Loadbalance question

[yodog]

i've read that loadbalance: false will try another host if the selected one becomes unresponsive.

loadbalance

If set to true and multiple Logstash hosts are configured, the output plugin
load balances published events onto all Logstash hosts. If set to false, the
output plugin sends all events to only one host (determined at random) and will
switch to another host if the selected one becomes unresponsive.
The default value is false.

does setting loadbalance: true also enable failover?

or will it wait forever? or even worse, drop the data?

[exekias (Carlos Pérez Aradros)]

Hi @yodog,

from the docs:

If set to false, the
output plugin sends all events to only one host (determined at random) and will
switch to another host if the selected one becomes unresponsive.

That means that in case of error it will try the next one on the list

[yodog]

Ah yes
I've got the 'false' behavior.
My question is: does it behave the same if set to 'true'?

[exekias (Carlos Pérez Aradros)]

Yes, it should go to a different host if one fails