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[rizwanjavaid (Muhammad Rizwan)]

Hi! I am trying to configure elasticsearch,logstash and kibana on Windows 10. When i am trying to run the windows service of winogbeat, I am facing the issue

###################### Winlogbeat Configuration Example ########################

This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common

options. The winlogbeat.reference.yml file from the same directory contains

all the supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference.

You can find the full configuration reference here:

https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/winlogbeat/index.html

#======================= Winlogbeat specific options ===========================

event_logs specifies a list of event logs to monitor as well as any

accompanying options. The YAML data type of event_logs is a list of

dictionaries.

The supported keys are name (required), tags, fields, fields_under_root,

forwarded, ignore_older, level, event_id, provider, and include_xml. Please

visit the documentation for the complete details of each option.

https://go.es.io/WinlogbeatConfig

winlogbeat.event_logs:

• name: Application
  ignore_older: 72h

• name: System

• name: Security
  processors:

  • script:
    lang: javascript
    id: security
    file: ${path.home}/module/security/config/winlogbeat-security.js

• name: Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
  processors:

  • script:
    lang: javascript
    id: sysmon
    file: ${path.home}/module/sysmon/config/winlogbeat-sysmon.js

#==================== Elasticsearch template settings ==========================

setup.template.settings:
index.number_of_shards: 1
#index.codec: best_compression
#_source.enabled: false

#================================ General =====================================

The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group

all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface.

#name:

The tags of the shipper are included in their own field with each

transaction published.

#tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"]

Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the

output.

#fields:

env: staging

#============================== Dashboards =====================================

These settings control loading the sample dashboards to the Kibana index. Loading

the dashboards is disabled by default and can be enabled either by setting the

options here or by using the setup command.

#setup.dashboards.enabled: false

The URL from where to download the dashboards archive. By default this URL

has a value which is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released

versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the artifacts.elastic.co

website.

#setup.dashboards.url:

#============================== Kibana =====================================

Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API.

This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration.

setup.kibana:

Kibana Host

Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)

In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path

IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601

#host: "localhost:5601"

Kibana Space ID

ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default,

the Default Space will be used.

#space.id:

#============================= Elastic Cloud ==================================

These settings simplify using Winlogbeat with the Elastic Cloud (https://cloud.elastic.co/).

The cloud.id setting overwrites the output.elasticsearch.hosts and

setup.kibana.host options.

You can find the cloud.id in the Elastic Cloud web UI.

#cloud.id:

The cloud.auth setting overwrites the output.elasticsearch.username and

output.elasticsearch.password settings. The format is <user>:<pass>.

#cloud.auth:

#================================ Outputs =====================================

Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.

#-------------------------- Elasticsearch output ------------------------------
#output.elasticsearch:

Array of hosts to connect to.

#hosts: ["localhost:9200"]

Protocol - either http (default) or https.

#protocol: "https"

Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password.

#api_key: "id:api_key"
#username: "elastic"
#password: "changeme"

#----------------------------- Logstash output --------------------------------
output.logstash:
#The Logstash hosts
hosts:["localhost:5044"]
#Optional SSL. By default is off.

List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications

#ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]

Certificate for SSL client authentication

#ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"

Client Certificate Key

#ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"

#================================ Processors =====================================

Configure processors to enhance or manipulate events generated by the beat.

processors:

• add_host_metadata: ~
• add_cloud_metadata: ~
• add_docker_metadata: ~

#================================ Logging =====================================

Sets log level. The default log level is info.

Available log levels are: error, warning, info, debug

#logging.level: debug

At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components.

To enable all selectors use ["*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat",

"publish", "service".

#logging.selectors: ["*"]

#============================== X-Pack Monitoring ===============================

winlogbeat can export internal metrics to a central Elasticsearch monitoring

cluster. This requires xpack monitoring to be enabled in Elasticsearch. The

reporting is disabled by default.

Set to true to enable the monitoring reporter.

#monitoring.enabled: false

Sets the UUID of the Elasticsearch cluster under which monitoring data for this

Winlogbeat instance will appear in the Stack Monitoring UI. If output.elasticsearch

is enabled, the UUID is derived from the Elasticsearch cluster referenced by output.elasticsearch.

#monitoring.cluster_uuid:

Uncomment to send the metrics to Elasticsearch. Most settings from the

Elasticsearch output are accepted here as well.

Note that the settings should point to your Elasticsearch monitoring cluster.

Any setting that is not set is automatically inherited from the Elasticsearch

output configuration, so if you have the Elasticsearch output configured such

that it is pointing to your Elasticsearch monitoring cluster, you can simply

uncomment the following line.

#monitoring.elasticsearch:

#================================= Migration ==================================

This allows to enable 6.7 migration aliases

#migration.6_to_7.enabled: true