This functionality is in beta and is subject to change. The design and
code is considered to be less mature than official GA features. Elastic will
take a best effort approach to fix any issues, but beta features are not
subject to the support SLA of official GA features.
Change the output codec
editChange the output codec
editFor outputs that do not require a specific encoding, you can change the encoding
by using the codec configuration. You can specify either the json
or format
codec. By default the json
codec is used.
json.pretty
: If pretty
is set to true, events will be nicely formatted. The default is false.
json.escape_html
: If escape_html
is set to false, html symbols will not be escaped in strings. The default is true.
Example configuration that uses the json
codec with pretty printing enabled to write events to the console:
output.console: codec.json: pretty: true escape_html: false
format.string
: Configurable format string used to create a custom formatted message.
Example configurable that uses the format
codec to print the events timestamp and message field to console:
output.console: codec.format: string: '%{[@timestamp]} %{[message]}'