---
title: Elastic Common Schema (ECS)
description: The Elastic Common Schema (ECS) is an open source format that defines a common set of fields to be used when storing event data like logs in Elasticsearch...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/clients/ruby/ecs
products:
  - Elasticsearch
  - Elasticsearch Client
  - Elasticsearch Ruby Client
---

# Elastic Common Schema (ECS)
The [Elastic Common Schema (ECS)](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/ecs) is an open source format that defines a common set of fields to be used when storing event data like logs in Elasticsearch.
You can use the library [ecs-logging](https://github.com/elastic/ecs-logging-ruby) which is a set of libraries that enables you to transform your application logs to structured logs that comply with the ECS format.
Add this line to your application’s Gemfile:
```ruby
gem 'ecs-logging'
```

Then execute `bundle install`. Or install from the command line yourself:
```ruby
$ gem install ecs-logging
```

Then configure the client to use the logger:
```ruby
require 'ecs_logging/logger'
require 'elasticsearch'

logger = EcsLogging::Logger.new($stdout)
client = Elasticsearch::Client.new(logger: logger)
> client.info
{"@timestamp":"2022-07-12T05:31:18.590Z","log.level":"INFO","message":"GET http://localhost:9200/ [status:200, request:0.009s, query:n/a]","ecs.version":"1.4.0"}...
```

See [ECS Logging Ruby Reference](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/ecs/logging/ruby) for more information on how to configure the logger.