output to sumo fails without source_host

[akilada]

In the documentation it says "source_host" in not mandatory. However, in version "1.1.2" output to sumo if you do not specify "source_host".

Documentation needs to be updated.

      output {
      if [@metadata][to_sumologic] == "1" {
        sumologic {
          url => "<URL>"
          format => "%{@timestamp} %{@json}"
          source_category => "<CATEGORY>"
          source_host => "<HOSTNAME>"
        }
      }
    }

[bin3377]

Hi @akilada , in my testing, if not put source_host, the value will be set as the result of hostname command. What's the error or output when you not specify source_host ?

BTW, it's probably has problem if running on Windows since there is no hostname command by default. If that's the case, you may create a hostname.cmd with single line @echo %COMPUTERNAME% in it and place somewhere in the PATH for a workaround