Open andrewkroh opened 2 months ago
path is mandatory according to the docs. Beats should not panic when the value is missing. Instead they should emit a clear error message about the problematic configuration.
path
Version: b0690b5fb9556e670e86be63d5d40fdf44f78849
output.file: filename: api-events.ndjson
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is mandatory according to the docs. Beats should not panic when the value is missing. Instead they should emit a clear error message about the problematic configuration.Version: b0690b5fb9556e670e86be63d5d40fdf44f78849