IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
ECS logging with Filebeatedit
Elastic Common Schema (ECS) loggers format your logs into ECS-compatible JSON, removing the need to manually parse logs.
Requirements
- (Optional) Elastic APM agent for your programming language (for log correlation)
- The Elastic ECS logger for your language or framework
- Filebeat configured to monitor and capture application logs
Pros
- Popular logging frameworks supported
- Simplicity: no manual parsing with Filebeat, and a configuration can be reused across applications
- Decently human-readable JSON structure
- APM log correlation
- Resilient in case of outages
Cons
- Not all frameworks are supported
- Requires modification of the application and its log configuration
Get startededit
See the guide for your favorite logging framework: