Objective
The following guide describes a basic installation of Logstash on Debian Linux.
Operating System and Software Versions
- Operating System: - Debian 9 (Stretch)
- Software: - Logstash 5.2
Requirements
Privileged access to your Debian system will be required.
Difficulty
EASY
Conventions
- # - requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of
sudo command
- $ - requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user
Instructions
Prerequisites installation
The only main prerequisite required by Logstash is Java. We will be downloading Logstash Debian package directly from using
wget:
# apt update
# apt install openjdk-8-jdk-headless wget
Download Logstash
Next, download Logstash using eg.
wget:
$ wget --no-check-certificate https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/logstash/logstash-5.2.0.deb
Start Logstash
To start Logstash and enable to start Logstash after reboot run:
# systemctl start logstash
# systemctl enable logstash
Logstash should now be up and running using default configuration :
# systemctl status logstash
● logstash.service - logstash
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/logstash.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2017-02-12 08:38:00 AEDT; 47s ago
Main PID: 420 (java)
Tasks: 14 (limit: 4915)
Install Plugins
Logstash keeps it executable binaries within
/usr/share/logstash/bin/ Seat you executable path to include Logstash's executable path:
# export PATH=$PATH:/usr/share/logstash/bin/
Install plugins using
logstash-plugin:
# logstash-plugin install PLUGIN-NAME
