I am using below config to create index (IP and date), actually i will be running logstash in different host and i want to differentiate each host logs with index value.
so i have decided to use interface ip and host name to differentiate each host(in few cases host name will be same so i want to use combination of hostname and interface ip). i have exported the IP in my linux environment but i am getting error.
output {
elasticsearch {
hosts => ["192.168.XXX.XXX:9200"]
index => "${IP}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
}
}
error :
Cannot evaluate ${IP}. Replacement variable IP is not defined in a Logstash secret store or as an Environment entry and there is no default value given."
Is it mandatory to add at /etc/default/logstash, because for me when i add at /etc/default/logstash and also if i export the IP in my linux environment then only it is working as expected.
Do we have other way?
can any one help me