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layout: docs
page_title: Controller - Events - stderr Sink - Configuration
description: |-
  The stderr sink configures Boundary to send events to a stderr.
---

# `stderr` Sink

The stderr sink configures Boundary to send events to a stderr.

```hcl

sink "stderr" {
    name = "all-events"
    description = "All events sent to stderr"
    event_types = ["*"]
    format = "hclog-text"
}
```

## common parameters

These parameters are shared across all sink types: [common sink parameters](/boundary/docs/configuration/events/common)

## `stderr` parameters

There are parameters are only valid for a `stderr` sink.
