Tag Archives: filebeat

Sample data for Elasticsearch

By | October 30, 2019

We got some sample data for Elasticsearch. 1.5 million records to be precise. We will use Filebeats and Elasticsearch pipelines to load up the data into the cluster. The data has text, numbers and even geo points ! The data size on disk will be around 640MB (Windows environment). So let get on with it.

How to extract filename from filebeat shipped logs

By | May 9, 2019

This post will show how to extract filename from filebeat shipped logs, using elasticsearch pipelines and grok. I will also show how to deal with the failures usually seen in real life. With that said lets get started.

Indexing csv files using Elasticsearch pipelines

By | March 11, 2019

In this tutorial on indexing csv files using Elasticsearch pipelines we will use painless script ingest a csv file. The painless script will run in a elasticsearch pipelines. This problem of ingesting csv logs shipped from filebeats directly into elasticsearch can be solved in many ways. I will discuss the usual method as well as… Read More »

Using Filebeat to ingest apache logs

By | December 7, 2018

This tutorial on using Filebeat to ingest apache logs will show you how to create a working system in a jiffy. I will not go into minute details since I want to keep this post simple and sweet. I will just show the bare minimum which needs to be done to make the system work.