elasticsearchHow do I configure Elasticsearch and Filebeat to monitor log files?
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Install Elasticsearch and Filebeat on the same machine.
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Configure Filebeat to read the log files you want to monitor.
filebeat.inputs: - type: log paths: - /var/log/*.log
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Configure Filebeat to output to Elasticsearch.
output.elasticsearch: hosts: ["localhost:9200"]
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Configure the Elasticsearch index template. This will ensure that the fields of your log files are properly mapped in Elasticsearch.
curl -XPUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:9200/_template/filebeat -d@/etc/filebeat/filebeat.template.json
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Start Filebeat.
sudo service filebeat start
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Check the Filebeat logs to make sure it is outputting to Elasticsearch.
sudo tail -f /var/log/filebeat/filebeat
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Check the Elasticsearch logs to make sure it is receiving the data from Filebeat.
sudo tail -f /var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.log
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