	err = e.Read(r.sourceIdentifier, &s)
+	if err != nil {
+		r.Warn("entry does not contain the source_identifier, so it may be pooled with other sources")
+		s = DefaultSourceIdentifier
+	}
+
+	if s == "" {
+		s = DefaultSourceIdentifier
+	}
 
 	// This is the first entry in the next batch
 	if matches && r.matchIndicatesFirst() {
 		// Flush the existing batch
-		err := r.flushCombined()
+		err := r.flushSource(s)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
 		// Add the current log to the new batch
-		r.addToBatch(ctx, e)
+		r.addToBatch(ctx, e, s)
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	// This is the last entry in a complete batch
 	if matches && r.matchIndicatesLast() {
-		r.addToBatch(ctx, e)
-		err := r.flushCombined()
+		r.addToBatch(ctx, e, s)
+		err := r.flushSource(s)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -216,7 +246,7 @@ func (r *RecombineOperator) Process(ctx context.Context, e *entry.Entry) error {
 
 	// This is neither the first entry of a new log,
 	// nor the last entry of a log, so just add it to the batch
-	r.addToBatch(ctx, e)
+	r.addToBatch(ctx, e, s)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -229,46 +259,59 @@ func (r *RecombineOperator) matchIndicatesLast() bool {
 }
 
 // addToBatch adds the current entry to the current batch of entries that will be combined
-func (r *RecombineOperator) addToBatch(_ context.Context, e *entry.Entry) {
-	if len(r.batch) >= r.maxBatchSize {
-		r.Error("Batch size exceeds max batch size. Flushing logs that have not been recombined")
-		r.flushUncombined(context.Background())
+func (r *RecombineOperator) addToBatch(_ context.Context, e *entry.Entry, source string) {
+	if _, ok := r.batchMap[source]; !ok {
+		r.batchMap[source] = []*entry.Entry{e}
+		if len(r.batchMap) >= r.maxSources {
+			r.Error("Batched source exceeds max source size. Flushing all batched logs. Consider increasing max_sources parameter")
+			r.flushUncombined(context.Background())
+		}
+		return
 	}
 
-	r.batch = append(r.batch, e)
+	r.batchMap[source] = append(r.batchMap[source], e)
+	if len(r.batchMap[source]) >= r.maxBatchSize {
+		if err := r.flushSource(source); err != nil {
+			r.Errorf("there was error flushing combined logs %s", err)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // flushUncombined flushes all the logs in the batch individually to the
 // next output in the pipeline. This is only used when there is an error
 // or at shutdown to avoid dropping the logs.
 func (r *RecombineOperator) flushUncombined(ctx context.Context) {
-	for _, entry := range r.batch {
-		r.Write(ctx, entry)
+	for source := range r.batchMap {
+		for _, entry := range r.batchMap[source] {
+			r.Write(ctx, entry)
+		}
 	}
-	r.batch = r.batch[:0]
+	r.batchMap = make(map[string][]*entry.Entry)
 	r.ticker.Reset(r.forceFlushTimeout)
 }
 
-// flushCombined combines the entries currently in the batch into a single entry,
+// flushSource combines the entries currently in the batch into a single entry,
 // then forwards them to the next operator in the pipeline
-func (r *RecombineOperator) flushCombined() error {
+func (r *RecombineOperator) flushSource(source string) error {
 	// Skip flushing a combined log if the batch is empty
-	if len(r.batch) == 0 {
+	if len(r.batchMap[source]) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	// Choose which entry we want to keep the rest of the fields from
 	var base *entry.Entry
+	entries := r.batchMap[source]
+
 	if r.overwriteWithOldest {
-		base = r.batch[0]
+		base = entries[0]
 	} else {
-		base = r.batch[len(r.batch)-1]
+		base = entries[len(entries)-1]
 	}
 
 	// Combine the combineField of each entry in the batch,
 	// separated by newlines
 	var recombined strings.Builder
-	for i, e := range r.batch {
+	for i, e := range entries {
 		var s string
 		err := e.Read(r.combineField, &s)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -277,7 +320,7 @@ func (r *RecombineOperator) flushCombined() error {
 		}
 
 		recombined.WriteString(s)
-		if i != len(r.batch)-1 && len(r.combineWith) > 0 {
+		if i != len(entries)-1 {
 			recombined.WriteString(r.combineWith)
 		}
 	}
@@ -289,7 +332,7 @@ func (r *RecombineOperator) flushCombined() error {
 	}
 
 	r.Write(context.Background(), base)
-	r.batch = r.batch[:0]
-	r.ticker.Reset(r.forceFlushTimeout)
+
+	delete(r.batchMap, source)
 	return nil
 }

operator/builtin/transformer/recombine/recombine_test.go

@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ func TestRecombineOperator(t *testing.T) {
 		return e
 	}
 
+	entryWithBodyAttr := func(ts time.Time, body interface{}, Attr map[string]string) *entry.Entry {
+		e := entryWithBody(ts, body)
+		for k, v := range Attr {
+			e.AddAttribute(k, v)
+		}
+		return e
+	}
+
 	cases := []struct {
 		name           string
 		config         *RecombineOperatorConfig
@@ -141,6 +149,89 @@ func TestRecombineOperator(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			[]*entry.Entry{entryWithBody(t1, "test1test2")},
 		},
+		{
+			"TestDefaultSourceIdentifier",
+			func() *RecombineOperatorConfig {
+				cfg := NewRecombineOperatorConfig("")
+				cfg.CombineField = entry.NewBodyField()
+				cfg.IsLastEntry = "$body == 'end'"
+				cfg.OutputIDs = []string{"fake"}
+				return cfg
+			}(),
+			[]*entry.Entry{
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t1, "file1", map[string]string{"file.path": "file1"}),
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t1, "file2", map[string]string{"file.path": "file2"}),
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t2, "end", map[string]string{"file.path": "file1"}),
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t2, "end", map[string]string{"file.path": "file2"}),
+			},
+			[]*entry.Entry{
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t1, "file1\nend", map[string]string{"file.path": "file1"}),
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t1, "file2\nend", map[string]string{"file.path": "file2"}),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			"TestCustomSourceIdentifier",
+			func() *RecombineOperatorConfig {
+				cfg := NewRecombineOperatorConfig("")
+				cfg.CombineField = entry.NewBodyField()
+				cfg.IsLastEntry = "$body == 'end'"
+				cfg.OutputIDs = []string{"fake"}
+				cfg.SourceIdentifier = entry.NewAttributeField("custom_source")
+				return cfg
+			}(),
+			[]*entry.Entry{
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t1, "file1", map[string]string{"custom_source": "file1"}),
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t1, "file2", map[string]string{"custom_source": "file2"}),
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t2, "end", map[string]string{"custom_source": "file1"}),
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t2, "end", map[string]string{"custom_source": "file2"}),
+			},
+			[]*entry.Entry{
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t1, "file1\nend", map[string]string{"custom_source": "file1"}),
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t1, "file2\nend", map[string]string{"custom_source": "file2"}),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			"TestMaxSources",
+			func() *RecombineOperatorConfig {
+				cfg := NewRecombineOperatorConfig("")
+				cfg.CombineField = entry.NewBodyField()
+				cfg.IsLastEntry = "$body == 'end'"
+				cfg.OutputIDs = []string{"fake"}
+				cfg.MaxSources = 1
+				return cfg
+			}(),
+			[]*entry.Entry{
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t1, "file1", map[string]string{"file.path": "file1"}),
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t2, "end", map[string]string{"file.path": "file1"}),
+			},
+			[]*entry.Entry{
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t1, "file1", map[string]string{"file.path": "file1"}),
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t2, "end", map[string]string{"file.path": "file1"}),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			"TestMaxBatchSize",
+			func() *RecombineOperatorConfig {
+				cfg := NewRecombineOperatorConfig("")
+				cfg.CombineField = entry.NewBodyField()
+				cfg.IsLastEntry = "$body == 'end'"
+				cfg.OutputIDs = []string{"fake"}
+				cfg.MaxBatchSize = 2
+				return cfg
+			}(),
+			[]*entry.Entry{
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t1, "file1_event1", map[string]string{"file.path": "file1"}),
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t1, "file2_event1", map[string]string{"file.path": "file2"}),
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t2, "end", map[string]string{"file.path": "file1"}),
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t2, "file2_event2", map[string]string{"file.path": "file2"}),
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t2, "end", map[string]string{"file.path": "file2"}),
+			},
+			[]*entry.Entry{
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t1, "file1_event1\nend", map[string]string{"file.path": "file1"}),
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t1, "file2_event1\nfile2_event2", map[string]string{"file.path": "file2"}),
+				entryWithBodyAttr(t2, "end", map[string]string{"file.path": "file2"}),
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range cases {