Setup

  • Logstash requires Java 8 Oracle or OpenJDK, Java 9 is not supported
  • Linux distribution repository is available similary to other Elastic.co products
  • A Docker image has been made available by Elastic.co, more about docker later...
  • If installing manually - do not install into a directory path that contains colon (:) characters
  • Pipeline configuration files define the Logstash processing pipeline: ALL files in /etc/logstash/conf.d folder
  • Settings files specify options for Logstash startup and execution:
    • /etc/logstash/logstash.yml - configuration flags
    • /etc/logstash/startup.options - used by system-install to create logstash service or services
  • Basic pipeline with Logstash Basic Pipeline

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