stdout output
The stdout output is used to output JSON-formatted records to stdout. It is useful for during initial installation and while troubleshooting issues to see the output of the collector directly in the terminal or logs.
:::note At anything more than a few flow records per second the data will scroll too fast to be useful. For this reason the stdout
output should be used primarily for manual testing. :::
EF_OUTPUT_STDOUT_ENABLE
Specifies whether the stdout
output is enabled.
Valid Values
true
,false
Default
false
EF_OUTPUT_STDOUT_FORMAT
Valid Values
json
- Output as a single JSON-formatted record per line.json_pretty
- Output each record as a "pretty" formatted JSON document.
Default
json_pretty