simplified-input-configuration.asciidoc

Simplified log ingestion

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

inputs:
  - type: filestream (1)
    id: unique-id-per-input (2)
    paths: (3)
      - /var/log/my-application/log-file.log

1. The input type must be filestream.

2. A unique ID for the input.

3. An array containing all log file paths.

For other custom options to configure the input, refer to the {filebeat-ref}/filebeat-input-filestream.html[filestream input] in the {filebeat} documentation.