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Simplified log ingestion

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There is a simplified option for ingesting log files with Elastic Agent. The simplest input configuration to ingest the file /var/log/my-application/log-file.log is:

inputs:
  - type: filestream 
    id: unique-id-per-input 
    paths: 
      - /var/log/my-application/log-file.log

The input type must be filestream.

A unique ID for the input.

An array containing all log file paths.

For other custom options to configure the input, refer to the filestream input in the Filebeat documentation.

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