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Add note about log ingestion via filebeat (#1876)
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@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ Elastic Python APM Agent provides the following log features:
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- <<log-correlation-ids>> : Automatically inject correlation IDs that allow navigation between logs, traces and services.
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- <<log-reformatting>> : Automatically reformat plaintext logs in {ecs-logging-ref}/intro.html[ECS logging] format.
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NOTE: Elastic Python APM Agent does not send the logs to Elasticsearch. It only
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injects correlation IDs and reformats the logs. You must use another ingestion
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strategy. We recommend https://www.elastic.co/beats/filebeat[Filebeat] for that purpose.
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Those features are part of {observability-guide}/application-logs.html[Application log ingestion strategies].
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The {ecs-logging-python-ref}/intro.html[`ecs-logging-python`] library can also be used to use the {ecs-logging-ref}/intro.html[ECS logging] format without an APM agent.

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