null

The null output plugin just throws away events.

Example Configuration

out_null is included in Fluentd's core. No additional installation process is required.

<match pattern>
  @type null
</match>

Please see the Config File article for the basic structure and syntax of the configuration file.

Parameters

type (required)

The value must be null.

log_level option

The log_level option allows the user to set different levels of logging for each plugin. The supported log levels are: fatal, error, warn, info, debug, and trace.

Please see the logging article for further details.

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