Configure doc-id value for Aerospike Connect for Elasticsearch

An optional doc-id section of the aerospike-elasticsearch-outbound.yaml file defines how to generate an Elasticsearch’s document ID.

This field has the following two properties:

Property	Required	Default	Description
source	Yes		Source for generating Elasticsearch’s `doc-id` value.
failure-strategy	No	`USE_DIGEST`	What to do if Aerospike can’t generate the `doc-id` value using the specified source. While not all sources are compatible with this configuration parameter, you can still generate the `doc-id` value using those sources.

Source values

The source field accepts the following values:

Value	Description	Can configure failure-strategy
none	The destination system will auto-generate the value or use null.	No
system-default	The connector sets a different default source. In this case, it is set to source none.	No
namespace	Use the record’s namespace as Elasticsearch’s `doc-id` value.	No
set	Use the record’s set name as Elasticsearch’s `doc-id` value.	Yes
digest	Use the record’s digest as Elasticsearch’s `doc-id` value.	No
user-key	Use the record’s user-key as Elasticsearch’s `doc-id` value.	Yes
bin-value	Use the record’s bin value of the given bin name as Elasticsearch’s `doc-id` value.	Yes
static	Use a static value as Elasticsearch’s `doc-id` value.	No

Failure Strategy values

While not all sources are compatible with this configuration parameter, you can still generate the doc-id value using those sources.

The failure-strategy field accepts the following values:

Value	Description	Details
USE_DIGEST	Use the record’s digest as Elasticsearch’s `doc-id` value.	This value is always available.
FAIL	Send the temporary error to XDR so that it will retry the record.
IGNORE	Send the permanent error to XDR so that it will not retry the record.	In this situation, the record is never shipped to the destination system.

Examples

You can use any of the failure-strategy values wherever applicable. The following examples show usage of all failure-strategy values at different places.

Source: none

…
doc-id:
  source: none
…

Source: system-default

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doc-id:
  source: system-default
…

Source: namespace

…
doc-id:
  source: namespace
…

Source: set

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doc-id:
  source: set
  failure-strategy: USE_DIGEST
…

Source: digest

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doc-id:
  source: digest
…

Source: user-key

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doc-id:
  source: user-key
  failure-strategy: FAIL
…

Source: bin-value

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doc-id:
  source: bin-value
  bin-name: color
  failure-strategy: IGNORE
…

Source: static

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doc-id:
  source: static
  value: dummy_doc_id
…