How to read a text file using elastic search

prudhvi · January 22, 2020, 11:23am

i am trying to read a text file using logstash and to push it to elasticsearch. How can i know if the input file is read, where can i see the data read by logstash.

vinu89 · January 22, 2020, 11:30am

input {
file {
path => "ur file path"
}
}

prudhvi · January 22, 2020, 11:53am

this is what i have written, how can i know whether my input file is read or not

vinu89 · January 22, 2020, 11:55am

have u run this config file ?

prudhvi · January 22, 2020, 12:02pm

yes, i got this

prudhvi · January 22, 2020, 12:17pm

i have written in conf file and getting above output.But not able to read file

Badger · January 22, 2020, 2:50pm

Do not use backslash in the path option of a file input, use forward slash (or \\).

system · February 19, 2020, 2:50pm

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