Configure Logstash to connect to Elasticsearch as output

[Chma]

I am running elasticsearch 8.4 and have configured logstash to index into elasticsearch. But I am getting the error:

][ERROR][logstash.javapipeline    ][main] Pipeline error {:pipeline_id=>"main", :exception=>#<Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - /etc/logstash/certs/http_ca.crt>, :backtrace=>["org/jruby/RubyIO.java:1227:in `sysopen'", "org/jruby/RubyFile.java:362:in `initialize'", "org/jruby/RubyClass.java:911:in `new'", "org/jruby/RubyIO.java:1146:in `open'", "org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:287:in `open'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/jruby/lib/ruby/stdlib/open-uri.rb:37:in `open'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.6.0/gems/manticore-0.9.1-java/lib/manticore/client.rb:704:in `setup_trust_store'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.6.0/gems/manticore-0.9.1-java/lib/manticore/client.rb:692:in `ssl_socket_factory_from_options'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.6.0/gems/manticore-0.9.1-java/lib/manticore/client.rb:454:in `pool_builder'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.6.0/gems/manticore-0.9.1-java/lib/manticore/client.rb:462:in `pool'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.6.0/gems/manticore-0.9.1-java/lib/manticore/client.rb:227:in `initialize'", "org/jruby/RubyClass.java:911:in `new'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.6.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client/manticore_adapter.rb:26:in `initialize'", "org/jruby/RubyClass.java:911:in `new'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.6.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client.rb:325:in `build_adapter'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.6.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client.rb:341:in `build_pool'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.6.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client.rb:63:in `initialize'", "org/jruby/RubyClass.java:911:in `new'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.6.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client_builder.rb:106:in `create_http_client'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.6.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/http_client_builder.rb:102:in `build'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.6.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/elasticsearch/common.rb:39:in `build_client'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.6.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-11.6.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch.rb:279:in `register'", "org/logstash/config/ir/compiler/AbstractOutputDelegatorExt.java:68:in `register'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:233:in `block in register_plugins'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1865:in `each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:232:in `register_plugins'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:598:in `maybe_setup_out_plugins'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:245:in `start_workers'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:190:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:142:in `block in start'"], "pipeline.sources"=>["/etc/logstash/conf.d/testlog.conf"], :thread=>"#<Thread:0x3278de7c run>"}

Here are the steps I followed:

• I created an elasticsearch user: elkDemo with the password elkDemo.

• I installed logstash

• created a directory /etc/logstash/certs and copied http_ca.crt from /etc/elasticsearch/certs/http_ca.crt to /etc/logstash/certs

• Created my logstash conf file elk-demo.conf

Here's the configuration file:

input {
  beats {
    port => 5044
  }
}
output {
    elasticsearch {
      ssl => true
      ssl_certificate_verification => true
      cacert => '/etc/logstash/certs/http_ca.crt'
      user => testUser
      password => testUser
      hosts => ["https://10.0.8.19:9200"]
      index =>"demo-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
    }
}

Am I missing anything?

[Rios]

[ERROR][logstash.javapipeline ][main] Pipeline error {:pipeline_id=>"main", :exception=>#<Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - /etc/logstash/certs/http_ca.crt

Check the permission on http_ca.crt

[Chma]

@Chma

/etc/logstash/certs/http_ca.crt

Got it. Fixed it by running:

sudo chmod o+r /etc/logstash/certs/http_ca.crt

Do I need to include the user and password in the input and filter sections?

[Rios]

Nope