Standard Out

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.

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

EF_OUTPUT_STDOUT_ALLOWED_RECORD_TYPES

This setting allows for a comma-separated list of record types that the output will emit. If left empty, all types will be allowed by default.

• Valid Values

  • as_path_hop, flow_option, flow, ifa_hop, telemetry, metric, log
• Default

  • 'as_path_hop,flow_option,flow,ifa_hop,telemetry,metric,log'

For more details on record types, see Record types