[sinks.statsd]

title = "Statsd"

beta = true

common = false

delivery_guarantee = "best_effort"

egress_method = "streaming"

function_category = "transmit"

healthcheck = false

requirements = {}

input_types = ["metric"]

write_to_description = "[StatsD][urls.statsd] metrics service"

<%= render("_partials/_component_options.toml", type: "sink", name: "statsd") %>

[sinks.statsd.options.address]

type = "string"

common = true

examples = ["127.0.0.1:8125"]

default = "127.0.0.1:8125"

description = "The UDP socket address to send stats to."

[sinks.statsd.options.namespace]

type = "string"

common = true

examples = ["service"]

required = true

description = "A prefix that will be added to all metric names."

[[sinks.statsd.output.examples]]

label = "Generic"

body = """\

```text

gorets:1|c\nglork:320|ms\ngaugor:333|g\nuniques:765|s

```\

"""