Logstash is a powerful open-source tool that enables users to collect, parse, and store logs for analysis. In this tutorial, we'll learn how to install Logstash on OpenSUSE Latest.
Please ensure that you meet the following requirements before installing Logstash:
The first step is to add the Logstash repository to your system. To do this, follow the steps outlined below:
Open the Terminal application on your OpenSUSE Latest system.
Switch to root user by typing the following command and press enter:
sudo su
Add the GPG key to your system:
rpm --import https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch
Add the stable Logstash repository with the following command:
zypper addrepo https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.x/yum stable
Now that we have added the Logstash repository to our system let's install Logstash using the following command:
zypper install logstash
Once the installation is complete, Logstash will be added to your system, and you can proceed to the next step.
Before we can start using Logstash, we need to configure it. To begin, we need to edit the logstash.yml configuration file located in /etc/logstash/.
To edit the file, run the following command:
nano /etc/logstash/logstash.yml
Inside this file, you can configure various settings, such as the data input and output formats, the Elasticsearch server details, and the logging behavior. You should review and adjust the configuration file to suit your specific needs.
Once the configuration file is updated, you can start the Logstash service using the following command:
systemctl start logstash
If you need to start the service automatically at system boot, you can enable it using the following command:
systemctl enable logstash
Now, you can verify that Logstash is running by checking its status using the following command:
systemctl status logstash
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Logstash on an OpenSUSE Latest system. We also configured Logstash and started the Logstash service. You are now ready to collect, parse, and store logs with Logstash.
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