This topic describes how to install Logstash.
Background information
Logstash is an open-source software application for data collection. You can use Logstash
to collect logs and then use the logstash-output-logservice plug-in to upload the
logs to Log Service. To download the logstash-output-logservice plug-in, visit Logstash plug-in.
Procedure
- Install the JDK package.
- Download the JDK package.
Go to the
Java official website, download the JDK package, and then double-click the package to install the JDK package.
- Set the environment variables.
Choose . On the window that appears, set the environment variables.
- PATH: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_73\bin
- CLASSPATH: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_73\lib;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_73\lib\tools.jar
- JAVA_HOME: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_73
Replace jdk1.8.0_73 with your actual JDK version.
- Verify that the JDK package is installed.
Run the
java -version command. If a result that is similar to the following example is returned, the JDK
package is installed.
PS C:\Users\Administrator> java -version
java version "1.8.0_73"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_73-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.73-b02, mixed mode)
PS C:\Users\Administrator> javac -version
javac 1.8.0_73
- Install Logstash.
- Download the installation package.
- Decompress the downloaded package to the specified directory.
- Install Logstash plug-in.
- Select the installation mode based on the network environment of the server.
- Verify that Logstash plug-in is installed.
Run the following command. If the logstash-output-logservice plug-in is displayed
in the returned plug-in list, the plug-in is installed.
PS C:\logstash-6.4.3> .\bin\logstash-plugin list