Heartbeat input plugin

[BeMoore]

Hiya all,

if i want to change the input plugins listen port for heartbeat how can i do this?

the guide doesn't list it as an option

Heartbeat input plugin | Logstash Reference [7.15] | Elastic

input {
  heartbeat {
    port => 2600
  }
}

generates this error [ERROR][logstash.inputs.heartbeat] Unknown setting 'port' for heartbeat

does the heartbeat plugin have a default port? how does it listen for events from heartbeat clients?

my heartbeat yml file is set to send to logstash ip:port... so the output should be fine...

do i have to specify beats instead of heartbeat??

[Badger]

@BeMoore

how does it listen for events from heartbeat clients?

It doesn't listen for anything, it just creates events out of nothing at a regular interval.

If you are trying to use the heartbeat beat for monitoring then you would use a beats input, not a heartbeat input. That does have a port option.

[BeMoore]

right... so the logstash input plugin heartbeat doesn't listen.. just generates

so using the logstash beats input plugin on specified port will accept the heartbeat packets being sent to it by a heartbeat client.

cool