# Logstash logs **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 21, 2014, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-logs/16523 "2014-03-21T12:33:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arik\_Gaisler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Arik\_Gaisler](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arik_Gaisler)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-logs/16523/1 "2014-03-21T12:33:48Z")
What is the default log level in logstash? how do I run with log level set to error (meaning only errors shall be logged) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ed8186e0-c413-44ff-b775-8868c790f70b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ed8186e0-c413-44ff-b775-8868c790f70b%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-logs/16523/2 "2014-03-21T18:20:06Z")
I do not think there is a default log level in logstash. You can either exclude events on the client or on the server side. On the server side, you can simply apply a drop filter to your input: > **[Drop filter plugin | Logstash Reference \[8.11\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-filters-drop.html)** On the client side, it all depends on your application. For my elasticsearch servers, I use the syslog appender in log4j, so the log level is determined by the log4j configuration. For other servers, I use logstash agents (still have to transition to the logstash forwarder), so I would need to apply the same drop filter in the output. Perhaps there is a default log level and someone can enlighten us both. Cheers, Ivan On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 5:33 AM, Arik Gaisler [arikgaisler@gmail.com](mailto:arikgaisler@gmail.com) wrote: > What is the default log level in logstash? how do I run with log level set > to error (meaning only errors shall be logged) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ed8186e0-c413-44ff-b775-8868c790f70b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ed8186e0-c413-44ff-b775-8868c790f70b%40googlegroups.com)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ed8186e0-c413-44ff-b775-8868c790f70b%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ed8186e0-c413-44ff-b775-8868c790f70b%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQAM8XEJ5j6Yo8Rx9dxVouXeO5G3te8eLFNqNoy4Zsx8EA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQAM8XEJ5j6Yo8Rx9dxVouXeO5G3te8eLFNqNoy4Zsx8EA%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![otisg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/otisg/32/492_2.png) [@otisg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/otisg)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-logs/16523/3 "2014-03-25T01:27:53Z")
There is no such thing as default log level in Logstash, as far as I know. ## Otis Performance Monitoring \* Log Analytics \* Search Analytics Solr & Elasticsearch Support \* [http://sematext.com/](http://sematext.com/) tel: +1 347 480 1610 fax: +1 718 679 9190 On Friday, March 21, 2014 2:20:06 PM UTC-4, Ivan Brusic wrote: > I do not think there is a default log level in logstash. You can either > exclude events on the client or on the server side. > > On the server side, you can simply apply a drop filter to your input: > [Drop filter plugin | Logstash Plugins](http://logstash.net/docs/1.4.0/filters/drop) > > On the client side, it all depends on your application. For my > elasticsearch servers, I use the syslog appender in log4j, so the log level > is determined by the log4j configuration. For other servers, I use logstash > agents (still have to transition to the logstash forwarder), so I would > need to apply the same drop filter in the output. > > Perhaps there is a default log level and someone can enlighten us both. > > Cheers, > > Ivan > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 5:33 AM, Arik Gaisler \<[arikg...@gmail.com](mailto:arikg...@gmail.com)\ > > > wrote: > > > What is the default log level in logstash? how do I run with log level > > set to error (meaning only errors shall be logged) > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ed8186e0-c413-44ff-b775-8868c790f70b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ed8186e0-c413-44ff-b775-8868c790f70b%40googlegroups.com)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ed8186e0-c413-44ff-b775-8868c790f70b%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ed8186e0-c413-44ff-b775-8868c790f70b%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f5146a23-ef07-479d-9754-55c0bf3e323b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f5146a23-ef07-479d-9754-55c0bf3e323b%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-logs/16523/4 "2014-03-25T01:30:24Z")
You can enable verbose logging in LS using the -v or -vv flags. Otherwise check out the LS group - [logstash-users@googlegroups.com](mailto:logstash-users@googlegroups.com) Regards, Mark Walkom Infrastructure Engineer Campaign Monitor email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) On 25 March 2014 12:27, Otis Gospodnetic [otis.gospodnetic@gmail.com](mailto:otis.gospodnetic@gmail.com) wrote: > There is no such thing as default log level in Logstash, as far as I know. > > ## Otis > > Performance Monitoring \* Log Analytics \* Search Analytics > Solr & Elasticsearch Support \* [http://sematext.com/](http://sematext.com/) > > tel: +1 347 480 1610 fax: +1 718 679 9190 > > On Friday, March 21, 2014 2:20:06 PM UTC-4, Ivan Brusic wrote: > > > I do not think there is a default log level in logstash. You can either > > exclude events on the client or on the server side. > > > > On the server side, you can simply apply a drop filter to your input: > > [Drop filter plugin | Logstash Reference [8.11] | Elastic](http://logstash.net/docs/1.4.0/filters/drop) > > > > On the client side, it all depends on your application. For my > > elasticsearch servers, I use the syslog appender in log4j, so the log level > > is determined by the log4j configuration. For other servers, I use logstash > > agents (still have to transition to the logstash forwarder), so I would > > need to apply the same drop filter in the output. > > > > Perhaps there is a default log level and someone can enlighten us both. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Ivan > > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 5:33 AM, Arik Gaisler [arikg...@gmail.com](mailto:arikg...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > What is the default log level in logstash? how do I run with log level > > > set to error (meaning only errors shall be logged) > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > > msgid/elasticsearch/ed8186e0-c413-44ff-b775-8868c790f70b% > > > [40googlegroups.com](http://40googlegroups.com)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ed8186e0-c413-44ff-b775-8868c790f70b%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ed8186e0-c413-44ff-b775-8868c790f70b%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > . > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f5146a23-ef07-479d-9754-55c0bf3e323b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f5146a23-ef07-479d-9754-55c0bf3e323b%40googlegroups.com)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f5146a23-ef07-479d-9754-55c0bf3e323b%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f5146a23-ef07-479d-9754-55c0bf3e323b%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624ZM0JrVaEGObie%2BBunDs6ujFtwQf%3DtJAR2pJz57w%2BQTOw%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624ZM0JrVaEGObie%2BBunDs6ujFtwQf%3DtJAR2pJz57w%2BQTOw%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
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