Telemetry Generator

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

Supported Platforms 

Platform Metrics Logs Traces
Linux
Windows
macOS

Description 

The Telemetry Generator is a source that generates random telemetry data for testing purposes. This source is useful for testing the load and pipeline configurations.

Minimum Agent Versions 

  • Introduced: v1.46.0
  • Updated to include Host Metrics & Windows Events: v1.47.0

Supported Pipelines 

  • Logs
  • Metrics
  • Traces

Configuration for all generators 

Field Default Required Description
Payloads per second 1 true The number of payloads this receiver will generate per second.

Logs Generator Configuration 

Field Description
Resource Attributes A map of resource attributes to be included in the generated telemetry. Values can be any.
Attributes A map of attributes to be included in the generated telemetry. Values can be any.
body The body of the log
severity The severity of the log message

OTLP Replay Generator 

The OTLP Replay Generator replays JSON-formatted telemetry. It adjusts the timestamps of the telemetry relative the current time, with the most recent record moved to the current time, and the previous records the same relative duration in the past. The text in the OTLP JSON box should be valid JSON-formatted OTLP, such as the JSON created by plog.JSONMarshaler,ptrace.JSONMarshaler, or pmetric.JSONMarshaler.

Field Description
Type The type of telemetry to replay: logs, metrics, or traces.
OTLP JSON A string of JSON encoded OTLP telemetry

Host Metrics Generator 

The host metrics generator creates synthetic host metrics, from a list of pre-defined metrics. The metrics resource attributes can be set in the Resource Attributes section of the configuration.

Windows Events Generator 

The Windows Events Generator replays a sample of recorded Windows Event Log data. It has no additional configuration.