Filebeat 5.x : Dependencies

Elastic Stack Beats
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Hi,
Does filebeat 5.0 require a minimum version of logstash? I'm using logstash 2.1.x...

Regards,
David

2

It should work as long as you use the most recent version of the beats-input-plugin. Do you get some errors?

3

I don't but also don't know what version of the plugin I have. How do I check that and how do I update it?

4

See https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/working-with-plugins.html.

5

It might work, but not really supported by us. Idea of all products going 5.x is to guarantee compatibility among products.

6

So, if moving to 5.x, what is the recommended upgrade order, across products, to ensure continuity of service?

7

We're actually working on some documentation for this issue and thinking through a lot of scenarios..

We're tending toward saying that ES+Kibana should upgrade first and together followed by LS and Beats. Of course, if that doesn't make sense for your situation, we'd be happy to hear why!