Filebeat 5.x : Dependencies

dawiro · April 14, 2016, 1:47pm

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

Regards,
David

ruflin · April 15, 2016, 6:22am

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

dawiro · April 15, 2016, 6:29am

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?

magnusbaeck · April 15, 2016, 7:05am

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

steffens · April 15, 2016, 1:58pm

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

dawiro · April 24, 2016, 9:05pm

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

Brandon_Mensing · April 25, 2016, 7:51pm

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!