Run Filebeat on Cloud Foundry
editRun Filebeat on Cloud Foundry
editYou can use Filebeat on Cloud Foundry to retrieve and ship logs.
Cloud Foundry credentials
editFilebeat needs credentials created with UAA so it can connect to loggregator to receive the logs. The uaac
command will create the required credentials for connecting to loggregator.
uaac client add filebeat --name filebeat --secret changeme --authorized_grant_types client_credentials,refresh_token --authorities doppler.firehose,cloud_controller.admin_read_only
Use a unique secret: The uaac command shown here is an example. Remember to
replace changeme with your secret, and update the filebeat.yml file to
use your chosen secret.
Cloud Foundry deploy manifests
editYou deploy Filebeat as an application with no route.
Cloud Foundry requires that 3 files exist inside of a directory to allow Filebeat to be pushed. The commands below provide the basic steps for getting it up and running.
curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-7.9.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz tar xzvf filebeat-7.9.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz cd filebeat-7.9.3-linux-x86_64 curl -L -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/beats/7.9/deploy/cloudfoundry/filebeat/filebeat.yml # Update api_address, client_id, client_secret in downloaded filebeat. curl -L -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/beats/7.9/deploy/cloudfoundry/filebeat/manifest.yml
Deploy
editTo deploy Filebeat to Cloud Foundry, run:
cf push
To check the status, run:
$ cf apps name requested state instances memory disk urls filebeat started 1/1 256M 1G
Log events should start flowing to Elasticsearch. The events are annotated with metadata added by the add_cloudfoundry_metadata processor.
Set shard_id to scale: By default Filebeat will generate a random shard_id when it starts. In the case that
Filebeat needs to be scaled passed 1 instance, be sure to set a static shard_id. Not setting a static shard_id
will result in duplicate events being pushed to Elasticsearch.