om_http bulk / batch output to Splunk

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woodsb02

Hi everyone,

The user guide section for the om_http module explains:

Each event is transferred in a single POST request.
https://nxlog.co/documentation/nxlog-user-guide#om_http

When https is used, is the TLS handshake also performed for each event? This seems like it would be quite inefficient.

Are there any plans to support bulk / batch exporting of many events in a single http post, specifically for exporting data to the Splunk HEC?

rsyslog and syslog-ng support batch exporting events to Splunk using the external python script omsplunkhec.py, as explained here:
https://www.splunk.com/blog/2017/03/30/syslog-ng-and-hec-scalable-aggregated-data-collection-in-splunk.html

NXLog supports batch exporting events to Elasticsearch using their bulk API:
https://nxlog.co/documentation/nxlog-user-guide#om_elasticsearch