Azure Event Hubs
Most recent version: v0.0.1
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The Azure Event Hubs Sink lets you send messages to an Azure Event Hub for real-time data streaming, providing support for message batching, retries, and secure connection options.
Select Azure Event Hubs from the list of Data sink types and click Configuration to start.
Now you need to specify how and where to send the data, and how to establish a connection with Azure Storage.
Enter the basic information for the new Data Sink.
Name*
Enter a name for the new Data Sink.
Description
Optionally, enter a description for the Data Sink.
Tags
Add tags to easily identify your Sink. Hit the Enter key after you define each tag.
Now add the configuration to establish the connection.
Event Hub Namespace*
The namespace is the container for your various event hubs. Click it to see the individual hubs it contains.
Event Hub Name*
To see the individual Event Hubs in your Namespace, click it in the list to open its contents. Scroll down to the bottom to see the list of Event Hubs.
Find the event hub to connect to and enter the name in this field.
Connection String
To communicate with an event hub or a namespace, you need a connection string.
Click the Event Hub name in the list to open it.
In the left menu, go to Shared Access Policies.
If there is no policy created for an event hub, create one with Manage, Send, or Listen access.
Select the policy from the list.
Select the copy button next to the Connection string-primary key field.
Depending on the version of Azure you are using, the corresponding field may have a different name, so to help you fins it look for the a string with the same format:
Endpoint=sb://.servicebus.windows.net/; SharedAccessKeyName=RootManageSharedAccessKey; SharedAccessKey=
Authentication Method*
If an authentication method is required, select the Method and enter the credentials of the selected method below. If not, select None.
Select Finish when completed and see it in your list of Sinks.
For information on where to find these values, see .
Decide whether or not to include this Data sink info in the metrics and graphs of the area.
SASL Password - select or create the containing this value.
Authentication Token - select or create the containing this value.
