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Log file content fields
editLog file content fields
editContains log file lines.
source
edittype: keyword
required: True
The file from which the line was read. This field contains the absolute path to the file. For example: /var/log/system.log.
offset
edittype: long
required: False
The file offset the reported line starts at.
message
edittype: text
required: True
The content of the line read from the log file.
stream
edittype: keyword
required: False
Log stream when reading container logs, can be stdout or stderr
prospector.type
editrequired: True
The prospector type from which the event was generated. This field is set to the value specified for the type option in the prospector section of the Filebeat config file.
read_timestamp
editIn case the ingest pipeline parses the timestamp from the log contents, it stores the original @timestamp (representing the time when the log line was read) in this field.
fileset.module
editThe Filebeat module that generated this event.
fileset.name
editThe Filebeat fileset that generated this event.