Logstash log4j2.properties gets overriden by dpkg

Elastic Stack Logstash
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I've a problem with my custom log4j2.properties file:

While the elasticsearch config is changed to log4j2.properties.dpkg-new, the logstash properties file gets overriden by the paket manager each time I update logstash.

Is this the correct behaviour or do I have to change something in my config? Thanks.

2

Maybe the package doesn't correctly declare that log4j2.properties is a configuration file. Which version of Logstash are you using?

3

Hi @magnusbaeck,

I'm currently using 5.4.2 on Debian 8.8.

dpkg -l | grep logstash
ii  logstash                          1:5.4.2-1                          all          An extensible logging pipeline

It's correct: The log4j2.properties is not mentioned in Conffiles:

dpkg --status logstash
Package: logstash
Status: install ok installed
Priority: extra
Section: default
Installed-Size: 172448
Maintainer: <vagrant@packer-virtualbox-iso-1497190395>
Architecture: all
Version: 1:5.4.2-1
Conffiles:
 /etc/logstash/jvm.options c4d139ba34295758cb415ce18307551f
 /etc/logstash/logstash.yml 78c6f3948978ceeaed514a5ec6c3970a
 /etc/logstash/startup.options 3e1c05d4a60f786bb9d33373b137032f
Description: An extensible logging pipeline
License: Apache 2.0
Vendor: Elasticsearch
Homepage: http://www.elasticsearch.org/overview/logstash/

In comparison to elasticsearch:

dpkg --status elasticsearch
Package: elasticsearch
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: web
Installed-Size: 36261
Maintainer: Elasticsearch Team <info@elastic.co>
Architecture: all
Source: elasticsearch
Version: 5.4.2
Depends: libc6, adduser, bash
Conffiles:
 /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml 31655f8d9bce94581724510ebc90ed75
 /etc/elasticsearch/jvm.options 451ddbaacd4facb76859208671240121
 /etc/elasticsearch/log4j2.properties 7637854ddf5af38795d69f87bb6b1d76
 /usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service a8285cf67cf81c1a0ad092fa19f6448d
 /etc/init.d/elasticsearch b84a9d90a4d0237f55dacc8a7d041735
 /etc/default/elasticsearch bc9c3b8c402dd7c8cc2cba676d5ec056
Description: Elasticsearch is a distributed RESTful search engine built for the cloud. Reference documentation can be found at https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index.html and the 'Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide' book can be found at https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/index.html
 Elasticsearch subproject :distribution:deb
Homepage: https://www.elastic.co/
4

I've filed a PR to address this

5

thanks!

6

The PR has been merged to master and backported to the 5.x branch so it should end up in 6.0 and 5.6 (if the latter ever materializes).