Logstash

Installation

Source: http://logstash.net/docs/latest/repositories

• Add Logstash repository: see Sources#ELK
• Install application

apt-get install logstash logstash-contrib

>> Binaries in /opt/logstash

>> Configuration in /etc/logstash/conf.d/

>> Logs in /var/log/logstash/

• Register application as a service

cd /etc/init.d
update-rc.d logstash defaults 95 10

Configuration

Edit the configuration file:

vim /etc/logstash/conf.d/logstash.conf

Apache2 logs

To process your Apache2 logs you can use the following configuration. That comes from the official ElasticSearch webinar:

vim /etc/logstash/conf.d/apache2_logs.conf

Put the following content

## List of complete inputs | filters | output available on the official website: 
## http://logstash.net/docs/latest/index

## Configuration syntax: http://logstash.net/docs/latest/configuration


###### Data sources to process #####
input {
	file {
		path => "/var/log/apache2/combined_log"
		type => "apache"
	} 
	file {
	    path => "/var/log/messages"
	    type => "syslog"
	}
}


filter {
	# REMINDER: you can check on Kibana the field name to use for each filter.

	if [type] == "apache" {
		# To process log data (message's content) using some regex
		grok {
			match => [ "message", "%{}"]
		}
		# To extract log's time according to a date pattern
		date {
			match => [ "timestamp", "dd/MMM/YYYY:HH:mm:ss Z"]
		}
		# Extraction browser information, if available.
		if [agent] != "" {
			useragent {
				source => "agent"
			}
		}
		if [clientip] != "" {}
			geoip {
				source => "clientip"
			}
		}
	}
	
}

output {
	elasticsearch {
		cluster => "clusterName"
		node => "logstash_agent_name"
	}
}

Application logs

To be done: LOG4J logs

Start Logstash

service logstash start 

## OR ##
/etc/init.d/logstash start

References

• Very good webinar from the ElasticSearch team: http://www.elasticsearch.org/webinars/introduction-to-logstash/?watch=1