Logstash security best practices: keystore, monitoring, ssl_verification_mode

[Abdarrahmane]

[update]

for the logstash.keystore part i've been able to make it work thanks to @Badger
here is the solution :

Not a valid Logstash keystore java exception problem

Thank you somuch badger It worked ! here is what i did before creating the keystore and adding the secret username and password i went and creat the directory /etc/sysconfig/ and a logstash file in it with the value of LOGSTASH_KEYSTORE_PASS here are the commands : sudo systemctl stop logstash.service sudo mkdir /etc/sysconfig sudo nano /etc/sysconfig/logstash add the following (replace with actual password): LOGSTASH_KEYSTORE_PASS=mypassword sudo chmod 600 /etc/sysconfig/logstash Then …