Filelog

Supported Platforms

Platform	Metrics	Logs	Traces
Linux		✓
Windows		✓
macOS		✓

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
file_path*	`strings`		File or directory paths to tail for logs.
exclude_file_path	`strings`	""	File or directory paths to exclude.
log_type	`string`	"file"	A friendly name that will be added to each log entry as an attribute.
parse_format	`enum`	none	Method to use when parsing. Valid values are `none`, `json`, and `regex`. When regex is selected, 'Regex Pattern' must be set.
regex_pattern	`string`		The regex pattern used when parsing log entries.
start_at	`enum`	end	Start reading file from 'beginning' or 'end'.
multiline_line_start_pattern	`string`		Regex pattern that matches beginning of a log entry, for handling multiline logs.
encoding	`enum`	utf-8	The encoding of the file being read. Valid values are `nop`, `utf-8`, `utf-16le`, `utf-16be`, `ascii`, and `big5`.

*required field