Guided configuration
Before you begin, you’ll need: Filebeat 7 or Filebeat 6, root access
Configure your device
Configure your network device to send logs to your Filebeat server, TCP port 9000. See your device’s documentation if you’re not sure how to do this.
Download the Logz.io public certificate to your Filebeat server
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 /etc/pki/tls/certs/COMODORSADomainValidationSecureServerCA.crt
Add TCP traffic as an input
In the Filebeat configuration file (/etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml), add TCP to the filebeat.inputs section.
Replace <<LOG-SHIPPING-TOKEN>>
with the token of the account you want to ship to.
# ...
filebeat.inputs:
- type: tcp
max_message_size: 10MiB
host: "0.0.0.0:9000"
fields:
logzio_codec: plain
# You can manage your tokens at
# https://app.logz.io/#/dashboard/settings/manage-tokens/log-shipping
token: <<LOG-SHIPPING-TOKEN>>
type: network-device
fields_under_root: true
encoding: utf-8
ignore_older: 3h
If you’re running Filebeat 7, paste this code block. Otherwise, you can leave it out.
# ... For Filebeat 7 only ...
filebeat.registry.path: /var/lib/filebeat
processors:
- rename:
fields:
- from: "agent"
to: "filebeat_agent"
ignore_missing: true
- rename:
fields:
- from: "log.file.path"
to: "source"
ignore_missing: true
If you’re running Filebeat 6, paste this code block.
# ... For Filebeat 6 only ...
registry_file: /var/lib/filebeat/registry
Set Logz.io as the output
If Logz.io is not an output, add it now. Remove all other outputs.
Replace <<LISTENER-HOST>>
with the host for your region. For example, listener.logz.io
if your account is hosted on AWS US East, or listener-nl.logz.io
if hosted on Azure West Europe.
# ...
output.logstash:
hosts: ["<<LISTENER-HOST>>:5015"]
ssl:
certificate_authorities: ['/etc/pki/tls/certs/COMODORSADomainValidationSecureServerCA.crt']
Start Filebeat
Start or restart Filebeat 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.