Can logstash listen directly from JMS queue using logstash-input-jms plugin?

Ranieri_Mazili_de_Ol · February 26, 2017, 3:50pm

Hello,

I'm studying a little bit about Beats, Logstash and ElasticSearch and which features of each one I have to use to create a solution.
I was thinking that I should use Beats to listen a JMS queue and then send this event to Logstash to be parsed and insert it on ElasticSearch but after watch Getting Started with Logstash video I could see that there are a lot of plugin to Logstash to make it listen directly from the sources and I found out logstash-input-jms plugin which looks like a plugin to listen JMS queue.

Is this right? Can I really use Logstash to listen directly from the source?
When should I use Beats instead of Logstash direclty?
I've not found any documentation about the plugin (logstash-input-jms). Where can I see if it really does what I need?

I really appreciate any help.
Thanks!

magnusbaeck · February 27, 2017, 6:52am

Is this right? Can I really use Logstash to listen directly from the source?

If there's a plugin for it and the plugin works for your purposes, yes.

When should I use Beats instead of Logstash direclty?

The main point of Beats program is to be narrow and lightweight collectors of data with a limited feature set and processing abilities. There is often overlap between what Beats programs can do and what Logstash can do.

I've not found any documentation about the plugin (logstash-input-jms). Where can I see if it really does what I need?

I don't know why the docs haven't been published, but the source code from which docs are generated are found here:

github.com

logstash-plugins/logstash-input-jms/blob/main/lib/logstash/inputs/jms.rb

# encoding: utf-8
require "logstash/inputs/base"
require "logstash/inputs/threadable"
require 'java'
require "logstash/namespace"

require 'logstash/plugin_mixins/ecs_compatibility_support'
require 'logstash/plugin_mixins/ecs_compatibility_support/target_check'
require 'logstash/plugin_mixins/event_support/event_factory_adapter'
require 'logstash/plugin_mixins/validator_support/field_reference_validation_adapter'

# Read events from a Jms Broker. Supports both Jms Queues and Topics.
#
# For more information about Jms, see <http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/tutorial/doc/bncdq.html>
# For more information about the Ruby Gem used, see <http://github.com/reidmorrison/jruby-jms>
# Here is a config example to pull from a queue:
#  jms {
#     include_headers => false
#     include_properties => false
#     include_body => true

This file has been truncated. show original

system · March 27, 2017, 6:53am

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.

Topic		Replies	Views
Is this the right path to my solution? Beats, Logstach, ElasticSearch and Kibana? Elastic Community and Ecosystem	2	982	March 23, 2017
Beats to Logstash? Beats	3	244	October 19, 2019
Logstash not listening on beats input port Logstash	2	267	September 6, 2021
Beats to Elasticsearch or Beats to Logstash? Which is best practice Beats filebeat	3	471	April 10, 2018
Logstash-to-Logstash Communication, Beats input? Logstash	3	271	September 9, 2022

Can logstash listen directly from JMS queue using logstash-input-jms plugin?

Related topics