:type: unix

[id="{beatname_lc}-input-{type}"]
=== Unix input

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<titleabbrev>Unix</titleabbrev>
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Use the `unix` input to read events over a stream-oriented Unix domain socket.

Example configuration:

["source","yaml",subs="attributes"]
----
{beatname_lc}.inputs:
- type: unix
  max_message_size: 10MiB
  path: "/var/run/filebeat.sock"
----


==== Configuration options

The `unix` input supports the following configuration options plus the
<<{beatname_lc}-input-{type}-common-options>> described later.

include::../inputs/input-common-unix-options.asciidoc[]

[id="{beatname_lc}-input-{type}-common-options"]
include::../inputs/input-common-options.asciidoc[]

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