This is the answer I needed, thank you. I used those images fully thinking they were just base installs of all of the modules required (mongo, elastisearch, nginx), I didn't know functionality was removed to reduce complexity. Looks like I'll be setting up a custom installation then so I can reconfigure things.
Thank you! On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 10:16:09 AM UTC-5, Marius Sturm wrote: > > Hi Joshua, > on the appliances MongoDB runs without a configuration file. Settings > are given by command line options. If you want to change something you > can add or delete options in the start script of MongoDB: > /opt/graylog/service/mongodb/run > > Afterwards restart the service. > > I think your confusion comes from the pre-build Graylog appliance. The > setup is fundamentally different than what is explained in the Graylog > installation documentation. > The appliance is not just a VM with an installed Graylog, dumped into > a file. It's an own world with special toolings. Making it easy for > new users to get everything running and play around with the different > operating modes of Graylog. To reach that the graylog-ctl command is > rendering all configuration files for you (this is also the reason for > redundant configurations in YAML format). You provide as little > informations as possible and the appliance will create a working setup > for you. The downside is that you can't just edit some files here and > there and fiddle around until you reach the state you are looking for. > The graylog-ctl command will reset your changes on the next > 'reconfigure' run. Long story short either you pick an appliance > installation and everything is prepared for you (with some > limitations) or you manually install a server with Graylog and that > one will follow you own installation rules and standards. > > Cheers, > Marius > > > On 13 December 2016 at 15:50, Joshua Waclawski <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Hey Jochen, > > > > Looks like you may be at least partially correct, my apologies for the > > confusion on this. That section does point to most of the configuration > > files, I still need access to change configurations of MongoDB to close > up > > some pretty problematic security holes. That documentation is telling > me > > that the settings for mongodb are stored in the graylog-settings.json > file > > in /etc/graylog; I checked this file and don't see any mongo specific > > settings. Is it as simple as adding the mongo configuration keys and > values > > here and restarting graylog? > > > > On Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 6:53:34 AM UTC-5, Jochen Schalanda > wrote: > >> > >> Hi Joshua, > >> > >> On Saturday, 10 December 2016 19:27:40 UTC+1, Joshua Waclawski wrote: > >>> > >>> As I mentioned in my previous post, that documentation is incorrect > when > >>> using the EC2-AMI's provided on the graylog website. Here's some > examples... > >> > >> > >> I think you've been looking at the wrong section of the documentation. > The > >> paths in the AMIs are identical to the ones used in the OVA (because > both > >> are based on the Omnibus package, just as the comment in the > documentation > >> states): > >> > http://docs.graylog.org/en/2.1/pages/configuration/file_location.html#omnibus-package > > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Jochen > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "Graylog Users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/graylog2/09aa0944-44b5-46d2-a020-05626fd50167%40googlegroups.com. > > > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Developer > > Tel.: +49 (0)40 609 452 077 > Fax.: +49 (0)40 609 452 078 > > TORCH GmbH - A Graylog Company > Poolstraße 21 > 20335 Hamburg > Germany > > https://www.graylog.com > > Commercial Reg. (Registergericht): Amtsgericht Hamburg, HRB 125175 > Geschäftsführer: Lennart Koopmann (CEO) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Graylog Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/graylog2/cc61846b-7e35-4a59-968c-e218f96d96c2%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
