Logstash

Installation

Ubuntu 16.04

wget -qO - https://packages.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch |sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/6.x/apt stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-6.x.list
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install logstash

Reference:

https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/installing-logstash.html#package-repositories

By default, the logstash is installed in /usr/share/logstash/

ubuntu@ubuntu:/$ /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash --version
logstash 6.2.2
ubuntu@ubuntu:/$

How to run

Start the service

ubuntu@ubuntu:/$ sudo service logstash start
ubuntu@ubuntu:/$ sudo service logstash status
● logstash.service - logstash
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/logstash.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2018-03-01 13:19:39 IST; 10s ago
 Main PID: 3226 (java)
    Tasks: 15
   Memory: 337.1M
      CPU: 18.887s
   CGroup: /system.slice/logstash.service
           └─3226 /usr/bin/java -Xms256m -Xmx1g -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75 

Mar 01 13:19:39 ubuntu systemd[1]: Started logstash.
Mar 01 13:19:46 ubuntu systemd[1]: Started logstash.
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Sample Test: