Discard

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Synopsis

Creates a target that discards all incoming log messages.

Schema

- id: <numeric>
  name: <string>
  description: <string>
  type: discard
  tags: <string[]>
  pipelines: <pipeline[]>
  status: <boolean>

Configuration

The following are the minimum requirements to define the target.

Field	Required	Default	Description
id	Y	-	Unique identifier
name	Y	-	Target name
description	N	-	Optional description
type	Y	-	Must be discard
tags	N	-	Optional tags
pipelines	N	-	Optional post-processor pipelines
status	N	true	Enable/disable the target

Details

This target accepts any log data, but does not store or forward it. It is useful for development, benchmarking and load testing data ingestion without storage overhead, and debugging pipeline configurations.

warning

Data sent to this target is permanently lost and cannot be recovered.

Examples

The configuration for discarding logs:

Creating a discard target...

- id: 1 name: debug_discard type: discard