KVP (Key-Value Pair)

Description

A set of data elements consisting of a key, a constant defining the type of data set, and its associated variable value. KVP is an efficient way to store telemetry data because it is easy for software applications to process it. At the same time, humans can read it effortlessly.

KVP is one of the many data formats NXLog Agent supports. NXLog Agent can parse and generate KVP logs with the Key-Value Pairs extension.

Also known as

name-value pair, attribute-value pair, field-value pair

See also

Sending logs in syslog format
Collecting Snare logs

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