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Generator configuration

time

Commentary​

added in 0.5.7

global configuration

Sets the wallclock time to begin at the specified UNIX millisecond timestamp.

Examples​

Set the starting time​

Use time in the global configuration to run as if this were the wallclock time at the outset of execution.

{
    "generators": [
        {
            "topic": "sandbox",
            "value": {
                "now": {
                    "_gen": "formatDateTime",
                    "ms": {
                        "_gen": "now"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    ],
    "globalConfigs": {
        "time": 1420099200000
    },
    "connections": {
        "kafka": {
            "kind": "kafka",
            "producerConfigs": {
                "bootstrap.servers": "localhost:9092",
                "key.serializer": "io.shadowtraffic.kafka.serdes.JsonSerializer",
                "value.serializer": "io.shadowtraffic.kafka.serdes.JsonSerializer"
            }
        }
    }
}

Specification​

JSON schema​

{
    "type": "integer"
}