Cannot get file input work properly on OSX

Elastic Stack Logstash
1

Hi,

I have been using Logstash for some time.
I am trying to run the following configuration on my OSX (Yosemite) laptop :

input {
  file {
    path => "<path_to_log_file>"
    start_position => "beginning"
  }
}

output {
  stdout {
    codec => dots
  }
}

Good to know :

  1. It does not work with logstash 2.3.0, but works well on 2.1.1
  2. When file gets appended, everything works as expected
  3. I run a rm -rf ~/.sincedb_* before running logstash

Any clues?

2

Could it be the file input's ignore_older option that's causing you this grief? IIRC that option was added in 2.2 so that would explain the difference you see between LS 2.1 and 2.3.

3

Wow, this is exactly it, thank you!
I was suspecting something like that, any place where I can find all release notes, by version?

4

I was suspecting something like that, any place where I can find all release notes, by version?

Hmm. Past Releases of Elastic Stack Software | Elastic lists all releases but doesn't contain links to the release notes of all Logstash releases, but you can use Release Notes | Logstash Reference [2.3] | Elastic so browse the release notes of major versions, but there's always the option of literally going straight to the source: https://github.com/elastic/logstash/blob/v2.3.1/CHANGELOG.md