gRPC sinks data to a server that implements the server API for the Sink service.

This sink can also be used for inter-process communication (IPC) by using a localhost server. By default, the sink creates an insecure connection that is unauthenticated and unencrypted.

Interpretation Methods

The sink supports these interpretation methods:

  • object
  • data

Settings

FieldTypeDescriptionRequired
serverstringthe address and port number for the server that data is sent to.Yes
timeoutintegerthe amount of time (in seconds) to wait before cancelling the request.

defaults to 10 seconds
No
certificatestringthe file containing a server certificate, which enables SSL/TLS server authentication.

the certificate file can be either a path on local disk, an HTTP(S) URL, or an AWS S3 URL.
No