Logging action

Use the logging action to log text to the standard Elasticsearch logs. See Logging action attributes for the supported attributes.

This action is primarily used during development and for debugging purposes.

Configuring logging actions

You configure logging actions in the actions array. Action-specific attributes are specified using the logging keyword.

The following snippet shows a simple logging action definition:

			"actions" : {
  "log" : { 1
    "transform" : { ... }, 2
    "logging" : {
      "text" : "executed at {{ctx.execution_time}}" 3
    }
  }
}

		

1. The id of the action.
2. An optional transform to transform the payload before executing the logging action.
3. The text to be logged.

Logging action attributes

Name	Required	Default	Description
text	yes	-	The text that should be logged. Can be static text or include Mustache templates.
category	no	xpack.watcher.actions.logging	The category under which the text will be logged.
level	no	info	The logging level. Valid values are: error, warn, info, debug and trace.