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File Output Configurationedit
The File output dumps the transactions into a file where each transaction is in a JSON format. Currently, this output is used for testing, but it can be used as input for Logstash.
output.file: path: "/tmp/filebeat" filename: filebeat #rotate_every_kb: 10000 #number_of_files: 7
File Output Optionsedit
You can specify the following options in the file
section of the filebeat.yml
config file:
enablededit
The enabled config is a boolean setting to enable or disable the output. If set to false, the output is disabled.
The default value is true.
pathedit
The path to the directory where the generated files will be saved. This option is mandatory.
filenameedit
The name of the generated files. The default is set to the Beat name. For example, the files generated by default for Filebeat would be "filebeat", "filebeat.1", "filebeat.2", and so on.
rotate_every_kbedit
The maximum size in kilobytes of each file. When this size is reached, the files are rotated. The default value is 10240 KB.