These docs are for Cribl Edge 4.11 and are no longer actively maintained.

See the latest version (4.13).

Output Router Destination

Output Routers are meta-destinations that allow for output selection based on rules. Rules are evaluated in order, top‑down, with the first match being the winner.

Type: Internal | TLS Support: N/A | PQ Support: N/A

Configure Cribl Edge to Send to an Output Router

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In Cribl Edge, configure Output Router:

1. On the top bar, select Products, and then select Cribl Edge. Under Fleets, select a Fleet. Next, you have two options:
   • To configure via QuickConnect, navigate to Routing > QuickConnect (Stream) or Collect (Edge). Select Add Destination and select the Destination you want from the list, choosing either Select Existing or Add New.
   • To configure via the Routes, select Data > Destinations or More > Destinations (Edge). Select the Destination you want. Next, select Add Destination.
2. In the New Destination modal, configure the following under General Settings:
   • Router name: Enter a unique name to identify this Router definition. If you clone this Destination, Cribl Edge will add -CLONE to the original Output ID.
   • Description: Optionally, enter a description.
   • Rules: A list of event routing rules. For details, see Rules below.
3. Next, you can configure the following Optional Settings:
   • System fields: A list of fields to automatically add to events that use this output. For details, see System Fields below.
   • Tags: Optionally, add tags that you can use to filter and group Destinations on the Destinations page. These tags aren’t added to processed events. Use a tab or hard return between (arbitrary) tag names.
4. Optionally, configure any Advanced settings outlined in the sections below.
5. Select Save, then Commit & Deploy.

Rules

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Configure the following event routing rules settings.

• Filter expression: JavaScript expression to select events to send to output.
• Output: Output to send matching events to.
• Description: Optionally, enter a description of this rule’s purpose.
• Final: Toggle off if you want the event to be checked against other rules lower in the stack.

System Fields

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By default, includes cribl_pipe (identifying the Cribl Edge Pipeline that processed the event). Supports wildcards. Other options include:

• cribl_host – Cribl Edge Node that processed the event.
• cribl_input – Cribl Edge Source that processed the event.
• cribl_output – Cribl Edge Destination that processed the event.
• cribl_route – Cribl Edge Route (or QuickConnect) that processed the event.
• cribl_wp – Cribl Edge Worker Process that processed the event.

Advanced Settings

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Environment: If you’re using GitOps, optionally use this field to specify a single Git branch on which to enable this configuration. If empty, the config will be enabled everywhere.

Limitations/Options

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• An Output Router cannot reference another. This is by design, to avoid circular references.
• Also to avoid circular references, an Output Router cannot reference a Default Destination that points back to Output Router.
• Events that do not match any of the rules are dropped. Use a catch-all rule to change this behavior.
• No post-processing (conditioning) can be attached to the Output Router Destination itself. But you are free to use pre‑processing Pipelines on the Source tier, and post-processing Pipelines on any or all Destinations that the Output Router references.
• Data can be cloned by toggling Final off. Toggling on (default) results in no cloning.

Example

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Scenario:

• Send all events where host starts with 66 to Destination San Francisco.
• From the rest of the events: Send all events with method field POST or GET to both Seattle and Los Angeles (i.e., clone them).
• Send the remaining events to New York City.

Router Name: router66