logstash --help
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
logstash --help
Usage:
bin/logstash [OPTIONS]
Options:
-n, --node.name NAME Specify the name of this logstash instance, if no value is given
it will default to the current hostname.
(default: "users-MacBook-Pro-2.local")
--enable-local-plugin-development Allow Gemfile to be manipulated directly
to facilitate simpler local plugin
development.
This is an advanced setting, intended
only for use by Logstash developers,
and should not be used in production.
(default: false)
-f, --path.config CONFIG_PATH Load the logstash config from a specific file
or directory. If a directory is given, all
files in that directory will be concatenated
in lexicographical order and then parsed as a
single config file. You can also specify
wildcards (globs) and any matched files will
be loaded in the order described above.
-e, --config.string CONFIG_STRING Use the given string as the configuration
data. Same syntax as the config file. If no
input is specified, then the following is
used as the default input:
"input { stdin { type => stdin } }"
and if no output is specified, then the
following is used as the default output:
"output { stdout { codec => rubydebug } }"
If you wish to use both defaults, please use
the empty string for the '-e' flag.
(default: nil)
--field-reference-escape-style STYLE Use the given STYLE when parsing field
references. This allows you to reference fields
whose name includes characters that are
meaningful in a field reference including square
brackets (`[` and `]`).
This feature is in TECHNICAL PREVIEW, and
implementations are subject to change.
Available escape styles are:
- `none`: escape sequences in field references
are not processed, which means fields that
contain special characters cannot be
referenced.
- `percent`: characters may be encoded with
URI-style percent notation represeting UTF-8
bytes (`[` is `%5B`; `]` is `%5D`).
Unlike URI-encoding, literal percent characters
do not need to be escaped unless followed by a
sequence of 2 capital hexadecimal characters.
- `ampersand`: characters may be encoded with
HTML-style ampersand-hash encoding notation
representing decimal unicode codepoints
(`[` is `[`; `]` is `]`).
(default: "none")
--event_api.tags.illegal STRING The top-level `tags` field is reserved, and may only contain a
single `string` or an array of `string`s -- other values will cause
subsequent access of the `tags` field to crash the pipeline.
This flag controls how the Event API handles a `tags` field that is
an illegal shape, such as a key-value map.
Available options are:
- `rename`: illegal value in `tags` will be moved to `_tags`.
A tag `_tagsparsefailure` is added to `tags` field to
indicate the illegal assignment. Doing `set` operation with
illegal value will throw exception. This is the default option.
- `warn`: allow illegal value assignment and print warning
at startup. This option is deprecated and slated
for removal.
(default: "rename")
--modules MODULES Load Logstash modules.
Modules can be defined using multiple instances
'--modules module1 --modules module2',
or comma-separated syntax
'--modules=module1,module2'
Cannot be used in conjunction with '-e' or '-f'
Use of '--modules' will override modules declared
in the 'logstash.yml' file.
-M, --modules.variable MODULES_VARIABLE Load variables for module template.
Multiple instances of '-M' or
'--modules.variable' are supported.
Ignored if '--modules' flag is not used.
Should be in the format of
'-M "MODULE_NAME.var.PLUGIN_TYPE.PLUGIN_NAME.VARIABLE_NAME=VALUE"'
as in
'-M "example.var.filter.mutate.fieldname=fieldvalue"'
--setup Load index template into Elasticsearch, and saved searches,
index-pattern, visualizations, and dashboards into Kibana when
running modules.
(default: false)
--cloud.id CLOUD_ID Sets the elasticsearch and kibana host settings for
module connections in Elastic Cloud.
Your Elastic Cloud User interface or the Cloud support
team should provide this.
Add an optional label prefix '<label>:' to help you
identify multiple cloud.ids.
e.g. 'staging:dXMtZWFzdC0xLmF3cy5mb3VuZC5pbyRub3RhcmVhbCRpZGVudGlmaWVy'
--cloud.auth CLOUD_AUTH Sets the elasticsearch and kibana username and password
for module connections in Elastic Cloud
e.g. 'username:<password>'
--pipeline.id ID Sets the ID of the pipeline.
(default: "main")
-w, --pipeline.workers COUNT Sets the number of pipeline workers to run.
(default: 8)
--pipeline.ordered ORDERED Preserve events order. Possible values are `auto` (default), `true` and `false`.
This setting
will only work when also using a single worker for the pipeline.
Note that when enabled, it may impact the performance of the filters
and ouput processing.
The `auto` option will automatically enable ordering if the
`pipeline.workers` setting is set to `1`.
Use `true` to enable ordering on the pipeline and prevent logstash
from starting if there are multiple workers.
Use `false` to disable any extra processing necessary for preserving
ordering.
(default: "auto")
--plugin-classloaders (Beta) Load Java plugins in independent classloaders to isolate their dependencies.
(default: false)
-b, --pipeline.batch.size SIZE Size of batches the pipeline is to work in.
(default: 125)
-u, --pipeline.batch.delay DELAY_IN_MS When creating pipeline batches, how long to wait while polling
for the next event.
(default: 50)
--pipeline.unsafe_shutdown Force logstash to exit during shutdown even
if there are still inflight events in memory.
By default, logstash will refuse to quit until all
received events have been pushed to the outputs.
(default: false)
--pipeline.ecs_compatibility STRING Sets the pipeline's default value for `ecs_compatibility`,
a setting that is available to plugins that implement
an ECS Compatibility mode for use with the Elastic Common
Schema.
Possible values are:
- disabled (default)
- v1
- v8
This option allows the early opt-in (or preemptive opt-out)
of ECS Compatibility modes in plugins, which is scheduled to
be on-by-default in a future major release of Logstash.
Values other than `disabled` are currently considered BETA,
and may produce unintended consequences when upgrading Logstash.
(default: "v8")
--path.data PATH This should point to a writable directory. Logstash
will use this directory whenever it needs to store
data. Plugins will also have access to this path.
(default: "/Users/user/brew/Cellar/logstash/8.11.4/libexec/data")
-p, --path.plugins PATH A path of where to find plugins. This flag
can be given multiple times to include
multiple paths. Plugins are expected to be
in a specific directory hierarchy:
'PATH/logstash/TYPE/NAME.rb' where TYPE is
'inputs' 'filters', 'outputs' or 'codecs'
and NAME is the name of the plugin.
(default: [])
-l, --path.logs PATH Write logstash internal logs to the given
file. Without this flag, logstash will emit
logs to standard output.
(default: "/Users/user/brew/Cellar/logstash/8.11.4/libexec/logs")
--log.level LEVEL Set the log level for logstash. Possible values are:
- fatal
- error
- warn
- info
- debug
- trace
(default: "info")
--config.debug Print the compiled config ruby code out as a debug log (you must also have --log.level=debug enabled).
WARNING: This will include any 'password' options passed to plugin configs as plaintext, and may result
in plaintext passwords appearing in your logs!
(default: false)
-i, --interactive SHELL Drop to shell instead of running as normal.
Valid shells are "irb" and "pry"
-V, --version Emit the version of logstash and its friends,
then exit.
-t, --config.test_and_exit Check configuration for valid syntax and then exit.
(default: false)
-r, --config.reload.automatic Monitor configuration changes and reload
whenever it is changed.
NOTE: use SIGHUP to manually reload the config
(default: false)
--config.reload.interval RELOAD_INTERVAL How frequently to poll the configuration location
for changes, in seconds.
(default: #<Java::OrgLogstashUtil::TimeValue:0x4c7e7855>)
--api.enabled ENABLED Can be used to disable the Web API, which is
enabled by default.
(default: true)
--api.http.host HTTP_HOST Web API binding host (default: "127.0.0.1")
--api.http.port HTTP_PORT Web API http port (default: 9600..9700)
--log.format FORMAT Specify if Logstash should write its own logs in JSON form (one
event per line) or in plain text (using Ruby's Object#inspect)
(default: "plain")
--path.settings SETTINGS_DIR Directory containing logstash.yml file. This can also be
set through the LS_SETTINGS_DIR environment variable.
(default: "/Users/user/brew/Cellar/logstash/8.11.4/libexec/config")
--verbose Set the log level to info.
DEPRECATED: use --log.level=info instead.
--debug Set the log level to debug.
DEPRECATED: use --log.level=debug instead.
--quiet Set the log level to info.
DEPRECATED: use --log.level=info instead.
--http.enabled Can be used to disable the Web API, which is
enabled by default.
DEPRECATED: use `--api.enabled=false`
--http.host HTTP_HOST Web API binding host
DEPRECATED: use `--api.http.host=IP`
--http.port HTTP_PORT Web API http port
DEPRECATED: use `--api.http.port=PORT`
-h, --help print help
See also[edit]
Advertising:
