Filebeat.yml can not convert String into Object

aI'm adding by the config file.
I've used the filebeat -e -c /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml command to debug
Omitted some comments to dodge the max char count .

filebeat.prospectors:

Each - is a prospector. Most options can be set at the prospector level, so

you can use different prospectors for various configurations.

Below are the prospector specific configurations.

  • type: log

    Change to true to enable this prospector configuration.

    enabled: true

    enabled: true

    Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths.

    paths:

    • /opt/tomcat/latest/logs/catalina.out

    - /var/log/*.log

    #Matans' addition
    #- /opt/tomcat/latest/logs/*.log

    - /opt/tomcat/latest/logs/catalina.out

    #- c:\programdata\elasticsearch\logs*

multiline.pattern: '^([0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2})|([J|F|M|A|M|S|O|N|D][a-z]{2} [0-9]{1,2}, [0-9]{2})'

multiline.negate: true

multiline.match: after

Multiline options

Mutiline can be used for log messages spanning multiple lines. This is common

for Java Stack Traces or C-Line Continuation

The regexp Pattern that has to be matched. The example pattern matches all lines starting with [

#multiline.pattern: ^[

Defines if the pattern set under pattern should be negated or not. Default is false.

#multiline.negate: false

Match can be set to "after" or "before". It is used to define if lines should be append to a pattern

that was (not) matched before or after or as long as a pattern is not matched based on negate.

Note: After is the equivalent to previous and before is the equivalent to to next in Logstash

#multiline.match: after

#============================= Filebeat modules ===============================

filebeat.config.modules:

Glob pattern for configuration loading

path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml

Set to true to enable config reloading

reload.enabled: false

Period on which files under path should be checked for changes

#reload.period: 10s

#==================== Elasticsearch template setting ==========================

setup.template.settings:
index.number_of_shards: 3
#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

#env: development (Matans' test)

#============================== 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 CLI flag or 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"

host:"myRemoteServer.com:5601"

username: "X"

password: "XX"

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

These settings simplify using filebeat 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"]

Optional protocol and basic auth credentials.

#protocol: "https"
#username: "elastic"
#password: "changeme"

#----------------------------- Logstash output --------------------------------
output.logstash:
hosts:["myRemoteserver.com:5044"]
#output.logstash:

The Logstash hosts

#hosts: ["localhost:5044"]
#output.logstash:

hosts: [":::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"
ssl.certificate: "/home/ubuntu/Logs_Server.pem"

Client Certificate Key

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

#================================ 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: ["*"]

#============================== Xpack Monitoring ===============================

filebeat 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.

#xpack.monitoring.enabled: false

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

Elasticsearch output are accepted here as well. Any setting that is not set is

automatically inherited from the Elasticsearch output configuration, so if you

have the Elasticsearch output configured, you can simply uncomment the

following line.

#xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch:

The response is : Exiting: error unpacking config data: can not convert 'string' into 'object' accessing 'output.logstash' (source:'/etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml') accessing 'output' (source:'/etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml')

Hi @matanos ,

The problem is with your logstash o/p.

Please check below documentation and configure accordingly for the same and let me know if you are still facing any issue.

Regards,
Harsh

Hi Harash,

thx for your reply.
Now I'm facing another challenge :
Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 165: could not find expected ':'

output.logstash:
hosts:["35.153.6.230:5044"]
#output.logstash:

The Logstash hosts

#hosts: ["localhost:5044"]
#output.logstash:

hosts: ["MyRemoteServer"]

Optional SSL. By default is off.

line 165 is : hosts:["myRemoteserver.com:5044"]

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