Cherry-pick #22699 to 7.x: Add support for reading from UNIX datagram sockets #22791
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Cherry-pick of PR #22699 to 7.x branch. Original message:
What does this PR do?
This PR adds support for reading from UNIX datagram sockets both from the
unix
input and thesyslog
input. A new option is added to select the type of the socket namedsocket_type
. Available options are:stream
anddatagram
.Why is it important?
A few applications which send logs over Unix sockets, use datagrams not streams. From now on, Filebeat can accept input from these applications as well.
Checklist
- [ ] I have made corresponding change to the default configuration filesCHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
orCHANGELOG-developer.next.asciidoc
.Related issues
Closes #18632