File Log OpenTelemetry input

Serverless Observability Serverless Security Stack 9.2.0


Version	0.1.0 Beta (View all)
Subscription level What's this?	Basic
Developed by What's this?	Elastic

The File Log OpenTelemetry input integration v0.1.0 is in beta

To use beta integrations, go to the Integrations page in Kibana, scroll down, and toggle on the Display beta integrations option.

Overview

The File Log OpenTelemetry input collects logs from files using the File Log Receiver of the OTel Collector.

This integration can be used to collect logs from files.

How it works

This integration tails and parses logs from files. Observed files are the ones matching the configured patterns.

What data does this integration collect?

Key fields are stored following Semantic Conventions for logs, among them:

Field Name	Description
message	Collected log line.
log.file.name	File name.
log.file.path	File path.

Supported use cases

This integration can be used to collect custom log files.

How do I deploy this integration?

Agent-based deployment

Elastic Agent must be installed. For more details, check the Elastic Agent installation instructions. You can install only one Elastic Agent per host.

Elastic Agent is required to have permissions to read the monitored files.

Onboard / configure

This integration needs to be configured with the glob patterns of the files to collect.

Validation

Once configured, you can find documents with the content of the collected log files.

Troubleshooting

For help with Elastic ingest tools, check Common problems.

Scaling

For more information on architectures that can be used for scaling this integration, check the Ingest Architectures documentation.

Reference

Inputs used

This package uses the File Log Receiver of the OTel Collector.