libbeat outputs: support worker or workers settings

CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc

@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ Setting environmental variable ELASTIC_NETINFO:false in Elastic Agent pod will d
 - Enhance add_cloud_metadata processor with `orchestrator.cluster.name`, `orchestrator.cluster.id` and `azure.resourcegroup.name` when running inside an AKS cluster. {issue}33081[33081] {pull}37685[37685]
 - Upgrade go-sysinfo from 1.12.0 to 1.13.1. {pull}37996[37996]
 - Make `range` condition work with numeric values as strings. {pull}38080[38080]
+- Allow users to configure number of output workers (for outputs that support workers) with either `worker` or `workers`. {pull}38257[38257]
 
 *Auditbeat*
 

libbeat/outputs/elasticsearch/docs/elasticsearch.asciidoc

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ The default value is `false`.
 
 
 [[worker-option]]
-===== `worker`
+===== `worker` or `workers`
 
 The number of workers per configured host publishing events to Elasticsearch. This
 is best used with load balancing mode enabled. Example: If you have 2 hosts and

libbeat/outputs/hosts.go

@@ -17,33 +17,61 @@
 
 package outputs
 
-import "github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/config"
+import (
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/config"
+)
+
+type hostWorkerCfg struct {
+	Hosts []string `config:"hosts"  validate:"required"`
+
+	// Worker is the number of output workers desired.
+	Worker int `config:"worker"`
+
+	// Workers is an alias for Worker. If both Worker and Workers are set,
+	// the value of Worker should take precedence. To always retrieve the correct
+	// value, use the NumWorkers() method.
+	Workers int `config:"workers"`
+}
+
+// NumWorkers returns the number of output workers desired.
+func (hwc hostWorkerCfg) NumWorkers() int {
+	// Both Worker and Workers are set; give precedence to Worker.
+	if hwc.Worker != 0 && hwc.Workers != 0 {
+		return hwc.Worker
+	}
+
+	// Only one is set; figure out which one and return its value.
+	if hwc.Worker != 0 {
+		return hwc.Worker
+	}
+
+	return hwc.Workers
+}
 
 // ReadHostList reads a list of hosts to connect to from an configuration
 // object. If the `worker` settings is > 1, each host is duplicated in the final
 // host list by the number of `worker`.
 func ReadHostList(cfg *config.C) ([]string, error) {
-	config := struct {
-		Hosts  []string `config:"hosts"  validate:"required"`
-		Worker int      `config:"worker" validate:"min=1"`
-	}{
-		Worker: 1,
-	}
-
+	var config hostWorkerCfg
 	err := cfg.Unpack(&config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// Default to one worker
+	if config.NumWorkers() < 1 {
+		config.Worker = 1
+	}
+
 	lst := config.Hosts
-	if len(lst) == 0 || config.Worker <= 1 {
+	if len(lst) == 0 || config.NumWorkers() <= 1 {
 		return lst, nil
 	}
 
-	// duplicate entries config.Worker times
-	hosts := make([]string, 0, len(lst)*config.Worker)
+	// duplicate entries config.NumWorkers() times
+	hosts := make([]string, 0, len(lst)*config.NumWorkers())
 	for _, entry := range lst {
-		for i := 0; i < config.Worker; i++ {
+		for i := 0; i < config.NumWorkers(); i++ {
 			hosts = append(hosts, entry)
 		}
 	}

libbeat/outputs/hosts_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+// the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package outputs
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/config"
+)
+
+func TestHostsNumWorkers(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := map[string]struct {
+		hwc                hostWorkerCfg
+		expectedNumWorkers int
+	}{
+		"worker_set":  {hwc: hostWorkerCfg{Worker: 17}, expectedNumWorkers: 17},
+		"workers_set": {hwc: hostWorkerCfg{Workers: 23}, expectedNumWorkers: 23},
+		"both_set":    {hwc: hostWorkerCfg{Worker: 17, Workers: 23}, expectedNumWorkers: 17},
+	}
+
+	for name, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			require.Equal(t, test.expectedNumWorkers, test.hwc.NumWorkers())
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestReadHostList(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := map[string]struct {
+		cfg           map[string]interface{}
+		expectedHosts []string
+	}{
+		"one_host_no_worker_set": {
+			cfg: map[string]interface{}{
+				"hosts": []string{"foo.bar"},
+			},
+			expectedHosts: []string{"foo.bar"},
+		},
+		"one_host_worker_set": {
+			cfg: map[string]interface{}{
+				"hosts":  []string{"foo.bar"},
+				"worker": 3,
+			},
+			expectedHosts: []string{"foo.bar", "foo.bar", "foo.bar"},
+		},
+		"one_host_workers_set": {
+			cfg: map[string]interface{}{
+				"hosts":   []string{"foo.bar"},
+				"workers": 2,
+			},
+			expectedHosts: []string{"foo.bar", "foo.bar"},
+		},
+		"one_host_worker_workers_both_set": {
+			cfg: map[string]interface{}{
+				"hosts":   []string{"foo.bar"},
+				"worker":  3,
+				"workers": 2,
+			},
+			expectedHosts: []string{"foo.bar", "foo.bar", "foo.bar"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for name, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cfg, err := config.NewConfigFrom(test.cfg)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			hosts, err := ReadHostList(cfg)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, test.expectedHosts, hosts)
+		})
+	}
+}

libbeat/outputs/logstash/docs/logstash.asciidoc

@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ Configure escaping of HTML in strings. Set to `true` to enable escaping.
 
 The default value is `false`.
 
-===== `worker`
+===== `worker` or `workers`
 
 The number of workers per configured host publishing events to {ls}. This
 is best used with load balancing mode enabled. Example: If you have 2 hosts and

libbeat/outputs/redis/docs/redis.asciidoc

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Output codec configuration. If the `codec` section is missing, events will be js
 
 See <<configuration-output-codec>> for more information.
 
-===== `worker`
+===== `worker` or `workers`
 
 The number of workers to use for each host configured to publish events to Redis. Use this setting along with the
 `loadbalance` option. For example, if you have 2 hosts and 3 workers, in total 6 workers are started (3 for each host).