Amazon S3 (im_amazons3)
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is an object storage service offering industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance.
This module can be used to collect logs from Amazon S3 and compatible services.
Amazon S3 buckets, objects, keys, and structure
Amazon S3 stores objects inside containers called buckets. A finite number of buckets that can store an infinite number of objects are available to the user. See Getting Started with Amazon S3 in the Amazon S3 User Guide for more information.
Both the input and output modules interact with a single bucket on Amazon S3. The module will not create, delete, or alter the bucket or any of its properties, permissions, or management options. Instead, you must create the bucket, provide the appropriate permissions (ACL), and further configure any lifecycle, replication, encryption, or other options. Similarly, the module does not alter the storage class of the objects stored or any other properties or permissions.
We selected a schema where we store events in a single bucket.
Each object has a key that references the server or service name, the date, and the time NXLog received the event.
Although Amazon S3 uses a flat structure to store objects, it groups objects with similar key prefixes resembling a filesystem structure.
The following is a visual representation of our naming scheme.
Note that the key name at the fourth level represents the time in UTC.
However, Amazon S3 uses the colon (:) as a special character; therefore, we replace it with the dot (.) character to simplify matters.
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MYBUCKET/
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SERVER01/
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2018-05-17/
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12.36.34.1
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12.36.35.1
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2018-05-18/
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10.46.34.1
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10.46.35.1
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10.46.35.2
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10.46.36.1
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SERVER02/
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2018-05-16/
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14.23.12.1
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2018-05-17/
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17.03.52.1
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17.03.52.2
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17.03.52.3
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Configuration
The im_amazons3 module accepts the following directives in addition to the common module directives. The Bucket, Region, and Server directives are required.
The AccessKey and SecretKey directives are required if NXLog is not running in the same tenant as the S3 bucket.
Required directives
The following directives are required for the module to start.
This mandatory directive specifies the Amazon S3 bucket name. |
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This boolean directive changes how the module constructs the URL to cater to providers like MinIO, which accepts the bucket name in the path instead of a subdomain.
The default is |
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This mandatory directive specifies the service region code. It accepts any value when used in conjunction with the URL directive. Otherwise, the following codes are supported:
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This mandatory directive sets the object path prefix.
The module will read object names starting with the specified value only.
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Specify the URL for a custom endpoint. If the protocol is not specified, the module will use HTTPS. |
TLS/SSL directives
The following directives are for configuring secure data transfer via TLS/SSL.
This directive specifies a path to a directory containing certificate authority (CA) certificates. These certificates will be used to verify the certificate presented by the remote server. The certificate files must be named using the OpenSSL hashed format, i.e. the hash of the certificate followed by .0, .1 etc. To find the hash of a certificate using OpenSSL: For example, if the certificate hash is A remote server’s self-signed certificate (which is not signed by a CA) can also be trusted by including a copy of the certificate in this directory. The default operating system root certificate store will be used if this directive is not specified.
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Optional directives
This optional directive specifies the AWS public access key ID. If AccessKey and SecretKey are missing, the module will try to read the credentials from the environment, STS, profile, or instance metadata. If none are available, the module will try to log in anonymously. |
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See the InputType directive in the list of common module directives. If this directive is not specified the default is LineBased (the module will use CRLF as the record terminator on Windows or LF on Unix). This directive also supports data converters, see the description in the InputType section. |
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This optional directive specifies how frequently the module will check for new events in seconds. If this directive is not specified, it defaults to 60 seconds. |
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This optional boolean directive instructs the module to only read logs that arrive after NXLog is started.
This directive comes into effect if a saved position is not found, for example on the first start, or when the SavePos directive is The following matrix shows the outcome of this directive in conjunction with the SavePos directive:
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If this boolean directive is set to |
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This optional directive sets the reconnect interval in seconds. If it is set, the module attempts to reconnect in every defined second. If it is not set, the reconnect interval will start at 1 second and doubles on every attempt. If the duration of the successful connection is greater than the current reconnect interval, then the reconnect interval will be reset to 1 sec. |
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This optional directive specifies the AWS secret access key. |
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This optional directive specifies the time in RFC 3339 format of the first event to pull, e.g., |
Fields
The following fields are used by im_amazons3.
$raw_event(type: string)-
A record from the stored object
Examples
This configuration uses the im_amazons3 input module to collect logs from an Amazon S3 Bucket named MYBUCKET.
The Server directive specifies that only object names starting with SERVER01 should be collected.
<Input amazon_s3>
Module im_amazons3
Region us-east-1
Bucket MYBUCKET
Server SERVER01
StartFrom 2022-09-15T10:23:00-06:00 (1)
AccessKey <YOUR_ACCESS_KEY> (2)
SecretKey <YOUR_SECRET_KEY> (3)
</Input>This configuration uses the im_amazons3 input module to collect logs from a self-hosted MinIO S3 instance.
<Input amazon_s3>
Module im_amazons3
URL https://example.net (1)
Region myminio
Bucket MYBUCKET
Server SERVER01
AccessKey <YOUR_ACCESS_KEY> (2)
SecretKey <YOUR_SECRET_KEY> (3)
</Input>
