My Logstash is not receiving any data from Filebeat, its just listening to the port

HI,
I am using elk stack (elastic , logstash , kibana) version : 6.8.0
in ubuntu 14.04.

when i am trying to send logs from filebeat to logstash there is no error but my logstash is just listening to the port and its not printing any logs.

Filebeat.yml

    filebeat.inputs:
    - type: log
      enabled: true
      paths:
        - /home/a.log
    filebeat.config.modules:
      path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml
      reload.enabled: false
    output.logstash:
      hosts: ["localhost:9600"]
    logging.level: debug

when i run the filebeat its says the configuration ok

filebeat logs :

    2019-07-19T15:38:32.719+0530	INFO	instance/beat.go:611	Home path: [/usr/share/filebeat] Config path: [/etc/filebeat] Data path: [/var/lib/filebeat] Logs path: [/var/log/filebeat]
    2019-07-19T15:38:32.719+0530	DEBUG	[beat]	instance/beat.go:648	Beat metadata path: /var/lib/filebeat/meta.json
    2019-07-19T15:38:32.719+0530	INFO	instance/beat.go:618	Beat UUID: 52f0b2d3-eddb-4fc7-b89f-6ac37b69bd30
    2019-07-19T15:38:32.720+0530	INFO	[beat]	instance/beat.go:931	Beat info	{"system_info": {"beat": {"path": {"config": "/etc/filebeat", "data": "/var/lib/filebeat", "home": "/usr/share/filebeat", "logs": "/var/log/filebeat"}, "type": "filebeat", "uuid": "52f0b2d3-eddb-4fc7-b89f-6ac37b69bd30"}}}
    2019-07-19T15:38:32.720+0530	INFO	[beat]	instance/beat.go:940	Build info	{"system_info": {"build": {"commit": "c01de6731c401c73d03ed996cdf21f5724ad83f4", "libbeat": "6.8.0", "time": "2019-05-15T19:07:08.000Z", "version": "6.8.0"}}}
    2019-07-19T15:38:32.720+0530	INFO	[beat]	instance/beat.go:943	Go runtime info	{"system_info": {"go": {"os":"linux","arch":"amd64","max_procs":4,"version":"go1.10.8"}}}
    2019-07-19T15:38:32.721+0530	INFO	[beat]	instance/beat.go:947	Host info	{"system_info": {"host": {"architecture":"x86_64","boot_time":"2019-07-15T11:45:56+05:30","containerized":true,"name":"qolsys-desktop","ip":["127.0.0.1/8","::1/128","192.168.17.128/24","fe80::7254:d2ff:feab:b75d/64","172.17.42.1/16"],"kernel_version":"4.4.0-148-generic","mac":["70:54:d2:ab:b7:5d","02:42:9c:05:a6:43"],"os":{"family":"debian","platform":"ubuntu","name":"Ubuntu","version":"14.04.6 LTS, Trusty Tahr","major":14,"minor":4,"patch":6,"codename":"trusty"},"timezone":"IST","timezone_offset_sec":19800,"id":"3adafe86fcc05c016e767ae85c6124f5"}}}
    2019-07-19T15:38:32.721+0530	INFO	instance/beat.go:280	Setup Beat: filebeat; Version: 6.8.0
    2019-07-19T15:38:32.721+0530	DEBUG	[beat]	instance/beat.go:301	Initializing output plugins
    2019-07-19T15:38:32.721+0530	DEBUG	[processors]	processors/processor.go:66	Processors: 
    2019-07-19T15:38:32.722+0530	DEBUG	[publish]	pipeline/consumer.go:137	start pipeline event consumer
    2019-07-19T15:38:32.722+0530	INFO	[publisher]	pipeline/module.go:110	Beat name: qolsys-desktop
    Config OK

filebeat test run also looks fine:

cmd : filebeat test output

logstash: localhost:9600...
  connection...
    parse host... OK
    dns lookup... OK
    addresses: 127.0.0.1
    dial up... OK
  TLS... WARN secure connection disabled
  talk to server... OK

Logstash.yml

    input {
      beats {
        port => "5044"	
      }
    }
    filter {

    grok {
      match => ["message","%{TIMESTAMP_ISO8601:date}\*\[%{LOGLEVEL:log-level}\]"] 	
    	
    	}
    }
      
   
    output {
      elasticsearch { hosts => ["localhost:9200"] }
      stdout { codec => rubydebug }
    }

when i try to run and print logs on console :
it just listening to the port 9600 but not writing any logs.

logstash logs:

[INFO ] 2019-07-19 15:05:57.002 [LogStash::Runner] runner - Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=>"6.8.0"}
[INFO ] 2019-07-19 15:06:06.112 [Converge PipelineAction::Create<main>] pipeline - Starting pipeline {:pipeline_id=>"main", "pipeline.workers"=>4, "pipeline.batch.size"=>125, "pipeline.batch.delay"=>50}
[INFO ] 2019-07-19 15:06:06.666 [[main]-pipeline-manager] elasticsearch - Elasticsearch pool URLs updated {:changes=>{:removed=>[], :added=>[http://localhost:9200/]}}
[WARN ] 2019-07-19 15:06:06.844 [[main]-pipeline-manager] elasticsearch - Restored connection to ES instance {:url=>"http://localhost:9200/"}
[INFO ] 2019-07-19 15:06:06.998 [[main]-pipeline-manager] elasticsearch - ES Output version determined {:es_version=>6}
[WARN ] 2019-07-19 15:06:07.002 [[main]-pipeline-manager] elasticsearch - Detected a 6.x and above cluster: the `type` event field won't be used to determine the document _type {:es_version=>6}
[INFO ] 2019-07-19 15:06:07.045 [[main]-pipeline-manager] elasticsearch - New Elasticsearch output {:class=>"LogStash::Outputs::ElasticSearch", :hosts=>["//localhost:9200"]}
[INFO ] 2019-07-19 15:06:07.060 [Ruby-0-Thread-5: :1] elasticsearch - Using default mapping template
[INFO ] 2019-07-19 15:06:07.097 [Ruby-0-Thread-5: :1] elasticsearch - Attempting to install template {:manage_template=>{"template"=>"logstash-*", "version"=>60001, "settings"=>{"index.refresh_interval"=>"5s"}, "mappings"=>{"_default_"=>{"dynamic_templates"=>[{"message_field"=>{"path_match"=>"message", "match_mapping_type"=>"string", "mapping"=>{"type"=>"text", "norms"=>false}}}, {"string_fields"=>{"match"=>"*", "match_mapping_type"=>"string", "mapping"=>{"type"=>"text", "norms"=>false, "fields"=>{"keyword"=>{"type"=>"keyword", "ignore_above"=>256}}}}}], "properties"=>{"@timestamp"=>{"type"=>"date"}, "@version"=>{"type"=>"keyword"}, "geoip"=>{"dynamic"=>true, "properties"=>{"ip"=>{"type"=>"ip"}, "location"=>{"type"=>"geo_point"}, "latitude"=>{"type"=>"half_float"}, "longitude"=>{"type"=>"half_float"}}}}}}}}
[INFO ] 2019-07-19 15:06:07.687 [[main]-pipeline-manager] beats - Beats inputs: Starting input listener {:address=>"0.0.0.0:5044"}
[INFO ] 2019-07-19 15:06:07.706 [Converge PipelineAction::Create<main>] pipeline - Pipeline started successfully {:pipeline_id=>"main", :thread=>"#<Thread:0x77bd26f6 run>"}
[INFO ] 2019-07-19 15:06:07.821 [[main]<beats] Server - Starting server on port: 5044
[INFO ] 2019-07-19 15:06:07.828 [Ruby-0-Thread-1: /usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:6] agent - Pipelines running {:count=>1, :running_pipelines=>[:main], :non_running_pipelines=>[]}
[INFO ] 2019-07-19 15:06:08.220 [Api Webserver] agent - Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=>9600}

Please help me solve it . I'm unable to trace where i am doing it wrong.

Why you are using port 9600 in your filebeat.yml file ? you should use this port 5044

    filebeat.inputs:
- type: log
  enabled: true
  paths:
    - /home/a.log
filebeat.config.modules:
  path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml
  reload.enabled: false
output.logstash:
  hosts: ["localhost:5044"]
logging.level: debug

Hi @saisimo02

Thanks for the reply
I have changed it to 5044 in filebeat.yml and still i am not able to receive any logs from filebeat to logstash.

have a look at my logstash logs .

[WARN ] 2019-07-22 13:19:33.912 [LogStash::Runner] multilocal - Ignoring the 'pipelines.yml' file because modules or command line options are specified
[INFO ] 2019-07-22 13:19:33.949 [LogStash::Runner] runner - Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=>"6.8.0"}
[INFO ] 2019-07-22 13:19:42.088 [Converge PipelineAction::Create<main>] pipeline - Starting pipeline {:pipeline_id=>"main", "pipeline.workers"=>4, "pipeline.batch.size"=>125, "pipeline.batch.delay"=>50}
[INFO ] 2019-07-22 13:19:42.522 [[main]-pipeline-manager] elasticsearch - Elasticsearch pool URLs updated {:changes=>{:removed=>[], :added=>[http://localhost:9200/]}}
[WARN ] 2019-07-22 13:19:42.720 [[main]-pipeline-manager] elasticsearch - Restored connection to ES instance {:url=>"http://localhost:9200/"}
[INFO ] 2019-07-22 13:19:42.883 [[main]-pipeline-manager] elasticsearch - ES Output version determined {:es_version=>6}
[WARN ] 2019-07-22 13:19:42.886 [[main]-pipeline-manager] elasticsearch - Detected a 6.x and above cluster: the `type` event field won't be used to determine the document _type {:es_version=>6}
[INFO ] 2019-07-22 13:19:42.917 [[main]-pipeline-manager] elasticsearch - New Elasticsearch output {:class=>"LogStash::Outputs::ElasticSearch", :hosts=>["//localhost:9200"]}
[INFO ] 2019-07-22 13:19:42.936 [Ruby-0-Thread-5: :1] elasticsearch - Using default mapping template
[INFO ] 2019-07-22 13:19:42.973 [Ruby-0-Thread-5: :1] elasticsearch - Attempting to install template {:manage_template=>{"template"=>"logstash-*", "version"=>60001, "settings"=>{"index.refresh_interval"=>"5s"}, "mappings"=>{"_default_"=>{"dynamic_templates"=>[{"message_field"=>{"path_match"=>"message", "match_mapping_type"=>"string", "mapping"=>{"type"=>"text", "norms"=>false}}}, {"string_fields"=>{"match"=>"*", "match_mapping_type"=>"string", "mapping"=>{"type"=>"text", "norms"=>false, "fields"=>{"keyword"=>{"type"=>"keyword", "ignore_above"=>256}}}}}], "properties"=>{"@timestamp"=>{"type"=>"date"}, "@version"=>{"type"=>"keyword"}, "geoip"=>{"dynamic"=>true, "properties"=>{"ip"=>{"type"=>"ip"}, "location"=>{"type"=>"geo_point"}, "latitude"=>{"type"=>"half_float"}, "longitude"=>{"type"=>"half_float"}}}}}}}}
[INFO ] 2019-07-22 13:19:43.543 [[main]-pipeline-manager] beats - Beats inputs: Starting input listener {:address=>"0.0.0.0:5044"}
[INFO ] 2019-07-22 13:19:43.566 [Converge PipelineAction::Create<main>] pipeline - Pipeline started successfully {:pipeline_id=>"main", :thread=>"#<Thread:0x6f426ba2 run>"}
[INFO ] 2019-07-22 13:19:43.630 [Ruby-0-Thread-1: /usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:6] agent - Pipelines running {:count=>1, :running_pipelines=>[:main], :non_running_pipelines=>[]}
[INFO ] 2019-07-22 13:19:43.667 [[main]<beats] Server - > Starting server on port: 5044
[INFO ] 2019-07-22 13:19:43.925 [Api Webserver] agent - Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=>9600}

and the reason why i am using the port 9600 previously because if you observe my last log it says

Logstash API endpoint {:port=>9600}

but i have changed it to 5044 anyway but still 'm not getting any logs can you please help me solve it.

Are there any errors in your filebeat logs? Could you post the filebeat log.

The configuration is correct, assuming that you are using Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana on the same node.

hi @NerdSec ,

Thanks for the reply

yes im running all 3 on the same node.

have look at my filebeat logs

2019-07-22T13:57:44.681+0530	INFO	instance/beat.go:611	Home path: [/usr/share/filebeat] Config path: [/etc/filebeat] Data path: [/var/lib/filebeat] Logs path: [/var/log/filebeat]
2019-07-22T13:57:44.681+0530	DEBUG	[beat]	instance/beat.go:648	Beat metadata path: /var/lib/filebeat/meta.json
2019-07-22T13:57:44.681+0530	INFO	instance/beat.go:618	Beat UUID: 52f0b2d3-eddb-4fc7-b89f-6ac37b69bd30
2019-07-22T13:57:44.681+0530	INFO	[beat]	instance/beat.go:931	Beat info	{"system_info": {"beat": {"path": {"config": "/etc/filebeat", "data": "/var/lib/filebeat", "home": "/usr/share/filebeat", "logs": "/var/log/filebeat"}, "type": "filebeat", "uuid": "52f0b2d3-eddb-4fc7-b89f-6ac37b69bd30"}}}
2019-07-22T13:57:44.681+0530	INFO	[beat]	instance/beat.go:940	Build info	{"system_info": {"build": {"commit": "c01de6731c401c73d03ed996cdf21f5724ad83f4", "libbeat": "6.8.0", "time": "2019-05-15T19:07:08.000Z", "version": "6.8.0"}}}
2019-07-22T13:57:44.681+0530	INFO	[beat]	instance/beat.go:943	Go runtime info	{"system_info": {"go": {"os":"linux","arch":"amd64","max_procs":4,"version":"go1.10.8"}}}
2019-07-22T13:57:44.682+0530	INFO	[beat]	instance/beat.go:947	Host info	{"system_info": {"host": {"architecture":"x86_64","boot_time":"2019-07-22T11:48:19+05:30","containerized":true,"name":"qolsys-desktop","ip":["127.0.0.1/8","::1/128","192.168.17.128/24","fe80::7254:d2ff:feab:b75d/64","172.17.42.1/16"],"kernel_version":"4.4.0-148-generic","mac":["70:54:d2:ab:b7:5d","02:42:23:ad:ba:02"],"os":{"family":"debian","platform":"ubuntu","name":"Ubuntu","version":"14.04.6 LTS, Trusty Tahr","major":14,"minor":4,"patch":6,"codename":"trusty"},"timezone":"IST","timezone_offset_sec":19800,"id":"3adafe86fcc05c016e767ae85c6124f5"}}}
2019-07-22T13:57:44.682+0530	INFO	[beat]	instance/beat.go:976	Process info	{"system_info": {"process": {"capabilities": {"inheritable":null,"permitted":["chown","dac_override","dac_read_search","fowner","fsetid","kill","setgid","setuid","setpcap","linux_immutable","net_bind_service","net_broadcast","net_admin","net_raw","ipc_lock","ipc_owner","sys_module","sys_rawio","sys_chroot","sys_ptrace","sys_pacct","sys_admin","sys_boot","sys_nice","sys_resource","sys_time","sys_tty_config","mknod","lease","audit_write","audit_control","setfcap","mac_override","mac_admin","syslog","wake_alarm","block_suspend","audit_read"],"effective":["chown","dac_override","dac_read_search","fowner","fsetid","kill","setgid","setuid","setpcap","linux_immutable","net_bind_service","net_broadcast","net_admin","net_raw","ipc_lock","ipc_owner","sys_module","sys_rawio","sys_chroot","sys_ptrace","sys_pacct","sys_admin","sys_boot","sys_nice","sys_resource","sys_time","sys_tty_config","mknod","lease","audit_write","audit_control","setfcap","mac_override","mac_admin","syslog","wake_alarm","block_suspend","audit_read"],"bounding":["chown","dac_override","dac_read_search","fowner","fsetid","kill","setgid","setuid","setpcap","linux_immutable","net_bind_service","net_broadcast","net_admin","net_raw","ipc_lock","ipc_owner","sys_module","sys_rawio","sys_chroot","sys_ptrace","sys_pacct","sys_admin","sys_boot","sys_nice","sys_resource","sys_time","sys_tty_config","mknod","lease","audit_write","audit_control","setfcap","mac_override","mac_admin","syslog","wake_alarm","block_suspend","audit_read"],"ambient":null}, "cwd": "/", "exe": "/usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat", "name": "filebeat", "pid": 9299, "ppid": 9298, "seccomp": {"mode":"disabled"}, "start_time": "2019-07-22T13:57:44.650+0530"}}}
2019-07-22T13:57:44.682+0530	INFO	instance/beat.go:280	Setup Beat: filebeat; Version: 6.8.0
2019-07-22T13:57:44.682+0530	DEBUG	[beat]	instance/beat.go:301	Initializing output plugins
2019-07-22T13:57:44.682+0530	DEBUG	[processors]	processors/processor.go:66	Processors: 
2019-07-22T13:57:44.683+0530	DEBUG	[publish]	pipeline/consumer.go:137	start pipeline event consumer
2019-07-22T13:57:44.683+0530	INFO	[publisher]	pipeline/module.go:110	Beat name: qolsys-desktop
Config OK

its says the config is okay

after changing the port to 5044 and when i test run it
its showing me the connnection refused error

when i use 9600 it never showed that

logstash: localhost:5044...
  connection...
    parse host... OK
    dns lookup... OK
    addresses: 127.0.0.1
    dial up... ERROR dial tcp 127.0.0.1:5044: connect: connection refused

so can you please help me solve it.

You should try to first run logstash and then telnet 127.0.0.1:5044. If you are able to connect that means you have the port open.

Once you have verified this, ensure you run filebeat on the same machine. It should work.

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