Hi, we are using filebeat-> logstash -> elastic setup. The set up was working fine without any issues, but recently we noticed that logstash is going down frequently and we could see the below error. can anyone suggest how to troubleshoot this issue? OutOfMemoryError: Direct buffer memory 2021-10…

Logstash OutOfMemoryError: Direct buffer memory

AquaX (Andreas Helmer) October 18, 2021, 2:21pm 2

Looks like you're running out of memory.
You should increase the amount of memory you have allocated to your host/jvm.
See this post for reference:

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