There are some keys you can add to the general configuration of a forwarder in order to have more control over it.
For example, you can pause it with stop_send, simply add it to the general config.
{
"stop_send": true
}
that will pause the forwarder and queue the messages until you remove that key.
Other keys that may be useful are
"stop_send":true ---> stops sending data, messages are stored in a queue
"stop_queue":true ---> stops sending data, and does not queue
"discard": true ---> discards what's in queue and new messages
For more information about the forwarder keys please visit: Forwarders docs
