[AndrewChubatiuk]

Added docs for custom Elasticsearch output custom HTTP headers

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• Documentation
  • Documented the Elasticsearch output’s optional header setting for adding HTTP headers; the default is no additional headers.

[esmerel]

I fixed the merge conflict, this should be ok to go if/when the appropriate code merges.

[eschabell]

@AndrewChubatiuk just fyi I've nudged the corresponding code PR fluent/fluent-bit#9416 for a review to hopefully move both the docs and code changes forward.

[patrick-stephens]

Can we add some examples particularly with multiple headers so people can see - what types of headers would be common here?

[eschabell]

@AndrewChubatiuk resolved your conflicts.

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Walkthrough

The Elasticsearch output configuration table now documents the header parameter, including support for one or more arbitrary HTTP header key/value pairs and a default of none.

Changes: Elasticsearch output documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document the header parameter pipeline/outputs/elasticsearch.md	The configuration table documents header as supporting one or more arbitrary HTTP header key/value pairs. Its default is none.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Change: Other

Suggested reviewers: patrick-stephens, eschabell

Merge Risk: Low · up to 8d13c

This docs-only change documents a custom HTTP header option for the Elasticsearch output. If the matching code change has not shipped, users may try a setting their release does not support. Merge it once the code change lands, or add a version-availability note first.

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The title "out_es: custom http headers" matches the single change in the changeset, which documents the new header parameter for adding custom HTTP headers to the Elasticsearch output plugin. It is short, specific, and names the plugin and the feature.

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[eschabell]

@AndrewChubatiuk just waiting on code PR merging.

[eschabell]

@AndrewChubatiuk I merged master into this branch to resolve the conflict in pipeline/outputs/elasticsearch.md. Master had added a drop_unrecoverable_records row and updated the generate_id row next to your header row. I kept both master rows and your header row after generate_id, so the PR's diff is still just the one new row.

Still open before this can merge:

• out_es: custom http headers fluent-bit#9416 needs to merge first.

• @patrick-stephens asked for examples with several headers. The code PR adds header as a multi-value option, so an example in YAML and classic format would cover it:

  header:
    - X-Custom-Header value1
    - X-Another-Header value2

The example uses the same list syntax as the existing out_http page, which matches the code PR's option type (FLB_CONFIG_MAP_SLIST_1 with FLB_CONFIG_MAP_MULT).

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Review comments at @pipeline/outputs/elasticsearch.md:
- Line 29: The Elasticsearch output documentation lists the `header` option
before it is available in the upstream configuration. Remove the `header` row
from the options table and add it only after the implementation is merged and
released.

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[eschabell]

@AndrewChubatiuk see @patrick-stephens review changes he requested.