Shipping with Logstash

Logstash is a server app that ingests and parses log data. We recommend using it for shipping to Logz.io only when you have an existing Logstash configuration.

For most other cases, we recommend using Filebeat.

Shipping over SSL (recommended)
Shipping over TCP

Ship with Logstash over SSL

Before you begin, you’ll need: JDK, Logstash

Download the Logz.io public certificate

For HTTPS shipping, download the Logz.io public certificate to your certificate authority folder.

sudo curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/logzio/public-certificates/master/AAACertificateServices.crt --create-dirs -o /usr/share/logstash/keys/TrustExternalCARoot.crt

Add Logz.io to your configuration file

Add these code blocks to the end of your existing Logstash configuration file.

Make sure the mutate block is the last item in the filters block.

Replace <<LOG-SHIPPING-TOKEN>> with the token of the account you want to ship to.

Replace <<LISTENER-HOST>> with your region’s listener host (for example, listener.logz.io). For more information on finding your account’s region, see Account region.

filter {
  # ...
  # ...
  mutate {
    add_field => { "token" => "<<LOG-SHIPPING-TOKEN>>" }
  }
}

output {
  lumberjack {
    hosts => ["<<LISTENER-HOST>>"]
    port => 5006
    ssl_certificate => "/usr/share/logstash/keys/TrustExternalCARoot.crt"
    codec => "json_lines"
  }
}

Start Logstash

Start or restart Logstash for the changes to take effect.

Check Logz.io for your logs

Give your logs some time to get from your system to ours, and then open Kibana.

If you still don’t see your logs, see log shipping troubleshooting.

Ship with Logstash over TCP