Rate limit the flow of events

rate_limit

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.

Examples

- 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"

processors.asciidoc :works-with-fields!:

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.