Common Event Format


Note
This feature is available as an add-on for the Honeycomb Enterprise plan. Please contact your Honeycomb account team for details.

Supported Platforms 

Platform Metrics Logs Traces
Linux
Windows
macOS

Configuration Table 

Parameter Type Default Description
file_log_path* strings Specify a single path or multiple paths to read one or many files. You may also use a wildcard (*) to read multiple files within a directory.
exclude_file_log_path strings "" Specify a single path or multiple paths to exclude one or many files from being read. You may also use a wildcard (*) to exclude multiple files from being read within a directory.
log_type string “cef” Adds the specified ‘Type’ as a log record attribute to each log message.
location timezone “UTC” The geographic location (timezone) to use when parsing logs that contain a timestamp
timezone timezone “UTC” The timezone to use when parsing timestamps.
start_at enum end Start reading the file from the ‘beginning’ or ’end’.