Logstash Streaming Log Writer
Rundeck, Inc.

Simple Rundeck streaming Log Writer plugin that will pipe all log output to a Logstash server by writing Json to a TCP port.

This is a simple Rundeck streaming Log Writer plugin that will pipe all log output to a Logstash server by writing Json to a TCP port. For Rundeck version 1.6.0 or later.

Installation

Copy the LogstashPlugin.groovy to your $RDECK_BASE/libext/ directory for Rundeck.

Enable the plugin in your rundeck-config.properties file:

rundeck.execution.logs.streamingWriterPlugins=LogstashPlugin

Configure Rundeck

The plugin supports these configuration properties:

  • host – hostname of the logstash server
  • port – TCP port to send JSON data to

You can update the your framework/project.properties file to set these configuration values:

in framework.properties:

framework.plugin.StreamingLogWriter.LogstashPlugin.port=9700
framework.plugin.StreamingLogWriter.LogstashPlugin.host=localhost

or in project.properties:

project.plugin.StreamingLogWriter.LogstashPlugin.port=9700
project.plugin.StreamingLogWriter.LogstashPlugin.host=localhost

Configure Logstash

Add a TCP input that uses Json format data. Here is an example rundeck-logstash.conf:

input {
  
  tcp {
    debug => true 
    format => "json"
    host => "localhost"
    message_format => "%{message}"
    mode => server
    port => 9700
    #ssl_cacert => ... # a valid filesystem path (optional)
    #ssl_cert => ... # a valid filesystem path (optional)
    #ssl_enable => ... # boolean (optional), default: false
    #ssl_key => ... # a valid filesystem path (optional)
    #ssl_key_passphrase => ... # password (optional), default: nil
    #ssl_verify => ... # boolean (optional), default: false
    tags => ["rundeck"]
    type => "rundeck"
  }

}

output { 
  stdout { }

  elasticsearch { embedded => true }
}

Start Logstash

Use the config file when starting logstash.

java -jar ../logstash-1.1.13-flatjar.jar agent -f rundeck-logstash.conf -- web --backend elasticsearch://localhost/