This functionality is experimental and may be changed or removed completely in a
future release. Elastic will take a best effort approach to fix any issues, but
experimental features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA
features.
Change the output codec
editChange the output codec
editFor outputs that do not require a specific encoding, you can change the encoding
by using the codec configuration. You can specify either the json
or format
codec. By default the json
codec is used.
json.pretty
: If pretty
is set to true, events will be nicely formatted. The default is false.
json.escape_html
: If escape_html
is set to true, html symbols will be escaped in strings. The default is false.
Example configuration that uses the json
codec with pretty printing enabled to write events to the console:
output.console: codec.json: pretty: true escape_html: false
format.string
: Configurable format string used to create a custom formatted message.
Example configurable that uses the format
codec to print the events timestamp and message field to console:
output.console: codec.format: string: '%{[@timestamp]} %{[message]}'