How to know if logfile is finished harvested on windows for filebeat 7.10

eirik · December 8, 2020, 9:57pm

I am running Filebeat 7.10 sending log events to logstash on Windows server 2016. As filebeat is not cleaning up logfiles I need to write my own script for this, but for this to work I need to know when the harvesting is done for each file.
I found that the filebeat logfile is writing the line below. Does this mean that the entire file has been harvested and the file can be deleted? Or are there any other safe method for getting this information?

2020-12-08T21:52:35.024+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/log.go:107	End of file reached: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20200821T202349.log; Backoff now.

warkolm · December 8, 2020, 10:46pm

That is one way.
You should also look at things like close_inactive and clean_inactive to remove them from the Filebeat registry and will allow you to then safely delete them.

eirik · December 11, 2020, 8:51am

Thanks for your reply warholm.

So what you are saying is that I am deleting the file a bit too soon?

I have the following settings turned on as the logfiles is not updated after they are copied to the folder that filebeat is reading from:

close_inactive: 5m
close_removed: true
close_eof: true
clean_removed: true

When I inspect the log output for one logfile is below. And the last line seems to be: Harvester cleanup finished for file: . Is this row a better choice for determine if a file is harvested 100% and could be deleted?

2020-12-11T09:33:54.607+0100	DEBUG	[input]	log/input.go:439	Check file for harvesting: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T023449.log
2020-12-11T09:33:54.608+0100	DEBUG	[input]	log/input.go:530	Update existing file for harvesting: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T023449.log, offset: 52430048
2020-12-11T09:33:54.608+0100	DEBUG	[input]	log/input.go:539	Resuming harvesting of file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T023449.log, offset: 52430048, new size: 52430049
2020-12-11T09:33:54.608+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:578	Set previous offset for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T023449.log. Offset: 52430048 
2020-12-11T09:33:54.608+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:569	Setting offset for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T023449.log. Offset: 52430048 
2020-12-11T09:33:54.614+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:488	Update state: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T023449.log, offset: 52430048
2020-12-11T09:33:54.614+0100	INFO	log/harvester.go:302	Harvester started for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T023449.log
2020-12-11T09:33:54.614+0100	INFO	log/harvester.go:331	End of file reached: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T023449.log. Closing because close_eof is enabled.
2020-12-11T09:33:54.614+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:604	Stopping harvester for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T023449.log
2020-12-11T09:33:54.614+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:614	Closing file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T023449.log
2020-12-11T09:33:54.627+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:488	Update state: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T023449.log, offset: 52430048
2020-12-11T09:33:54.627+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:625	harvester cleanup finished for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T023449.log

eirik · December 11, 2020, 10:37am

When looking at the log a bit more I found that filebeat is saving the final offset to 1 byte less then the actual filesize.
The file audit.20201210T115155.log in the log output below is 52429144 bytes on disk, but filebeat is saving the offset as 52429143. When filebeat is checking the file for harvesting later it compares the recorded offset to the actual file size and find that they don't match. And then starts to harvest the file. And it will continue like this forever.

I am running filebeat 7.10 on windows.

2020-12-11T11:08:34.250+0100	DEBUG	[input]	log/input.go:439	Check file for harvesting: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log
2020-12-11T11:08:34.250+0100	DEBUG	[input]	log/input.go:530	Update existing file for harvesting: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log, offset: 52429143
2020-12-11T11:08:34.250+0100	DEBUG	[input]	log/input.go:539	Resuming harvesting of file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log, offset: 52429143, new size: 52429144
2020-12-11T11:08:34.250+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:578	Set previous offset for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log. Offset: 52429143 
2020-12-11T11:08:34.250+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:569	Setting offset for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log. Offset: 52429143 
2020-12-11T11:08:34.250+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:488	Update state: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log, offset: 52429143
2020-12-11T11:08:34.250+0100	INFO	log/harvester.go:302	Harvester started for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log
2020-12-11T11:08:34.250+0100	INFO	log/harvester.go:331	End of file reached: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log. Closing because close_eof is enabled.
2020-12-11T11:08:34.250+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:604	Stopping harvester for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log
2020-12-11T11:08:34.251+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:614	Closing file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log
2020-12-11T11:08:34.251+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:488	Update state: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log, offset: 52429143
2020-12-11T11:08:34.251+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:625	harvester cleanup finished for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log

2020-12-11T11:10:34.477+0100	DEBUG	[input]	log/input.go:439	Check file for harvesting: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log
2020-12-11T11:10:34.478+0100	DEBUG	[input]	log/input.go:530	Update existing file for harvesting: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log, offset: 52429143
2020-12-11T11:10:34.478+0100	DEBUG	[input]	log/input.go:539	Resuming harvesting of file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log, offset: 52429143, new size: 52429144
2020-12-11T11:10:34.478+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:578	Set previous offset for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log. Offset: 52429143 
2020-12-11T11:10:34.478+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:569	Setting offset for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log. Offset: 52429143 
2020-12-11T11:10:34.478+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:488	Update state: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log, offset: 52429143
2020-12-11T11:10:34.478+0100	INFO	log/harvester.go:302	Harvester started for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log
2020-12-11T11:10:34.478+0100	INFO	log/harvester.go:331	End of file reached: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log. Closing because close_eof is enabled.
2020-12-11T11:10:34.478+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:604	Stopping harvester for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log
2020-12-11T11:10:34.478+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:614	Closing file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log
2020-12-11T11:10:34.478+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:488	Update state: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log, offset: 52429143
2020-12-11T11:10:34.478+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:625	harvester cleanup finished for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log

2020-12-11T11:12:34.544+0100	DEBUG	[input]	log/input.go:439	Check file for harvesting: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log
2020-12-11T11:12:34.544+0100	DEBUG	[input]	log/input.go:530	Update existing file for harvesting: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log, offset: 52429143
2020-12-11T11:12:34.544+0100	DEBUG	[input]	log/input.go:539	Resuming harvesting of file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log, offset: 52429143, new size: 52429144
2020-12-11T11:12:34.545+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:578	Set previous offset for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log. Offset: 52429143 
2020-12-11T11:12:34.545+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:569	Setting offset for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log. Offset: 52429143 
2020-12-11T11:12:34.546+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:488	Update state: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log, offset: 52429143
2020-12-11T11:12:34.546+0100	INFO	log/harvester.go:302	Harvester started for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log
2020-12-11T11:12:34.546+0100	INFO	log/harvester.go:331	End of file reached: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log. Closing because close_eof is enabled.
2020-12-11T11:12:34.546+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:604	Stopping harvester for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log
2020-12-11T11:12:34.546+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:614	Closing file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log
2020-12-11T11:12:34.546+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:488	Update state: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log, offset: 52429143
2020-12-11T11:12:34.546+0100	DEBUG	[harvester]	log/harvester.go:625	harvester cleanup finished for file: D:\filebeatlogfolder\audit.20201210T115155.log

system · January 8, 2021, 12:37pm

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