logstash pattern for logstash log file?

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logstash pattern for logstash log file?

mnikhil-git opened this issue 8 years ago · comments

Hi,

Is there a pattern file available for the logstash itself? I am htinking of reading logstash logfiles via logstash and was hoping if there is an already available pattern for grok that could help.

Jordan Sissel · Answer 1 · Tue Nov 15 2016 15:55:03 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

In Logstash 5.0 there is an option to emit logs in a nicely structured JSON format. I recommend you use that and then ingest this log with whatever tooling (logstash, etc) to parse it as JSON.

Jordan Sissel · Answer 2 · Thu Dec 01 2016 07:52:03 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Given Logstash 5 has json logging as an option, I'm content not to have any grok patterns for the format. If you want to have a machine read Logstash's logs, JSON format is the way to go.