HowTo log4j-filebeat

HowTo log Java-Applications with log4j 2 to filesystem and import the logs to elasticsearch.

• Logging Java-Application with log4j and custom var "counter"
• Configuration over external log4j2.properties
• Log JSON to filesystem
• Read logs with filebeat
• Push logs to elasticsearch
• Visualize logs with kibana

Requirements

• Docker
• Docker Compose

Use

1. Run docker-compose up -d. This will build the example-application and start filebeat, elasticsearch.
2. Call http://localhost:5601 with your browser.
3. Add index "filebeat-*"
4. You can see the fields from the logs.