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Beta

loki.echo

BETA: This is a beta component. Beta components are subject to breaking changes, and may be replaced with equivalent functionality that cover the same use case.

loki.echo receives log entries from other loki components and prints them to the process’ standard output (stdout).

Multiple loki.echo components can be specified by giving them different labels.

Usage

river
loki.echo "LABEL" {}

Arguments

loki.echo accepts no arguments.

Exported fields

The following fields are exported and can be referenced by other components:

NameTypeDescription
receiverLogsReceiverA value that other components can use to send log entries to.

Component health

loki.echo is only reported as unhealthy if given an invalid configuration.

Debug information

loki.echo does not expose any component-specific debug information.

Example

This example creates a pipeline that reads log files from /var/log and prints log lines to echo:

river
local.file_match "varlog" {
  path_targets = [{
    __path__ = "/var/log/*log",
    job      = "varlog",
  }]
}

loki.source.file "logs" {
  targets    = local.file_match.varlog.targets
  forward_to = [loki.echo.example.receiver]
}

loki.echo "example" { }