# Logstash **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/logstash/14.md?page=297 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 298 --- ## [Remove LogLevel and Logger from message in logstash?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-loglevel-and-logger-from-message-in-logstash/250896)
**Author:** [@Bhavin\_Varsur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhavin_Varsur)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-loglevel-and-logger-from-message-in-logstash/250896 "2020-10-04T11:29:53Z")
Can I able to reove loglevel and logger from message. I want to create fields level and logger and store into it and then remove from message so it will easy to filterize log in kibana. Is this possible? How ? --- ## [Copy Field from a new processed document to an old Document](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-field-from-a-new-processed-document-to-an-old-document/250897)
**Author:** [@Tensoue](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tensoue)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-field-from-a-new-processed-document-to-an-old-document/250897 "2020-10-04T11:42:49Z")
Hi all, I am trying to copy field from a new document received in logstash to an old one exists in the elasticsearch server. For example: There are 2 events, lets call them event1 and event2 event1{name: "xyz",lastna… --- ## [Logstash pipeline](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipeline/250799)
**Author:** [@KRISHNAPRASAD\_HG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KRISHNAPRASAD_HG)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipeline/250799 "2020-10-04T10:32:05Z")
Below is my pipelines.yml file but the configs not picked by logstash! Anything wrong here? pipeline.id: step1 pipeline.workers: 1 path.config: "D:/logstash-7.8.1/config/step1.conf" pipeline.id: step2 pipeline.worker… --- ## [How can I indexing logs separate by their loggedtime(datetime)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-indexing-logs-separate-by-their-loggedtime-datetime/250868)
**Author:** [@Bhavin\_Varsur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhavin_Varsur)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-indexing-logs-separate-by-their-loggedtime-datetime/250868 "2020-10-03T17:39:31Z")
I have 3 log files which is like this logstash-2020.10.01 logstash-2020.10.02 logstash-2020.10.03 when I run logstash (run logstash.conf pipeline) it indexing all logs in one index. but i want to index them by the t… --- ## [How can I check loglevel with use of If else condition in logstash filter?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-check-loglevel-with-use-of-if-else-condition-in-logstash-filter/250844)
**Author:** [@Bhavin\_Varsur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhavin_Varsur)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2020, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-check-loglevel-with-use-of-if-else-condition-in-logstash-filter/250844 "2020-10-03T07:34:08Z")
filter{ # 1. for LogLevel.Error logs grok{ match=\> \["message","%{DATESTAMP:timestamp} %{LOGLEVEL:level} %{USERNAME:logger} %{USER:user} %{URI:url} %{USER:method} %{IPV4:clientIp} %{GREEDYDATA:message}"\] } # 2. for… --- ## [Stopping LogStash after processing the data](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stopping-logstash-after-processing-the-data/250749)
**Author:** [@Roman\_Kagan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roman_Kagan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stopping-logstash-after-processing-the-data/250749 "2020-10-02T21:58:36Z")
Hello: I am creating my own conf file that I supply on command line to LogStash - it works like a charm, however it does not stop after processing all the data. I do not expect to generate new files in some folder, nor… --- ## [Running sample text file thorough logstash](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-sample-text-file-thorough-logstash/250821)
**Author:** [@sukumar.koganti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sukumar.koganti)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-sample-text-file-thorough-logstash/250821 "2020-10-02T21:33:46Z")
This is my sample file FName,Lname,sal,location Suresh,Koganti,6000,Montreal Denis,Gallagher,7000,Quebec and this is my conf file input { file{ path =\> "C:\\Users\\skkoganti\\Documents\\log\\users.txt" start\_p… --- ## [Nested Json Array parse failure](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-json-array-parse-failure/250564)
**Author:** [@Feedy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Feedy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-json-array-parse-failure/250564 "2020-10-02T21:17:57Z")
I am having trouble parsing json log file that contains nested array. I am trying to add the values in the array after "docs" as their own searchable field linked to the target docs. Here is sample log below: {"dba\_serv… --- ## [How to share field data between documents of the same file path](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-share-field-data-between-documents-of-the-same-file-path/250838)
**Author:** [@NomadicCodeGuy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NomadicCodeGuy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-share-field-data-between-documents-of-the-same-file-path/250838 "2020-10-02T20:23:58Z")
I am using logstash to parse test logs. Some test log files have multiple errors per file. Only the last error in each file contains the "scenario" information but I need all errors from the same file path to share the s… --- ## [Parsing PFSense Proxy logs in Syslog](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-pfsense-proxy-logs-in-syslog/250818)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Archinal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lee_Archinal)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-pfsense-proxy-logs-in-syslog/250818 "2020-10-02T19:49:12Z")
Good morning everyone, I recently deployed a PFSense box and enabled a Squid Proxy. I am shipping those logs to my ELK server to process and display in Kibana. I currently have filebeat running on my stack and have the … --- ## [Error stacktrace take separate log line in logstash](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-stacktrace-take-separate-log-line-in-logstash/250812)
**Author:** [@Bhavin\_Varsur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhavin_Varsur)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-stacktrace-take-separate-log-line-in-logstash/250812 "2020-10-02T16:51:18Z")
I used multiline pattern in filebeat. the stacktrace of error log taking another line.not be with error log here is my filebeat multiline pattern: multiline.pattern: '^\[\[:space:\]\]' multiline.negate: false multiline.m… --- ## [XML filter in logstash](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xml-filter-in-logstash/250291)
**Author:** [@SSSPR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SSSPR)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xml-filter-in-logstash/250291 "2020-10-02T17:16:01Z")
Hi All, I want to match the message name and value but both are linked with a variable p , how to extract each of the message name and match with corresponding value using the variable p with respective corresponding ob… --- ## [Could not execute action: PipelineAction::Create](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-execute-action-pipelineaction-create/250802)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Tri\_Le](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dung_Tri_Le)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-execute-action-pipelineaction-create/250802 "2020-10-02T16:12:50Z")
Hello, I'm totally new user for ELK stask and I try to make Logstask working with my logfile format on an ubuntu stand alone server with docker. Kibana, Elastic-search, and logstash containers with the default config i… --- ## [Logstash don't take filebeat logs which is i added in filebeat.yml](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-dont-take-filebeat-logs-which-is-i-added-in-filebeat-yml/250655)
**Author:** [@Bhavin\_Varsur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhavin_Varsur)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-dont-take-filebeat-logs-which-is-i-added-in-filebeat-yml/250655 "2020-10-02T15:01:04Z")
I installed latest version 7.9.2 for both logstash and filebeat. logstash successfully started api endpoint but don't take logs of filebeat. which i added path of my logs in filebeat log input. i added my logs path but… --- ## [Can't delete empty field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-delete-empty-field/250678)
**Author:** [@hiba](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hiba)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-delete-empty-field/250678 "2020-10-02T14:50:30Z")
Hi, i want to parse a json response and load data into elasticsearch via logstash , i try to delete arrDate and depDate fields if it's empty ,,,but i still got this error, \[2020-10-01T13:24:13,646\]\[WARN \]\[logstash.out… --- ## [Creating a counter out of log occurrences and scraping the log itself](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-a-counter-out-of-log-occurrences-and-scraping-the-log-itself/250778)
**Author:** [@Jarek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jarek1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-a-counter-out-of-log-occurrences-and-scraping-the-log-itself/250778 "2020-10-02T13:38:26Z")
Hi Community, can you please advice me how to proceed with the following topic? I am feeding unstructured logs from 3rd party application to the logstash via UDP feed. Logs are categorized by using grok script. For som… --- ## [Overriding logstash.yml in pipelines.yml](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/overriding-logstash-yml-in-pipelines-yml/250757)
**Author:** [@dawiro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dawiro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/overriding-logstash-yml-in-pipelines-yml/250757 "2020-10-02T13:36:49Z")
Hi, I am testing a pipelined configuration using the output isolator pattern. While this I am still using pipeline batch/worker settings from logstash.yml and would like to use pipeline.ordered for one of the outputs. W… --- ## [Logstash file output. gzip performance](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-output-gzip-performance/250761)
**Author:** [@Samuel\_Delepiere](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Samuel_Delepiere)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-output-gzip-performance/250761 "2020-10-02T13:34:28Z")
Hi, I have a logstash instance ingesting large amount of log files data from Kafka. I write them back to disk using the file output plugin. From a performance point of view, is it better to get logstash to zip on the f… --- ## [Lumberjack error: Client write error, trying connect (..syswrite, write\_sync, multi\_receive, output\_batch, worker\_loop, start\_workers)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lumberjack-error-client-write-error-trying-connect-syswrite-write-sync-multi-receive-output-batch-worker-loop-start-workers/250557)
**Author:** [@Stanvv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stanvv)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lumberjack-error-client-write-error-trying-connect-syswrite-write-sync-multi-receive-output-batch-worker-loop-start-workers/250557 "2020-10-02T13:21:09Z")
When trying to forward data via the lumberjack protocol, we get the following error: See full error\[2020-09-30T20:23:04,014\]\[ERROR\]\[logstash.outputs.lumberjack\] Client write error, trying connect {:e=\>#\ **Author:** [@sesti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sesti)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/static-date-conversion-arbitrary-failed/250783 "2020-10-02T12:09:39Z") For some reason I don't understand, logstash randomly fails to convert a date that doesn't change. date format: Fri Oct 2 error message: error type mapper\_parsiing\_exception ... with format \[strict\_date\_optionnal\_time\] … --- ## [Test run fails](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/test-run-fails/250706)
**Author:** [@Craig2188](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Craig2188)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/test-run-fails/250706 "2020-10-02T10:43:56Z")
Hi, I have Logstash (on a seperate server to ES) set to run as a service, but wanted to test it first by running \\bin\\logstash.bat -f .\\config\\logstash-conf.conf However when I run this it appears to start but then st… --- ## [Lostash and arcsight integration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lostash-and-arcsight-integration/247434)
**Author:** [@sidhesh\_kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sidhesh_kumar)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lostash-and-arcsight-integration/247434 "2020-10-02T10:10:50Z")
unable to configure smart connector on logstash content of logstash.yml modules: name: arcsight var.input.eventbroker.bootstrap\_servers: "XXXX.XXXXXX.XXXXX:1515" var.input.eventbroker.topics: "eb\_topic" var.elasti… --- ## [Split objects in a nested array into separate record](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/split-objects-in-a-nested-array-into-separate-record/250425)
**Author:** [@jasoninmel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasoninmel)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/split-objects-in-a-nested-array-into-separate-record/250425 "2020-10-01T23:09:49Z")
Hi there, I have the following data structure in Elasticsearch. { "id": "559466", "name": "test", "availability": \[ { "assetId": "559466", "type": "pen", "complete": true, "availableFr… --- ## [Logstash if condition](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-if-condition/250689)
**Author:** [@Yotam\_Mazurik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yotam_Mazurik)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-if-condition/250689 "2020-10-01T22:04:45Z")
Hey, i'm new to logstash and got stuck while trying to create an if condition... The structure of my if condition: if (\[process\]\[executable\] not in \[processes\]\["%{\[process\]\[hash\]\[md5\]}"\]\[paths\]) { .... } w… --- ## [Dissect failure for no obvious reason](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dissect-failure-for-no-obvious-reason/250634)
**Author:** [@Haptomai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Haptomai)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dissect-failure-for-no-obvious-reason/250634 "2020-10-01T21:47:49Z")
Hi there, For no obvious (to me) reason, a certain message coming from filebeat that always fell in error on logstash processing. Here is the sample: Oct 1 09:38:12 ff434-srv1 MC: debug {74308} \[ApiUiJob\] PlanJob()… --- ## [Logstash started but filebeat says connection refused](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-started-but-filebeat-says-connection-refused/250732)
**Author:** [@Sravan\_Kumar\_Guduru](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sravan_Kumar_Guduru)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-started-but-filebeat-says-connection-refused/250732 "2020-10-01T19:07:50Z")
Interestingly my logstash is running when I tried ps -ef | grep logstash and when my filebeat tries to send the logs it is getting connection refused error. When I even do telent , i get below error message \[root@Ganes… --- ## [Filebeat is not sending logs to Logstash, logstash is localhost](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-not-sending-logs-to-logstash-logstash-is-localhost/250586)
**Author:** [@Sravan\_Kumar\_Guduru](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sravan_Kumar_Guduru)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-not-sending-logs-to-logstash-logstash-is-localhost/250586 "2020-10-01T19:06:46Z")
Hi All, I am having trouble with my filebeat/logstash. connectivity seems to be inconsistenst. When i try it in debug mode it works fine but when i use it with systemctl start it fails . Below are my filebeat and logst… --- ## [Sort Elasticsearch output in Logstash](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-elasticsearch-output-in-logstash/250723)
**Author:** [@Nikopoulos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikopoulos)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-elasticsearch-output-in-logstash/250723 "2020-10-01T16:53:16Z")
I have 2 logstash pipelines. The first one uploads log lines in elasticsearch using csv filter. These are the columns \[timestamp,machine,application\]. The other pipeline gets data from elasticsearch, sorts them by timest… --- ## [Event with multiple patterns](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/event-with-multiple-patterns/250700)
**Author:** [@fluss](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fluss)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/event-with-multiple-patterns/250700 "2020-10-01T15:44:28Z")
Hello, I have an event as on below: Rule 'device' failed for user 'user45' reason 'Rule1:OS not found'. grok { match =\> \["event","%{GREEDYDATA}reason '%{GREEDYDATA:rule}:%{GREEDYDATA:reason}'."\] } rule: Rule1 reas… --- ## [Logstash - If %{statement} has "value"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-if-statement-has-value/250702)
**Author:** [@headtea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/headtea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-if-statement-has-value/250702 "2020-10-01T15:22:12Z")
In Logstash, I'm trying to set a condition where if within a file named "cowrie.json", if a new message is received that starts with "login attempt\*" - send an email. This is what I tried: output { if \[log\]\[file\]\[pat… [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/logstash/14.md?page=296) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/logstash/14.md?page=298)