Rate limit the flow of events
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The rate_limit processor limits the throughput of events based on the specified configuration.
In the current implementation, rate-limited events are dropped. Future implementations may allow rate-limited events to be handled differently.
- rate_limit:
limit: "10000/m"
- rate_limit:
fields:
- "cloudfoundry.org.name"
limit: "400/s"
- if.equals.cloudfoundry.org.name: "acme"
then:
- rate_limit:
limit: "500/s"
Elastic Agent processors execute before ingest pipelines, which means that your processor configurations cannot refer to fields that are created by ingest pipelines or Logstash. For more limitations, refer to What are some limitations of using processors?
| Name | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
limit |
Yes | The rate limit. Supported time units for the rate are s (per second), m (per minute), and h (per hour). |
|
fields |
No | List of fields. The rate limit will be applied to each distinct value derived by combining the values of these fields. |