Hi, I tried with both start_position as beginning and end. Both behave in the same way. Only difference is, if there are existing logs and start_position is set as end - logstash won't raise event until a new line gets appended to log. But once that happens, log file is read from beginning. Is ther…

If it is re-reading the file that suggests that when it gets "appended" to the inode is changing. Can you check that using "ls -li" before and after?

Logstash input file plugin reprocesses file from beginning whenever new line gets appended to log

Badger August 4, 2018, 3:41pm 6

What appender are you using?

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