# Common Event Format

### Supported Platforms

| Platform | Metrics | Logs | Traces |
| -------- | ------- | ---- | ------ |
| Linux    |         | ✓    |        |
| Windows  |         | ✓    |        |
| macOS    |         | ✓    |        |

### Configuration Table

<table><thead><tr><th width="121.62109375">Parameter</th><th width="116.578125">Type</th><th width="99.7265625">Default</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>file_log_path*</td><td><code>strings</code></td><td></td><td>Specify a single path or multiple paths to read one or many files. You may also use a wildcard (*) to read multiple files within a directory.</td></tr><tr><td>exclude_file_log_path</td><td><code>strings</code></td><td>""</td><td>Specify a single path or multiple paths to exclude one or many files from being read. You may also use a wildcard (*) to exclude multiple files from being read within a directory.</td></tr><tr><td>log_type</td><td><code>string</code></td><td>"cef"</td><td>Adds the specified 'Type' as a log record attribute to each log message.</td></tr><tr><td>location</td><td><code>timezone</code></td><td>"UTC"</td><td>The geographic location (timezone) to use when parsing logs that contain a timestamp</td></tr><tr><td>timezone</td><td><code>timezone</code></td><td>"UTC"</td><td>The timezone to use when parsing timestamps.</td></tr><tr><td>start_at</td><td><code>enum</code></td><td>end</td><td>Start reading the file from the 'beginning' or 'end'.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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