How to compile filebeat source code?

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Hi,
I've developed my own 'output' and I've introduced it to the publisher.
Now I have a problem that I want to compile it and use it in a production mode.
I've checked the 'developer' doc and I didn't find anything for it except make testsuite which setups too many Docker images.

So, how can I use Filebeat in production mode by compiling the source code completely?

Cheers,
Morteza

2

You can compile Filebeat by running mage build in the root of the beat. It creates a Filebeat binary for you.

What do you mean by production mode?

3

Thank you.
Well I've changed some parts of the code and I want to build and run it on the server. By production I mean that all parts work well for production and not just for development.

I've tried mage build but it shows this error: Unknown target specified: build

4

it compiles libbeat file by this action:

cd elastic/beats/libbeat
mage -l
mage build

It only says:

{
  "@timestamp": "2019-03-27T16:43:50.725Z",
  "@metadata": {
    "beat": "mockbeat",
    "type": "doc",
    "version": "9.9.9"
  },
  "host": {
    "name": "myhost"
  },
  "message": "Mockbeat is alive!",
  "type": "mock",
  "beat": {
    "name": "myhost",
    "hostname": "myhost",
    "version": "9.9.9"
  }
}

It seems to be mock. So it seems that I did something wrong because it's not the production binary file.

Also it never supports 'output' like console: console output doesn't support testing.

Sample yml config file:

filebeat.inputs:
- type: log
  enabled: true
  paths:
    - test.log

output.console:
  pretty: true
5

You need to run it in the root of the beat. In this case filebeat.

Do you want to package it yourself to install it on you server?

6

By this action I've compiled and run it successfully:

$ cd ~/.go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/filebeat/
$ mage build
$ ./filebeat -e

and works fine.

Yes exactly. Would you please guide me how can package it by myself?

7

You can run make snapshot which creates a snapshot of the current codebase under build/distributions. To control which platform to build for set PLATFORMS.

To build packages for linux/amd64 you need to run the following command:

PLATFORMS=linux/amd64 make snapshot

This creates a DEB, an RPM and a tar.gz release.

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8

Thank you so much.

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