Common Event Format

Supported Platforms

Platform	Metrics	Logs	Traces
Linux		✓
Windows		✓
macOS		✓

Configuration Table

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
file_log_path*	strings		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.
exclude_file_log_path	strings	""	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.
log_type	string	"cef"	Adds the specified 'Type' as a log record attribute to each log message.
location	timezone	"UTC"	The geographic location (timezone) to use when parsing logs that contain a timestamp
timezone	timezone	"UTC"	The timezone to use when parsing timestamps.
start_at	enum	end	Start reading the file from the 'beginning' or 'end'.

*required field