Elasticsearch Input Plugin on Timer

Elastic Stack Logstash
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Is it possible to have the Elasticsearch input plugin fire on a timer? Ex. I would like it to fire once every hour. Or would I have to orchestrate this somehow outside of Logstash?

Thanks!

2

What do you want to do during / after the timer fires?

3

Thanks for the response! I want to query ES using an aggregation search, and then place that aggregated data back into ES. Possibly event a different index that holds the aggregates. I'd like to do this once every hour.

I guess I struggle to see the flow of the ES input plugin now? When / how often does it typically run?

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The only way I can think of is to use a cron job / like applications to achieve this

How to run the schedule every five minutes in Logstash 5.0?.