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Send events to Lumi

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Explains how to send events to Imply Lumi using various ingestion integrations, with guidance on selecting protocols based on your use case and infrastructure for forwarding events.

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In the observability landscape, events are the building blocks that help you understand the state of your system at any given moment. Sending events is an integral step in the event lifecycle, after which you can parse and transform your data and explore it with various queries.

Imply Lumi is an observability warehouse that can integrate with your existing tooling and workflow. Whether you use Lumi as a standalone product or alongside your current setup, consider the following aspects when you send events to Lumi:

  • Forwarding agent and communication protocol that fits your infrastructure
  • Types of events and data structures you have
  • Any transformations or filtering needed for incoming events

Ingestion integrations​

You can send events to Lumi through various ingestion integrations. The integration you select depends on your application, performance, and security requirements.

Integrations page

Ingestion protocol strategy​

The specific integration you use to send events to Lumi depends on your use case and event forwarding infrastructure. This section presents high-level guidance on which protocol may be suitable for your observability application.

To learn about Lumi as it relates to the Splunk ecosystem, see Lumi concepts for Splunk users.

The following diagram summarizes these strategies:

Ingestion integration diagram

Event transformation​

To transform events in Lumi, you create a pipeline and define processors as components in the pipeline. You can enrich incoming events with relevant metadata, extract key features from structured formats, or perform other processing tasks. For more information, see Transform events.

Learn more​

For tutorials on the send methods, see the following topics:

See the Quickstart and File upload reference for details on uploading files to Lumi.