Installing Logstash on Debian Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Logstash from the official Elastic website on Debian system.

Prerequisites

• A Debian system with root user access.

• Java 8 or later version installed on your system. You can check the installed version by running the following command:

   java -version
  

Download and Install Logstash

1. Download the latest version of Logstash using the below command:

   wget https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/logstash/logstash-{version}.tar.gz
   

   Replace {version} with the actual version that you want to install.

2. Extract the downloaded file using the below command:

   tar -xzf logstash-{version}.tar.gz
   

3. Move the extracted Logstash folder to /usr/share directory, which is the default directory for installing Elasticsearch packages.

   mv logstash-{version} /usr/share/logstash
   

4. Create a symbolic link to the Logstash binary file, which makes it easier to access Logstash from anywhere in the system.

   ln -s /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash /usr/bin/logstash
   

Start and Stop Logstash Service

1. Start Logstash service using the below command:

   systemctl start logstash
   

2. Verify that Logstash is running using the command:

   systemctl status logstash
   

   This command will output the status of the Logstash service, including whether it's currently active or not.

3. To stop Logstash service, use the below command:

   systemctl stop logstash
   

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have installed Logstash on the Debian system from the official Elastic website. You can now use Logstash for ingesting and processing your log data.

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