docker-logstash

This is a highly configurable logstash (1.4.2) image running elasticsearch (1.1.1) and Kibana 3 (3.0.1).

Optional first step, build image from source

If you prefer to build from source rather than use the pblittle/docker-logstash trusted build published to the public Docker Registry, execute the following from the project root:

$ make build

Running Logstash

To run this logstash image, you have to first choose one of three Elasticsearch configuration options.

• Use the embedded Elasticsearch server
• Use a linked container running Elasticsearch
• Use an external Elasticsearch server

Use the embedded Elasticsearch server

To fetch and start a container running logstash and the embedded Elasticsearch server, simply execute:

$ make run

Use a linked container running Elasticsearch

If you want to link to another container running elasticsearch rather than the embedded server, set the ES_CONTAINER environment variable to your existing elasticsearch container name.

$ export ES_CONTAINER=<your_es_container>
$ make run

In addition to the link, if you want your elasticsearch node's bind_host and port automatically detected, you will need to set the ES_HOST and ES_PORT placeholders in your elasticsearch definition in your logstash config file. For example:

output {
  elasticsearch {
    bind_host => "ES_HOST"
    port => "ES_PORT"
  }
}

Use an external Elasticsearch server

If you are using an external elasticsearch server rather than an embedded or linked server, simply set the ES_HOST and ES_PORT environment variables.

$ export ES_HOST=<your_es_host>
$ export ES_PORT=<your_es_port>
$ make run

Logstash configuration

Without any environment changes, an example configuration file will be created for you. You can override the example config by setting the LOGSTASH_CONFIG_URL environment variable to a file accessible via wget.

$ export LOGSTASH_CONFIG_URL=https://gist.github.com/pblittle/8778567/raw/logstash.conf
$ make run

This config file set by LOGSTASH_CONFIG_URL will be downloaded, moved to /opt/logstash.conf, and used in your container.

Test locally using Vagrant

To build the image locally using Vagrant, you will first need to clone the repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/pblittle/docker-logstash.git
$ cd docker-logstash

Start and provision a virtual machine using the provided Vagrantfile:.

$ vagrant up
$ vagrant ssh
$ cd /vagrant

From there, build and run a container using the newly created virtual machine:

$ make build
$ make run

You can now verify the logstash installation by visiting the prebuilt logstash dashboard running in the newly created container.

Acknowledgements

Special shoutout to @ehazlett's excellent post, Logstash and Kibana3 via Docker.

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

License

This application is distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.