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Configure the Console output

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Configure the Console output

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The Console output writes events in JSON format to stdout.

output.console:
  pretty: true

Configuration options

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You can specify the following options in the console section of the packetbeat.yml config file:

`pretty`

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If pretty is set to true, events written to stdout will be nicely formatted. The default is false.

`codec`

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Output codec configuration. If the codec section is missing, events will be json encoded using the pretty option.

See Output codec for more information.

`enabled`

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The enabled config is a boolean setting to enable or disable the output. If set to false, the output is disabled.

The default value is true.

`bulk_max_size`

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The maximum number of events to buffer internally during publishing. The default is 2048.

Specifying a larger batch size may add some latency and buffering during publishing. However, for Console output, this setting does not affect how events are published.

Setting bulk_max_size to values less than or equal to 0 disables the splitting of batches. When splitting is disabled, the queue decides on the number of events to be contained in a batch.

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