- Winlogbeat Reference: other versions:
- Overview
- Get started
- Set up and run
- Upgrade
- Configure
- Winlogbeat
- General settings
- Project paths
- Output
- SSL
- Index lifecycle management (ILM)
- Elasticsearch index template
- Kibana endpoint
- Kibana dashboards
- Processors
- Define processors
- add_cloud_metadata
- add_docker_metadata
- add_fields
- add_host_metadata
- add_id
- add_kubernetes_metadata
- add_labels
- add_locale
- add_observer_metadata
- add_process_metadata
- add_tags
- community_id
- convert
- copy_fields
- decode_base64_field
- decode_json_fields
- decompress_gzip_field
- dissect
- dns
- drop_event
- drop_fields
- extract_array
- fingerprint
- include_fields
- registered_domain
- rename
- script
- timestamp
- truncate_fields
- Internal queue
- Logging
- HTTP endpoint
- winlogbeat.reference.yml
- How to guides
- Modules
- Exported fields
- Monitor
- Secure
- Troubleshoot
- Get Help
- Debug
- Common problems
- Dashboard in Kibana is breaking up data fields incorrectly
- Bogus computer_name fields are reported in some events
- Error loading config file
- Found unexpected or unknown characters
- Logstash connection doesn’t work
- @metadata is missing in Logstash
- Not sure whether to use Logstash or Beats
- SSL client fails to connect to Logstash
- Monitoring UI shows fewer Beats than expected
- Not sure how to read from .evtx files
- Contribute to Beats
Configure the Console output
editConfigure the Console output
editThe Console output writes events in JSON format to stdout.
output.console: pretty: true
Configuration options
editYou can specify the following options in the console section of the winlogbeat.yml config file:
pretty
editIf pretty is set to true, events written to stdout will be nicely formatted. The default is false.
codec
editOutput codec configuration. If the codec section is missing, events will be json encoded using the pretty option.
See Change the output codec for more information.
enabled
editThe 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
editThe 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.