How to use client-side load balancing with Vector as source

[hannuriha]

Hi

In the documentation below, it says that vector is capable of client-side load balancing.
https://vector.dev/docs/setup/going-to-prod/architecting/#aggregator-role

However, it is difficult to find the client-side load balancing settings on https://vector.dev/docs/reference/configuration/sinks/vector/.

I would like to know which ones are client load balancing in vector.

Please let me know.
Regards,

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EDIT:

ChatGPT said the wrong answer

[jszwedko]

Hi @hannuriha !

You are correct, that diagram is inaccurate. Only the elasticsearch sink currently supports client-side load balancing. We had considered extending this to the vector sink which is probably why the diagram has it there. For now, load balancing requires a deployed load balancer like nginx or haproxy.

Neat use of ChatGPT but it does seem to be giving an incorrect answer.