Server should provide controls to limit oversized events

[cwjohnston]

Expected Behavior

As an operator of a Sensu server, I can prevent oversized events from being persisted to the datastore.

Current Behavior

Operators cannot reasonably prevent large check results from being piped into Sensu via client socket or standalone checks.

Possible Solution

Implement configurable limits on persisted event sizes.

Context

Under certain conditions, events of 100mb have caused Sensu instances to become unresponsive. Without the ability to prevent events like these from being persisted to the datastore, this could be used as a vector for denial of service attacks.

Your Environment

• Sensu version used: 1.8.0