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This feature is available as an add-on for the Honeycomb Enterprise plan. Please contact your Honeycomb account team for details.

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Description

The Delete Fields processor can be used to remove attributes, resource attributes, and log record body keys from telemetry in the pipeline.

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Supported Types

MetricsLogsTraces
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Configuration Table

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
telemetry_typestelemetrySelector["Logs", "Metrics", "Traces"]The list of telemetry types the processor will act on.
conditionstringtrueAn OTTL condition that must evaluate to true to apply this processor. By default, the processor applies to all telemetry.
body_keysstring[]One or more body key names to remove from telemetry data. Note: Body fields are applicable only for logs.
attributesstring[]One or more attribute names to remove from telemetry data.
resource_attributesstring[]One or more resource attribute names to remove from telemetry data.

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Example Configuration

This example configuration removes the “spid” body field, the “log.file.name” attribute, and the “host.id” resource attribute from any log record.

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Standalone Processor

apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
kind: Processor
metadata:
  id: delete-fields-v2
  name: delete-fields-v2
spec:
  type: delete_fields-v2
  parameters:
    - type: delete_fields-v2
      parameters:
        - name: telemetry_types
          value: ['Logs']
        - name: condition
          value: 'true'
        - name: body_keys
          value:
            - spid
        - name: attributes
          value:
            - log.file.name
        - name: resource_attributes
          value:
            - host.id

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Configuration with Embedded Processor

apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
kind: Configuration
metadata:
  id: delete-fields-v2
  name: delete-fields-v2
  labels:
    platform: linux
spec:
  sources:
    - type: journald
      parameters:
        - name: units
          value: []
        - name: directory
          value: ''
        - name: priority
          value: info
        - name: start_at
          value: end
      processors:
        - type: delete_fields-v2
          parameters:
            - name: telemetry_types
              value: ['Logs']
            - name: condition
              value: 'true'
            - name: body_keys
              value:
                - spid
            - name: attributes
              value:
                - file.name
            - name: resource_attribute
              value:
                - host.id
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      configuration: delete-fields-v2