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Chapter 16. tags

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Optional. An operator-defined list of tags placed on each log by the collector or normalizer. The payload can be a string with whitespace-delimited string tokens or a JSON list of string tokens.

Data type

text

file

The path to the log file from which the collector reads this log entry. Normally, this is a path in the /var/log file system of a cluster node.

Data type

text

offset

The offset value. Can represent bytes to the start of the log line in the file (zero- or one-based), or log line numbers (zero- or one-based), so long as the values are strictly monotonically increasing in the context of a single log file. The values are allowed to wrap, representing a new version of the log file (rotation).

Data type

long

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