• A component of thejdbc integration plugin
• Integration version: v5.6.1
• Released on: 2025-09-30
• Changelog

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This filter executes a SQL query and stores the result set in the field specified astarget. It will cache the results locally in an LRU cache with expiry.

For example, you can load a row based on an id in the event.

filter {  jdbc_streaming {    jdbc_driver_library => "/path/to/mysql-connector-java-5.1.34-bin.jar"    jdbc_driver_class => "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"    jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydatabase"    jdbc_user => "me"    jdbc_password => "secret"    statement => "select * from WORLD.COUNTRY WHERE Code = :code"    parameters => { "code" => "country_code"}    target => "country_details"  }}

Using server side prepared statements can speed up execution times as the server optimises the query plan and execution.

Not all JDBC accessible technologies will support prepared statements.

With the introduction of Prepared Statement support comes a different code execution path and some new settings. Most of the existing settings are still useful but there are several new settings for Prepared Statements to read up on.

Use the boolean settinguse_prepared_statements to enable this execution mode.

Use theprepared_statement_name setting to specify a name for the Prepared Statement, this identifies the prepared statement locally and remotely and it should be unique in your config and on the database.

Use theprepared_statement_bind_values array setting to specify the bind values. Typically, these values are indirectly extracted from your event, i.e. the string in the array refers to a field name in your event. You can also use constant values like numbers or strings but ensure that any string constants (e.g. a locale constant of "en" or "de") is not also an event field name. It is a good idea to use the bracketed field reference syntax for fields and normal strings for constants, e.g.prepared_statement_bind_values => ["[src_ip]", "tokyo"],.

There are 3 possible parameter schemes. Interpolated, field references and constants. Use interpolation when you are prefixing, suffixing or concatenating field values to create a value that exists in your database, e.g. "%{username}@%{domain}" → "alice@example.org", "%{distance}km" → "42km". Use field references for exact field values e.g. "[srcip]" → "192.168.1.2". Use constants when a database column holds values that slice or categorise a number of similar records e.g. language translations.

A boolean settingprepared_statement_warn_on_constant_usage, defaulting to true, controls whether you will see a WARN message logged that warns when constants could be missing the bracketed field reference syntax. If you have set your field references and constants correctly you should setprepared_statement_warn_on_constant_usage to false. This setting and code checks should be deprecated in a future major Logstash release.

Thestatement (orstatement_path) setting still holds the SQL statement but to use bind variables you must use the? character as a placeholder in the exact order found in theprepared_statement_bind_values array. Some technologies may require connection string properties to be set, see MySQL example below.

Example:

filter {  jdbc_streaming {    jdbc_driver_library => "/path/to/mysql-connector-java-5.1.34-bin.jar"    jdbc_driver_class => "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"    jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydatabase?cachePrepStmts=true&prepStmtCacheSize=250&prepStmtCacheSqlLimit=2048&useServerPrepStmts=true"    jdbc_user => "me"    jdbc_password => "secret"    statement => "select * from WORLD.COUNTRY WHERE Code = ?"    use_prepared_statements => true    prepared_statement_name => "lookup_country_info"    prepared_statement_bind_values => ["[country_code]"]    target => "country_details"  }}

This plugin supports the following configuration options plus theCommon options described later.

Also seeCommon options for a list of options supported by all filter plugins.

• Value type isnumber
• Default value is5.0

The minimum number of seconds any entry should remain in the cache. Defaults to 5 seconds.

A numeric value. You can use decimals for example:cache_expiration => 0.25. If there are transient jdbc errors, the cache will store empty results for a given parameter set and bypass the jbdc lookup. This will merge the default_hash into the event until the cache entry expires. Then the jdbc lookup will be tried again for the same parameters. Conversely, while the cache contains valid results, any external problem that would cause jdbc errors will not be noticed for the cache_expiration period.

• Value type isnumber
• Default value is500

The maximum number of cache entries that will be stored. Defaults to 500 entries. The least recently used entry will be evicted.

• Value type ishash
• Default value is{}

Define a default object to use when lookup fails to return a matching row. Ensure that the key names of this object match the columns from the statement.

• This is a required setting.
• Value type isstring
• There is no default value for this setting.

JDBC connection string

• This is a required setting.
• Value type isstring
• There is no default value for this setting.

JDBC driver class to load, for example "oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver" or "org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver"

• Value type ispath
• There is no default value for this setting.

JDBC driver library path to third party driver library.

• Value type ispassword
• There is no default value for this setting.

JDBC password

• Value type isstring
• There is no default value for this setting.

JDBC user

• Value type isboolean
• Default value isfalse

Connection pool configuration. Validate connection before use.

• Value type isnumber
• Default value is3600

Connection pool configuration. How often to validate a connection (in seconds).

• Value type ishash
• Default value is{}

Hash of query parameter, for example{ "id" => "id_field" }.

• Value type isarray
• Default value is[]

Array of bind values for the prepared statement. Use field references and constants. See the section onprepared_statements for more info.

• Value type isstring
• Default value is""

Name given to the prepared statement. It must be unique in your config and in the database. You need to supply this ifuse_prepared_statements is true.

• Value type isboolean
• Default value istrue

A flag that controls whether a warning is logged if, inprepared_statement_bind_values, a String constant is detected that might be intended as a field reference.

• Value type ishash
• Default value is{}

General/Vendor-specific Sequel configuration options

An example of an optional connection pool configuration max_connections - The maximum number of connections the connection pool

examples of vendor-specific options can be found in this documentation page:https://github.com/jeremyevans/sequel/blob/master/doc/opening_databases.rdoc

• This is a required setting.
• Value type isstring
• There is no default value for this setting.

Statement to execute. To use parameters, use named parameter syntax, for example "SELECT * FROM MYTABLE WHERE ID = :id".

• Value type isarray
• Default value is["_jdbcstreamingdefaultsused"]

Append values to thetags field if no record was found and default values were used.

• Value type isarray
• Default value is["_jdbcstreamingfailure"]

Append values to thetags field if sql error occurred.

• This is a required setting.
• Value type isstring
• There is no default value for this setting.

Define the target field to store the extracted result(s). Field is overwritten if exists.

• Value type isboolean
• Default value istrue

Enable or disable caching, boolean true or false. Defaults to true.

• Value type isboolean
• Default value isfalse

When set totrue, enables prepare statement usage

These configuration options are supported by all filter plugins:

• Value type ishash
• Default value is{}

If this filter is successful, add any arbitrary fields to this event. Field names can be dynamic and include parts of the event using the%{field}.

Example:

filter {  jdbc_streaming {    add_field => { "foo_%{somefield}" => "Hello world, from %{host}" }  }}

# You can also add multiple fields at once:filter {  jdbc_streaming {    add_field => {      "foo_%{somefield}" => "Hello world, from %{host}"      "new_field" => "new_static_value"    }  }}

If the event has field"somefield" == "hello" this filter, on success, would add fieldfoo_hello if it is present, with the value above and the%{host} piece replaced with that value from the event. The second example would also add a hardcoded field.

• Value type isarray
• Default value is[]

If this filter is successful, add arbitrary tags to the event. Tags can be dynamic and include parts of the event using the%{field} syntax.

Example:

filter {  jdbc_streaming {    add_tag => [ "foo_%{somefield}" ]  }}

# You can also add multiple tags at once:filter {  jdbc_streaming {    add_tag => [ "foo_%{somefield}", "taggedy_tag"]  }}

If the event has field"somefield" == "hello" this filter, on success, would add a tagfoo_hello (and the second example would of course add ataggedy_tag tag).

• Value type isboolean
• Default value istrue

Disable or enable metric logging for this specific plugin instance by default we record all the metrics we can, but you can disable metrics collection for a specific plugin.

• Value type isstring
• There is no default value for this setting.

Add a uniqueID to the plugin configuration. If no ID is specified, Logstash will generate one. It is strongly recommended to set this ID in your configuration. This is particularly useful when you have two or more plugins of the same type, for example, if you have 2 jdbc_streaming filters. Adding a named ID in this case will help in monitoring Logstash when using the monitoring APIs.

filter {  jdbc_streaming {    id => "ABC"  }}

• Value type isboolean
• Default value isfalse

Call the filter flush method at regular interval. Optional.

• Value type isarray
• Default value is[]

If this filter is successful, remove arbitrary fields from this event. Fields names can be dynamic and include parts of the event using the %{field} Example:

filter {  jdbc_streaming {    remove_field => [ "foo_%{somefield}" ]  }}

# You can also remove multiple fields at once:filter {  jdbc_streaming {    remove_field => [ "foo_%{somefield}", "my_extraneous_field" ]  }}

If the event has field"somefield" == "hello" this filter, on success, would remove the field with namefoo_hello if it is present. The second example would remove an additional, non-dynamic field.

• Value type isarray
• Default value is[]

If this filter is successful, remove arbitrary tags from the event. Tags can be dynamic and include parts of the event using the%{field} syntax.

Example:

filter {  jdbc_streaming {    remove_tag => [ "foo_%{somefield}" ]  }}

# You can also remove multiple tags at once:filter {  jdbc_streaming {    remove_tag => [ "foo_%{somefield}", "sad_unwanted_tag"]  }}

If the event has field"somefield" == "hello" this filter, on success, would remove the tagfoo_hello if it is present. The second example would remove a sad, unwanted tag as well.