David,

Ok figure this one out...So I completely deleted all my elasticsearch coding in 
the rsyslog.conf file and went back to the default rsyslog.conf file that you 
get in centos. 

I get no failures on any of the actions. So I clear my debug and rsyslogd.log 
files to start fresh. 

I stop the rsyslog service. Run debug from the command line. (/sbin/rsyslogd 
-c3 -dn > /var/log/debug.log)

So it begins to debug. This continues to run so it fills my rsyslogd.log file 
and kibana is picking up the logs from that file. So I start the rsyslog 
service....which in turn kibana stops reading the logs.

So I add back in the first part of my config part for elasticsearch and the 
same results happen. It still picks up the logs in the rsyslogd.log file but 
nothing else. When I stop the rsyslog service kibana picks up the logs and when 
I start the service it stops picking up the logs. It only accounts for this one 
file. It won't read any other file. 

So I know fundamentally there is communication. Now my question is why isn't it 
working when I start the rsyslog service? I've read 3-4 different tutorials on 
coding the rsyslog.conf file for elasticsearch and they all have the same 
configuration.

Josh









-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Lang
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:07 PM
To: rsyslog-users
Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Rsyslog w/ logstash-elasticsearch-kibana server

action 11 is failing, unless it has a separate queue it can be causing you 
significant other problems. I would suggest either commenting that out and 
trying again, or looking into what is failing there.

using omelasticsearch is suggested because it results in the most direct 
connection (allowing better detections of failures.

David Lang

On Fri, 2 May 2014, Josh Bitto wrote:

> Well it looks like my celebrations for success was pre-mature. 
> Initially when I stated that it was working. It indexed 230 lines of 
> logs over to kibana. Now it isn't doing anything. I then started 
> researching to see what the issue is and I came across an article that 
> said in order to have rsyslog drop logs into elasticsearch you have to have 
> omelasticsearch. Is this true?
>
> From other tutorials it shows to use omelasticsearch in the 
> rsyslog.conf, but I have never configured it. Maybe someone can help 
> me with my config. Here is the portion that I think should be going to 
> elasticsearch.
>
> ######################################################################
> ##################
>
> module(load="omelasticsearch") # for outputting to Elasticsearch # 
> this is for index names to be like: logstash-YYYY.MM.DD 
> template(name="logstash-index"
>  type="list") {
>    constant(value="logstash-")
>    property(name="timereported" dateFormat="rfc3339" position.from="1" 
> position.to="4")
>    constant(value=".")
>    property(name="timereported" dateFormat="rfc3339" position.from="6" 
> position.to="7")
>    constant(value=".")
>    property(name="timereported" dateFormat="rfc3339" position.from="9" 
> position.to="10") }
>
> # this is for formatting our syslog in JSON with @timestamp 
> template(name="plain-syslog"
>  type="list") {
>    constant(value="{")
>      constant(value="\"@timestamp\":\"")     property(name="timereported" 
> dateFormat="rfc3339")
>      constant(value="\",\"host\":\"")        property(name="hostname")
>      constant(value="\",\"severity\":\"")    
> property(name="syslogseverity-text")
>      constant(value="\",\"facility\":\"")    
> property(name="syslogfacility-text")
>      constant(value="\",\"tag\":\"")   property(name="syslogtag" 
> format="json")
>      constant(value="\",\"message\":\"")    property(name="msg" format="json")
>    constant(value="\"}")
> }
>
> # this is where we actually send the logs to Elasticsearch 
> (localhost:9200 by default) action(type="omelasticsearch"
>    template="plain-syslog"
>    searchIndex="logstash-index"
>    dynSearchIndex="on")
>
> $ModLoad imfile   # Load the imfile input module
>
> # Watch /var/log/httpd/access_log
> $InputFileName /var/log/httpd/access_log $InputFileTag apache-access:
> $InputFileStateFile state-apache-access $InputRunFileMonitor
>
> # Watch /var/log/httpd/error_log
> $InputFileName /var/log/httpd/error_log $InputFileTag apache-error:
> $InputFileStateFile state-apache-error $InputRunFileMonitor 
> ######################################################################
> #########
>
> When I look up my debug file I don't show any errors. When I look at the 
> rsyslogd.log this is the output.
>
> 2014-05-02T11:43:52.902217-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: 
> resource-usage: utime=4999 stime=7998 maxrss=2964 minflt=551 majflt=0 
> inblock=0 oublock=40 nvcsw=20 nivcsw=33
> 2014-05-02T11:43:52.902221-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: main Q: 
> size=16 enqueued=58 full=0 discarded.full=0 discarded.nf=0 maxqsize=18
> 2014-05-02T11:43:52.902223-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: 
> imudp(w0): called.recvmmsg=0 called.recvmsg=0 msgs.received=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:22.932423-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: imuxsock: 
> submitted=2 ratelimit.discarded=0 ratelimit.numratelimiters=1
> 2014-05-02T11:44:22.932451-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 1: 
> processed=60 failed=0 suspended=0 suspended.duration=0 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:22.932456-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: 
> omelasticsearch: submitted=2 failed.http=2 failed.httprequests=2 
> failed.es=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:22.932461-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 2: 
> processed=62 failed=62 suspended=1 suspended.duration=120 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:22.932465-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 3: 
> processed=62 failed=62 suspended=1 suspended.duration=120 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:22.932468-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 4: 
> processed=6 failed=0 suspended=0 suspended.duration=0 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:22.932471-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 5: 
> processed=2 failed=0 suspended=0 suspended.duration=0 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:22.932474-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 6: 
> processed=0 failed=0 suspended=0 suspended.duration=0 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:22.932476-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 7: 
> processed=0 failed=0 suspended=0 suspended.duration=0 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:22.932480-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 8: 
> processed=0 failed=0 suspended=0 suspended.duration=0 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:22.932483-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 9: 
> processed=0 failed=0 suspended=0 suspended.duration=0 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:22.932485-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 
> 10: processed=0 failed=0 suspended=0 suspended.duration=0 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:22.932489-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 
> 11: processed=62 failed=62 suspended=1 suspended.duration=120 
> resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:22.932492-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: 
> imudp(*:514): submitted=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:22.932495-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: 
> imudp(*:514): submitted=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:22.932500-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: 
> resource-usage: utime=4999 stime=10998 maxrss=2964 minflt=567 majflt=0 
> inblock=0 oublock=56 nvcsw=28 nivcsw=36
> 2014-05-02T11:44:22.932505-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: main Q: 
> size=16 enqueued=78 full=0 discarded.full=0 discarded.nf=0 maxqsize=18
> 2014-05-02T11:44:22.932509-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: 
> imudp(w0): called.recvmmsg=0 called.recvmsg=0 msgs.received=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:52.960753-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: imuxsock: 
> submitted=3 ratelimit.discarded=0 ratelimit.numratelimiters=2
> 2014-05-02T11:44:52.960780-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 1: 
> processed=78 failed=0 suspended=0 suspended.duration=0 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:52.960785-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: 
> omelasticsearch: submitted=2 failed.http=2 failed.httprequests=2 
> failed.es=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:52.960789-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 2: 
> processed=81 failed=81 suspended=1 suspended.duration=150 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:52.960792-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 3: 
> processed=81 failed=81 suspended=1 suspended.duration=150 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:52.960795-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 4: 
> processed=7 failed=0 suspended=0 suspended.duration=0 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:52.960799-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 5: 
> processed=2 failed=0 suspended=0 suspended.duration=0 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:52.960801-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 6: 
> processed=0 failed=0 suspended=0 suspended.duration=0 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:52.960804-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 7: 
> processed=0 failed=0 suspended=0 suspended.duration=0 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:52.960807-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 8: 
> processed=0 failed=0 suspended=0 suspended.duration=0 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:52.960810-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 9: 
> processed=0 failed=0 suspended=0 suspended.duration=0 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:52.960813-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 
> 10: processed=0 failed=0 suspended=0 suspended.duration=0 resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:52.960816-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: action 
> 11: processed=81 failed=81 suspended=1 suspended.duration=150 
> resumed=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:52.960819-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: 
> imudp(*:514): submitted=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:52.960821-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: 
> imudp(*:514): submitted=0
> 2014-05-02T11:44:52.960826-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: 
> resource-usage: utime=6998 stime=12998 maxrss=2984 minflt=576 majflt=0 
> inblock=0 oublock=80 nvcsw=36 nivcsw=49
> 2014-05-02T11:44:52.960831-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: main Q: 
> size=16 enqueued=97 full=0 discarded.full=0 discarded.nf=0 maxqsize=18
> 2014-05-02T11:44:52.960835-07:00 syslogtest rsyslogd-pstats: 
> imudp(w0): called.recvmmsg=0 called.recvmsg=0 msgs.received=0
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------ So after reviewing the debug file for the action 2, 3, and 11; 
> I couldn't find any errors at all. Most of the output shows it being 
> processed. Nothing indicates that there was a problem. I'm stuck...
>
>
>
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