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beats

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beats

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Receive events from Elastic Beats framework.

Synopsis

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This plugin supports the following configuration options:

Required configuration options:

beats {
    port => ...
}

Available configuration options:

Setting	Input type	Required	Default value
`add_field`	hash	No	`{}`
`codec`	codec	No	`"plain"`
`congestion_threshold`	number	No	`5`
`host`	string	No	`"0.0.0.0"`
`port`	number	Yes
`ssl`	boolean	No	`false`
`ssl_certificate`	a valid filesystem path	No
`ssl_key`	a valid filesystem path	No
`ssl_key_passphrase`	password	No
`tags`	array	No
`target_field_for_codec`	string	No	`"message"`
`type`	string	No

Details

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`add_field`

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Value type is hash
Default value is {}

Add a field to an event

`codec`

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Value type is codec
Default value is "plain"

The codec used for input data. Input codecs are a convenient method for decoding your data before it enters the input, without needing a separate filter in your Logstash pipeline.

`congestion_threshold`

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Value type is number
Default value is 5

The number of seconds before we raise a timeout, this option is useful to control how much time to wait if something is blocking the pipeline.

`host`

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Value type is string
Default value is "0.0.0.0"

The IP address to listen on.

`port`

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This is a required setting.
Value type is number
There is no default value for this setting.

The port to listen on.

`ssl`

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Value type is boolean
Default value is false

Events are by default send in plain text, you can enable encryption by using ssl to true and configuring the ssl_certificate and ssl_key options.

`ssl_certificate`

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Value type is path
There is no default value for this setting.

SSL certificate to use.

`ssl_key`

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Value type is path
There is no default value for this setting.

SSL key to use.

`ssl_key_passphrase`

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Value type is password
There is no default value for this setting.

SSL key passphrase to use.

`tags`

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Value type is array
There is no default value for this setting.

Add any number of arbitrary tags to your event.

This can help with processing later.

`target_field_for_codec`

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Value type is string
Default value is "message"

This is the default field that the specified codec will be applied

`type`

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Value type is string
There is no default value for this setting.

Add a type field to all events handled by this input.

Types are used mainly for filter activation.

The type is stored as part of the event itself, so you can also use the type to search for it in Kibana.

If you try to set a type on an event that already has one (for example when you send an event from a shipper to an indexer) then a new input will not override the existing type. A type set at the shipper stays with that event for its life even when sent to another Logstash server.

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