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# OpenObserve

Use the OpenObserve output plugin to ingest logs into [OpenObserve](https://openobserve.ai/).

Before you begin, you need an [OpenObserve account](https://cloud.openobserve.ai/), an `HTTP_User`, and an `HTTP_Passwd`. You can find these fields under **Ingestion** in OpenObserve Cloud. Alternatively, you can achieve this with various installation types as mentioned in the [OpenObserve documentation](https://openobserve.ai/docs/quickstart/)

## Configuration Parameters

| Key                | Description                                                                                                                                 | Default                      |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- |
| Host               | Required. The OpenObserve server where you are sending logs.                                                                                | `localhost`                  |
| TLS                | Required: Enable end-to-end security using TLS. Set to `on` to enable TLS communication with OpenObserve.                                   | `on`                         |
| compress           | Recommended: Compresses the payload in GZIP format. OpenObserve supports and recommends setting this to `gzip` for optimized log ingestion. | *none*                       |
| HTTP\_User         | Required: Username for HTTP authentication.                                                                                                 | *none*                       |
| HTTP\_Passwd       | Required: Password for HTTP authentication.                                                                                                 | *none*                       |
| URI                | Required: The API path used to send logs.                                                                                                   | `/api/default/default/_json` |
| Format             | Required: The format of the log payload. OpenObserve expects JSON.                                                                          | `json`                       |
| json\_date\_key    | Optional: The JSON key used for timestamps in the logs.                                                                                     | `timestamp`                  |
| json\_date\_format | Optional: The format of the date in logs. OpenObserve supports ISO 8601.                                                                    | `iso8601`                    |
| include\_tag\_key  | If `true`, a tag is appended to the output. The key name is used in the `tag_key` property.                                                 | `false`                      |

### Configuration File

Use this configuration file to get started:

```
[OUTPUT]
  Name http
  Match *
  URI /api/default/default/_json
  Host localhost
  Port 5080
  tls on
  Format json
  Json_date_key    timestamp
  Json_date_format iso8601
  HTTP_User <YOUR_HTTP_USER>
  HTTP_Passwd <YOUR_HTTP_PASSWORD>
  compress gzip
```


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