New Relic Logs destination plugin

Configure the New Relic Logs destination plugin in Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline to send logs to New Relic.

This information is for Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline, which is a standalone product separate from Chronosphere Observability Platform.

The New Relic Logs destination plugin (name: nrlogs) lets you configure your telemetry pipeline to send your log data to New Relic Logs.

Supported telemetry types

The for Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline supports these telemetry types:

Logs	Metrics	Traces

Configuration parameters

Use the parameters in this section to configure the . The Telemetry Pipeline web interface uses the items in the Name column to describe these parameters. Pipeline configuration files use the items in the Key column as YAML keys.

Required

Name	Key	Description	Default
New Relic API Key	api_key	Required. Your key for data ingestion. The API key is also called the ingestion key. For more details about how to generate the API key, see the official documentation. From a configuration perspective, either an api_key or an license_key is required. New Relic suggests using api_key.	none

Advanced

Name	Key	Description	Default
New Relic License Key	license_key	Optional authentication parameter for data ingestion. New Relic suggests you instead use the api_key. License Key information.	none
Compression	compress	Compression type for the payload.	gzip
New Relic Base URI	base_uri	Full address of New Relic API endpoint. For the EU endpoint, set this key to https://log-api.eu.newrelic.com/log/v1.	https://log-api.newrelic.com/log/v1

Security and TLS

Name	Key	Description	Default
TLS	tls	If true, enables TLS/SSL. If false, disables TLS/SSL. Accepted values: true, false.	false
TLS Certificate Validation	tls.verify	If on, and if tls is true, enables TLS/SSL certificate validation. If off, disables TLS/SSL certificate validation. Accepted values: on, off.	on
TLS Debug Level	tls.debug	Sets TLS debug verbosity level. Accepted values: 0 (No debug), 1 (Error), 2 (State change), 3 (Informational), 4 (Verbose).	1
CA Certificate File Path	tls.ca_file	Absolute path to CA certificate file.	none
Certificate File Path	tls.crt_file	Absolute path to certificate file.	none
Private Key File Path	tls.key_file	Absolute path to private key file.	none
Private Key Path Password	tls.key_passwd	Password for private key file.	none
TLS SNI Hostname Extension	tls.vhost	Hostname to be used for TLS SNI extension.	none

Advanced Networking

Name	Key	Description	Default
DNS Mode	net.dns.mode	Selects the primary DNS connection type, which can be TCP or UDP.	none
DNS Resolver	net.dns.resolver	Selects the primary DNS connection type, which can be LEGACY or ASYNC.	none
Prefer IPv4	net.dns.prefer_ipv4	Prioritizes IPv4 DNS results when trying to establish a connection. Accepted values: true, false.	false
Keepalive	net.keepalive	Enables or disables Keepalive support. Accepted values: true, false.	true
Keepalive Idle Timeout	net.keepalive_idle_timeout	Sets the maximum time allowed for an idle Keepalive connection.	30s
Max Connect Timeout	net.connect_timeout	Sets the maximum time allowed to establish a connection, which includes the TLS handshake.	10s
Max Connect Timeout Log Error	net.connect_timeout_log_error	Specifies whether to log an error on connection timeout. When disabled, the timeout is logged as a debug message. Accepted values: true, false.	true
Source Address	net.source_address	Specifies the network address to bind for data traffic.	none
Max Keepalive Recycle	net.keepalive_max_recycle	Sets the maximum number of times a keepalive connection can be used before it’s retired.	2000