- Journalbeat Reference for 6.5-7.15:
- Journalbeat overview
- Quick start: installation and configuration
- Set up and run
- Configure
- Inputs
- General settings
- Project paths
- Output
- Kerberos
- SSL
- Index lifecycle management (ILM)
- Elasticsearch index template
- Processors
- Define processors
- add_cloud_metadata
- add_cloudfoundry_metadata
- add_docker_metadata
- add_fields
- add_host_metadata
- add_id
- add_kubernetes_metadata
- add_labels
- add_locale
- add_network_direction
- add_nomad_metadata
- add_observer_metadata
- add_process_metadata
- add_tags
- community_id
- convert
- copy_fields
- decode_base64_field
- decode_csv_fields
- decode_json_fields
- decode_xml
- decode_xml_wineventlog
- decompress_gzip_field
- detect_mime_type
- dissect
- dns
- drop_event
- drop_fields
- extract_array
- fingerprint
- include_fields
- rate_limit
- registered_domain
- rename
- script
- timestamp
- translate_sid
- truncate_fields
- urldecode
- Internal queue
- Logging
- HTTP endpoint
- Regular expression support
- Instrumentation
- journalbeat.reference.yml
- How to guides
- Exported fields
- Monitor
- Secure
- Troubleshoot
- Get help
- Debug
- Common problems
- Journalbeat uses too much bandwidth
- Error loading config file
- Found unexpected or unknown characters
- Logstash connection doesn’t work
- Publishing to Logstash fails with "connection reset by peer" message
- @metadata is missing in Logstash
- Not sure whether to use Logstash or Beats
- SSL client fails to connect to Logstash
- Monitoring UI shows fewer Beats than expected
Directory layout
editDirectory layout
editThe directory layout of an installation is as follows:
Type | Description | Default Location | Config Option |
---|---|---|---|
home |
Home of the Journalbeat installation. |
|
|
bin |
The location for the binary files. |
|
|
config |
The location for configuration files. |
|
|
data |
The location for persistent data files. |
|
|
logs |
The location for the logs created by Journalbeat. |
|
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You can change these settings by using CLI flags or setting path options in the configuration file.
Default paths
editJournalbeat uses the following default paths unless you explicitly change them.
deb and rpm
editType | Description | Location |
---|---|---|
home |
Home of the Journalbeat installation. |
|
bin |
The location for the binary files. |
|
config |
The location for configuration files. |
|
data |
The location for persistent data files. |
|
logs |
The location for the logs created by Journalbeat. |
|
For the deb and rpm distributions, these paths are set in the init script or in
the systemd unit file. Make sure that you start the Journalbeat service by using
the preferred operating system method (init scripts or systemctl
).
Otherwise the paths might be set incorrectly.
docker
editType | Description | Location |
---|---|---|
home |
Home of the Journalbeat installation. |
|
bin |
The location for the binary files. |
|
config |
The location for configuration files. |
|
data |
The location for persistent data files. |
|
logs |
The location for the logs created by Journalbeat. |
|
./journalbeat
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