Dummy logs, metrics, and traces source plugin - Cortex XCOR Documentation

This information is for Palo Alto Networks Telemetry Pipeline, which is a standalone product separate from Palo Alto Networks Cortex XCOR.

The Dummy logs, metrics, and traces source plugin (name: event_type) lets you create placeholder telemetry data for Palo Alto Networks Telemetry Pipeline. Although this is a self-contained plugin that doesn’t communicate with external sources, it’s still classified as a pull-based source plugin.

Supported telemetry types

The Dummy logs, metrics, and traces source plugin for Palo Alto Networks Telemetry Pipeline supports these telemetry types:

Logs	Metrics	Traces

Configuration parameters

Use the parameters in this section to configure the Dummy logs, metrics, and traces source plugin. The Palo Alto Networks 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
Telemetry Type	`type`	Required. The type of telemetry data to generate. Accepted values: `logs`, `metrics`, `traces`.	`logs`

Advanced

Name	Key	Description	Default
Memory Buffer Limit	`mem_buf_limit`	Sets a limit for how much buffered data the plugin can write to memory, which affects backpressure. This value must follow Fluent Bit’s rules for unit sizes. If unspecified, no limit is enforced. For v2 pipelines, this parameter affects only pipelines with the Deployment or DaemonSet workload type. To learn more, see the v2 backpressure guide. For v3 pipelines, this parameter is independent from the OpenTelemetry `memory_limiter` and `batch` processors.	none