[id="configuration-{beatname_lc}-options"]
== Configure inputs

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<titleabbrev>Configure inputs</titleabbrev>
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TIP: <<{beatname_lc}-modules-overview,{beatname_uc} modules>> provide the
fastest getting started experience for common log formats. See
<<{beatname_lc}-modules-quickstart>> to learn how to get started with modules.
Also see <<configuration-{beatname_lc}-modules>> for information about enabling
and configuring modules.

To configure {beatname_uc} manually (instead of using
<<{beatname_lc}-modules-overview,modules>>), you specify a list of inputs in the
+{beatname_lc}.inputs+ section of the +{beatname_lc}.yml+. Inputs specify how
{beatname_uc} locates and processes input data.

The list is a http://yaml.org/[YAML] array, so each input begins with
a dash (`-`). You can specify multiple inputs, and you can specify the same
input type more than once. For example:

["source","yaml",subs="attributes"]
----
{beatname_lc}.inputs:
- type: log
  paths:
    - /var/log/system.log
    - /var/log/wifi.log
- type: log
  paths:
    - "/var/log/apache2/*"
  fields:
    apache: true
  fields_under_root: true
----


[float]
[id="{beatname_lc}-input-types"]
=== Input types

You can configure {beatname_uc} to use the following inputs:

* <<{beatname_lc}-input-log>>
* <<{beatname_lc}-input-stdin>>
* <<{beatname_lc}-input-redis>>
* <<{beatname_lc}-input-udp>>
* <<{beatname_lc}-input-docker>>
* <<{beatname_lc}-input-tcp>>
* <<{beatname_lc}-input-syslog>>



include::inputs/input-log.asciidoc[]

include::inputs/input-stdin.asciidoc[]

include::inputs/input-redis.asciidoc[]

include::inputs/input-udp.asciidoc[]

include::inputs/input-docker.asciidoc[]

include::inputs/input-tcp.asciidoc[]

include::inputs/input-syslog.asciidoc[]