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Logging Configuration
editLogging Configuration
editThe logging
section of the filebeat.yml
config file contains options
for configuring the Beats logging output. The logging system can write logs to
syslog or rotate log files. If logging is not explicitly configured, file output
is used on Windows systems, and syslog output is used on Linux and OS X.
logging.level: warning logging.to_files: true logging.to_syslog: false logging.files: path: /var/log/mybeat name: mybeat.log keepfiles: 7
In addition to the logging system, the logging output configuration can be modified from the command line.
Logging Options
editYou can specify the following options in the logging
section of the filebeat.yml
config file:
to_syslog
editIf enabled, sends all logging output to syslog. The default value is false.
to_files
editWrites all logging output to files subject to file rotation. The default value is true.
level
editMinimum log level. One of debug, info, warning, error or critical. If debug is
used, but no selectors are configured, the *
selector will be used.
The default log level is "info".
selectors
editThe list of debugging-only selector tags used by different Beats components. Use *
to enable debug output for all components. For example add publish
to display
all the debug messages related to event publishing. When starting the Beat,
selectors can be overwritten using the -d
command line option (-d
also sets
the debug log level).
metrics.enabled
editIf enabled, Filebeat periodically logs its internal metrics that have changed in the last period. For each metric that changed, the delta from the value at the beginning of the period is logged. Also, the total values for all non-zero internal metrics are logged on shutdown. The default is true.
Here is an example log line:
2016/07/04 12:16:10.821047 logp.go:194: INFO Non-zero metrics in the last 30s: libbeatEsPublishedAndAckedEvents=18 libbeatEsPublishWriteBytes=10045
Note that we currently offer no backwards compatible guarantees for the internal metrics and for this reason they are also not documented.
metrics.period
editThe period after which to log the internal metrics. The default is 30s.
files.path
editThe directory that log files are written to. The default is the logs path. See the Directory Layout section for details.
files.name
editThe name of the file that logs are written to. By default, the name of the Beat is used.
files.rotateeverybytes
editThe maximum size of a log file. If the limit is reached, a new log file is generated. The default size limit is 10485760 (10 MB).
files.keepfiles
editThe number of most recent rotated log files to keep on disk. Older files are
deleted during log rotation. The default value is 7. The keepfiles
options has to be
in the range of 2 to 1024 files.
Logging Format
editThe logging format is different for each logging type:
- to syslog: Syslog adds the timestamp itself.
-
to file: RFC 3339 format is used for the timestamp:
2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00 WARN log-message
. The format includes the timezone followed by the logging level. -
to stderr: UTC format is used for the timestamp:
2015/11/12 09:03:37.369262 geolite.go:52: WARN log-message
. The format includes the UTC timestamp with the milliseconds, then the name of the caller that sent the log entry followed by the logging level. This option should be used mainly for debugging.