How to save and retrieve usernames and passwords from logstash config

Elastic Stack Logstash
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i need to get a password to connect to database using jdbc plugin. please let me know best vault method to use inside logstash config

jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:db2://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:port"
	jdbc_user => "username"
	jdbc_password => "@string??/variable"
	# or jdbc_password_filepath => "/path/to/my/password_file"
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There's no support for a "vault method". The password needs to be stored in plain text, either in the config file or in the jdbc_password_filepath file.

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we need better solution.. :slight_smile:

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Unknown setting 'jdbc_password_filepath' for jdbc {:level=>:error}

how eaxtly we need to save in the file.. just the password saved in the first line of the file?

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i m getting error when i save in plain text and pointed them using the jdbc_password_filepath

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Unknown setting 'jdbc_password_filepath' for jdbc {:level=>:error}

Do you have at least 4.0.2 of the jdbc input plugin? Check with the logstash-plugin command. Also, please show your current configuration.

how eaxtly we need to save in the file.. just the password saved in the first line of the file?

Yes.

i m getting error when i save in plain text and pointed them using the jdbc_password_filepath

What error do you get?

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i have 3.0.2, and when i update, there is lot of dependencies. any easy way to update the below and install jdbc plugin to 4.0.2/latest?

  • logstash-core-plugin-api ~ depends on logstash-core
    -logstash-input-irc.. etc
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It sounds like you're running Logstash 2.3 or earlier. In that case you need to upgrade.

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can we update the logstash alone. If we update them to higher version, do I
need to update elastic search and kibana? I also checked if we can update
the Gemlist and bundle update. But I don't know I can do that.
However which version of logstash supports password on file ?

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can we update the logstash alone. If we update them to higher version, do I need to update Elasticsearch and kibana?

No.

However which version of logstash supports password on file ?

I think you need 2.4 or later, but why run anything but the latest?

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Looks like cookbook we use have been based on 2.3 version of logstash.I
don't know the impact if I change the logstash version to 5. So would like
to know for all

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