- Logstash Reference: other versions:
- Logstash Reference
- Logstash Introduction
- Getting Started with Logstash
- Package Repositories
- Breaking changes
- Upgrading Logstash
- Configuring Logstash
- Working with plugins
- Logstash Plugins Community Maintainer Guide
- Contributing to Logstash
- Input plugins
- beats
- couchdb_changes
- drupal_dblog
- elasticsearch
- exec
- eventlog
- file
- ganglia
- gelf
- generator
- graphite
- github
- heartbeat
- heroku
- http
- http_poller
- irc
- imap
- jdbc
- jmx
- kafka
- log4j
- lumberjack
- meetup
- pipe
- puppet_facter
- relp
- rss
- rackspace
- rabbitmq
- redis
- salesforce
- snmptrap
- stdin
- sqlite
- s3
- sqs
- stomp
- syslog
- tcp
- unix
- udp
- varnishlog
- wmi
- websocket
- xmpp
- zenoss
- zeromq
- Output plugins
- boundary
- circonus
- csv
- cloudwatch
- datadog
- datadog_metrics
- elasticsearch
- elasticsearch_java
- exec
- file
- google_bigquery
- google_cloud_storage
- ganglia
- gelf
- graphtastic
- graphite
- hipchat
- http
- irc
- influxdb
- juggernaut
- jira
- kafka
- lumberjack
- librato
- loggly
- mongodb
- metriccatcher
- nagios
- null
- nagios_nsca
- opentsdb
- pagerduty
- pipe
- riemann
- redmine
- rackspace
- rabbitmq
- redis
- riak
- s3
- sqs
- stomp
- statsd
- solr_http
- sns
- syslog
- stdout
- tcp
- udp
- webhdfs
- websocket
- xmpp
- zabbix
- zeromq
- Filter plugins
- aggregate
- alter
- anonymize
- collate
- csv
- cidr
- clone
- cipher
- checksum
- date
- de_dot
- dns
- drop
- elasticsearch
- extractnumbers
- environment
- elapsed
- fingerprint
- geoip
- grok
- i18n
- json
- json_encode
- kv
- mutate
- metrics
- multiline
- metaevent
- prune
- punct
- ruby
- range
- syslog_pri
- sleep
- split
- throttle
- translate
- uuid
- urldecode
- useragent
- xml
- zeromq
- Codec plugins
- Logstash 2.1 Release Notes
IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
Getting Started with Logstash
editGetting Started with Logstash
editThis section guides you through the process of installing Logstash and verifying that everything is running properly. Later sections deal with increasingly complex configurations to address selected use cases.
Install Logstash
editLogstash requires Java 7 or later. Use the official Oracle distribution or an open-source distribution such as OpenJDK.
To check your Java version, run the following command:
java -version
On systems with Java installed, this command produces output similar to the following:
java version "1.7.0_45" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_45-b18) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.45-b08, mixed mode)
Installing from a downloaded binary
editDownload the Logstash installation file that matches your host environment. Unpack the file. On supported Linux operating systems, you can use a package manager to install Logstash.
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