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raboof · raboof · commit 896109e32b98 · 2016-08-19T10:51:27.000+02:00
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+beats-output-http
+=================
+
+Outputter for the Elastic Beats platform that simply
+POSTs events to an HTTP endpoint.
+
+Usage
+=====
+
+To add support for this output plugin to a beat, you
+have to import this plugin into your main beats package,
+like this:
+
+```
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	_ "github.com/raboof/beats-output-http"
+
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/beat"
+	"github.com/raboof/connbeat/beater"
+)
+
+var Name = "connbeat"
+
+func main() {
+	if err := beat.Run(Name, "", beater.New); err != nil {
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+```
+
+Then configure the http output plugin in yourbeat.yaml:
+
+```
+output:
+  http:
+    hosts: ["some.example.com:80/foo"]
+```
