Configuring Logstash

As we have seen in previous chapters, a general Logstash plugin configuration looks like this:

input {
  
}

filter {
  
}

output {
  
}

A Logstash configuration consists of a series of input, filter, and output plugins and their corresponding properties. Each plugin plays an important role towards parsing, processing, and finally putting the data in the required format. Input plugins generate the event, filters modify them, and output will ship them to other systems.

Logstash plugins