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Use Logstash pipelines for parsing

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Use Logstash pipelines for parsing

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The examples in this section show how to build Logstash pipeline configurations that replace the ingest pipelines provided with Filebeat modules. The pipelines take the data collected by Filebeat modules, parse it into fields expected by the Filebeat index, and send the fields to Elasticsearch so that you can visualize the data in the pre-built dashboards provided by Filebeat.

This approach is more time consuming than using the existing ingest pipelines to parse the data, but it gives you more control over how the data is processed. By writing your own pipeline configurations, you can do additional processing, such as dropping fields, after the fields are extracted, or you can move your load from Elasticsearch ingest nodes to Logstash nodes.

Before deciding to replaced the ingest pipelines with Logstash configurations, read Use ingest pipelines for parsing.

Here are some examples that show how to implement Logstash configurations to replace ingest pipelines:

Logstash provides an ingest pipeline conversion tool to help you migrate ingest pipeline definitions to Logstash configs. The tool does not currently support all the processors that are available for ingest node, but it’s a good starting point.

Apache 2 Logs

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The Logstash pipeline configuration in this example shows how to ship and parse access and error logs collected by the apache2 Filebeat module.

input {
  beats {
    port => 5044
    host => "0.0.0.0"
  }
}
filter {
  if [fileset][module] == "apache2" {
    if [fileset][name] == "access" {
      grok {
        match => { "message" => ["%{IPORHOST:[apache2][access][remote_ip]} - %{DATA:[apache2][access][user_name]} \[%{HTTPDATE:[apache2][access][time]}\] \"%{WORD:[apache2][access][method]} %{DATA:[apache2][access][url]} HTTP/%{NUMBER:[apache2][access][http_version]}\" %{NUMBER:[apache2][access][response_code]} %{NUMBER:[apache2][access][body_sent][bytes]}( \"%{DATA:[apache2][access][referrer]}\")?( \"%{DATA:[apache2][access][agent]}\")?",
          "%{IPORHOST:[apache2][access][remote_ip]} - %{DATA:[apache2][access][user_name]} \\[%{HTTPDATE:[apache2][access][time]}\\] \"-\" %{NUMBER:[apache2][access][response_code]} -" ] }
        remove_field => "message"
      }
      mutate {
        add_field => { "read_timestamp" => "%{@timestamp}" }
      }
      date {
        match => [ "[apache2][access][time]", "dd/MMM/YYYY:H:m:s Z" ]
        remove_field => "[apache2][access][time]"
      }
      useragent {
        source => "[apache2][access][agent]"
        target => "[apache2][access][user_agent]"
        remove_field => "[apache2][access][agent]"
      }
      geoip {
        source => "[apache2][access][remote_ip]"
        target => "[apache2][access][geoip]"
      }
    }
    else if [fileset][name] == "error" {
      grok {
        match => { "message" => ["\[%{APACHE_TIME:[apache2][error][timestamp]}\] \[%{LOGLEVEL:[apache2][error][level]}\]( \[client %{IPORHOST:[apache2][error][client]}\])? %{GREEDYDATA:[apache2][error][message]}",
          "\[%{APACHE_TIME:[apache2][error][timestamp]}\] \[%{DATA:[apache2][error][module]}:%{LOGLEVEL:[apache2][error][level]}\] \[pid %{NUMBER:[apache2][error][pid]}(:tid %{NUMBER:[apache2][error][tid]})?\]( \[client %{IPORHOST:[apache2][error][client]}\])? %{GREEDYDATA:[apache2][error][message1]}" ] }
        pattern_definitions => {
          "APACHE_TIME" => "%{DAY} %{MONTH} %{MONTHDAY} %{TIME} %{YEAR}"
        }
        remove_field => "message"
      }
      mutate {
        rename => { "[apache2][error][message1]" => "[apache2][error][message]" }
      }
      date {
        match => [ "[apache2][error][timestamp]", "EEE MMM dd H:m:s YYYY", "EEE MMM dd H:m:s.SSSSSS YYYY" ]
        remove_field => "[apache2][error][timestamp]"
      }
    }
  }
}
output {
  elasticsearch {
    hosts => localhost
    manage_template => false
    index => "%{[@metadata][beat]}-%{[@metadata][version]}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
  }
}

MySQL Logs

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The Logstash pipeline configuration in this example shows how to ship and parse error and slowlog logs collected by the mysql Filebeat module.

input {
  beats {
    port => 5044
    host => "0.0.0.0"
  }
}
filter {
  if [fileset][module] == "mysql" {
    if [fileset][name] == "error" {
      grok {
        match => { "message" => ["%{LOCALDATETIME:[mysql][error][timestamp]} (\[%{DATA:[mysql][error][level]}\] )?%{GREEDYDATA:[mysql][error][message]}",
          "%{TIMESTAMP_ISO8601:[mysql][error][timestamp]} %{NUMBER:[mysql][error][thread_id]} \[%{DATA:[mysql][error][level]}\] %{GREEDYDATA:[mysql][error][message1]}",
          "%{GREEDYDATA:[mysql][error][message2]}"] }
        pattern_definitions => {
          "LOCALDATETIME" => "[0-9]+ %{TIME}"
        }
        remove_field => "message"
      }
      mutate {
        rename => { "[mysql][error][message1]" => "[mysql][error][message]" }
      }
      mutate {
        rename => { "[mysql][error][message2]" => "[mysql][error][message]" }
      }
      date {
        match => [ "[mysql][error][timestamp]", "ISO8601", "YYMMdd H:m:s" ]
        remove_field => "[mysql][error][time]"
      }
    }
    else if [fileset][name] == "slowlog" {
      grok {
        match => { "message" => ["^# User@Host: %{USER:[mysql][slowlog][user]}(\[[^\]]+\])? @ %{HOSTNAME:[mysql][slowlog][host]} \[(IP:[mysql][slowlog][ip])?\](\s*Id:\s* %{NUMBER:[mysql][slowlog][id]})?\n# Query_time: %{NUMBER:[mysql][slowlog][query_time][sec]}\s* Lock_time: %{NUMBER:[mysql][slowlog][lock_time][sec]}\s* Rows_sent: %{NUMBER:[mysql][slowlog][rows_sent]}\s* Rows_examined: %{NUMBER:[mysql][slowlog][rows_examined]}\n(SET timestamp=%{NUMBER:[mysql][slowlog][timestamp]};\n)?%{GREEDYMULTILINE:[mysql][slowlog][query]}"] }
        pattern_definitions => {
          "GREEDYMULTILINE" => "(.|\n)*"
        }
        remove_field => "message"
      }
      date {
        match => [ "[mysql][slowlog][timestamp]", "UNIX" ]
      }
      mutate {
        gsub => ["[mysql][slowlog][query]", "\n# Time: [0-9]+ [0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9](\\.[0-9]+)?$", ""]
      }
    }
  }
}
output {
  elasticsearch {
    hosts => localhost
    manage_template => false
    index => "%{[@metadata][beat]}-%{[@metadata][version]}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
  }
}

Nginx Logs

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The Logstash pipeline configuration in this example shows how to ship and parse access and error logs collected by the nginx Filebeat module.

input {
  beats {
    port => 5044
    host => "0.0.0.0"
  }
}
filter {
  if [fileset][module] == "nginx" {
    if [fileset][name] == "access" {
      grok {
        match => { "message" => ["%{IPORHOST:[nginx][access][remote_ip]} - %{DATA:[nginx][access][user_name]} \[%{HTTPDATE:[nginx][access][time]}\] \"%{WORD:[nginx][access][method]} %{DATA:[nginx][access][url]} HTTP/%{NUMBER:[nginx][access][http_version]}\" %{NUMBER:[nginx][access][response_code]} %{NUMBER:[nginx][access][body_sent][bytes]} \"%{DATA:[nginx][access][referrer]}\" \"%{DATA:[nginx][access][agent]}\""] }
        remove_field => "message"
      }
      mutate {
        add_field => { "read_timestamp" => "%{@timestamp}" }
      }
      date {
        match => [ "[nginx][access][time]", "dd/MMM/YYYY:H:m:s Z" ]
        remove_field => "[nginx][access][time]"
      }
      useragent {
        source => "[nginx][access][agent]"
        target => "[nginx][access][user_agent]"
        remove_field => "[nginx][access][agent]"
      }
      geoip {
        source => "[nginx][access][remote_ip]"
        target => "[nginx][access][geoip]"
      }
    }
    else if [fileset][name] == "error" {
      grok {
        match => { "message" => ["%{DATA:[nginx][error][time]} \[%{DATA:[nginx][error][level]}\] %{NUMBER:[nginx][error][pid]}#%{NUMBER:[nginx][error][tid]}: (\*%{NUMBER:[nginx][error][connection_id]} )?%{GREEDYDATA:[nginx][error][message]}"] }
        remove_field => "message"
      }
      mutate {
        rename => { "@timestamp" => "read_timestamp" }
      }
      date {
        match => [ "[nginx][error][time]", "YYYY/MM/dd H:m:s" ]
        remove_field => "[nginx][error][time]"
      }
    }
  }
}
output {
  elasticsearch {
    hosts => localhost
    manage_template => false
    index => "%{[@metadata][beat]}-%{[@metadata][version]}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
  }
}

System Logs

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The Logstash pipeline configuration in this example shows how to ship and parse system logs collected by the system Filebeat module.

input {
  beats {
    port => 5044
    host => "0.0.0.0"
  }
}
filter {
  if [fileset][module] == "system" {
    if [fileset][name] == "auth" {
      grok {
        match => { "message" => ["%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:[system][auth][timestamp]} %{SYSLOGHOST:[system][auth][hostname]} sshd(?:\[%{POSINT:[system][auth][pid]}\])?: %{DATA:[system][auth][ssh][event]} %{DATA:[system][auth][ssh][method]} for (invalid user )?%{DATA:[system][auth][user]} from %{IPORHOST:[system][auth][ssh][ip]} port %{NUMBER:[system][auth][ssh][port]} ssh2(: %{GREEDYDATA:[system][auth][ssh][signature]})?",
                  "%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:[system][auth][timestamp]} %{SYSLOGHOST:[system][auth][hostname]} sshd(?:\[%{POSINT:[system][auth][pid]}\])?: %{DATA:[system][auth][ssh][event]} user %{DATA:[system][auth][user]} from %{IPORHOST:[system][auth][ssh][ip]}",
                  "%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:[system][auth][timestamp]} %{SYSLOGHOST:[system][auth][hostname]} sshd(?:\[%{POSINT:[system][auth][pid]}\])?: Did not receive identification string from %{IPORHOST:[system][auth][ssh][dropped_ip]}",
                  "%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:[system][auth][timestamp]} %{SYSLOGHOST:[system][auth][hostname]} sudo(?:\[%{POSINT:[system][auth][pid]}\])?: \s*%{DATA:[system][auth][user]} :( %{DATA:[system][auth][sudo][error]} ;)? TTY=%{DATA:[system][auth][sudo][tty]} ; PWD=%{DATA:[system][auth][sudo][pwd]} ; USER=%{DATA:[system][auth][sudo][user]} ; COMMAND=%{GREEDYDATA:[system][auth][sudo][command]}",
                  "%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:[system][auth][timestamp]} %{SYSLOGHOST:[system][auth][hostname]} groupadd(?:\[%{POSINT:[system][auth][pid]}\])?: new group: name=%{DATA:system.auth.groupadd.name}, GID=%{NUMBER:system.auth.groupadd.gid}",
                  "%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:[system][auth][timestamp]} %{SYSLOGHOST:[system][auth][hostname]} useradd(?:\[%{POSINT:[system][auth][pid]}\])?: new user: name=%{DATA:[system][auth][user][add][name]}, UID=%{NUMBER:[system][auth][user][add][uid]}, GID=%{NUMBER:[system][auth][user][add][gid]}, home=%{DATA:[system][auth][user][add][home]}, shell=%{DATA:[system][auth][user][add][shell]}$",
                  "%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:[system][auth][timestamp]} %{SYSLOGHOST:[system][auth][hostname]} %{DATA:[system][auth][program]}(?:\[%{POSINT:[system][auth][pid]}\])?: %{GREEDYMULTILINE:[system][auth][message]}"] }
        pattern_definitions => {
          "GREEDYMULTILINE"=> "(.|\n)*"
        }
        remove_field => "message"
      }
      date {
        match => [ "[system][auth][timestamp]", "MMM  d HH:mm:ss", "MMM dd HH:mm:ss" ]
      }
      geoip {
        source => "[system][auth][ssh][ip]"
        target => "[system][auth][ssh][geoip]"
      }
    }
    else if [fileset][name] == "syslog" {
      grok {
        match => { "message" => ["%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:[system][syslog][timestamp]} %{SYSLOGHOST:[system][syslog][hostname]} %{DATA:[system][syslog][program]}(?:\[%{POSINT:[system][syslog][pid]}\])?: %{GREEDYMULTILINE:[system][syslog][message]}"] }
        pattern_definitions => { "GREEDYMULTILINE" => "(.|\n)*" }
        remove_field => "message"
      }
      date {
        match => [ "[system][syslog][timestamp]", "MMM  d HH:mm:ss", "MMM dd HH:mm:ss" ]
      }
    }
  }
}
output {
  elasticsearch {
    hosts => localhost
    manage_template => false
    index => "%{[@metadata][beat]}-%{[@metadata][version]}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
  }
}
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