# Shipping logs via Proxy with Logstash **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [July 1, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logs-via-proxy-with-logstash/24723 "2015-07-01T13:14:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 1, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logs-via-proxy-with-logstash/24723/1 "2015-07-01T13:14:21Z")
Hi, How do I tell Logstash to ship logs via a proxy? I searched and searched, but could not find any documentation about shipping via a proxy. Maybe sending data through proxy is simply not supported at this time? Thanks, Otis ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logs-via-proxy-with-logstash/24723/2 "2015-07-01T13:26:29Z")
Which output plugin are you using to ship the logs? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logs-via-proxy-with-logstash/24723/3 "2015-07-01T17:13:17Z")
Hi Magnus, Trying to use the Elasticsearch output. I don't think that output itself has any support for sending data through a proxy, or does it? I was thinking Logstash must be able to get data out via an HTTP proxy in general.... but maybe it simply doesn't have tht functionality? Thanks, Otis ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logs-via-proxy-with-logstash/24723/4 "2015-07-01T18:07:04Z")
I have no idea if it's supported. I'd be surprised if the underlying HTTP library didn't support it so it's quite possibly just a matter of exposing the configuration. ---
**Author:** ![kfehlker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ba0ec/32.png) [@kfehlker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kfehlker)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logs-via-proxy-with-logstash/24723/5 "2015-07-08T15:51:08Z")
I am having the same problem. I have even added "set -x" in "./bin/logstash.sh.lib" to see what gets passed to Ruby. It looks fine to me (servernames and tokens replaced for confidentiality-reasons): ``` HSBX01@my-server /opt/oracle/logstash-1.5.1 $ export LS_JAVA_OPTS="-Dhttp.proxyHost=proxy-srv.mycorp.net -Dhttp.proxyPort=8080" HSBX01@my-server /opt/oracle/logstash-1.5.1 $ ./bin/logstash -f hsbx01-sematext.conf .. + JAVA_OPTS='-XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -Djava.awt.headless=true -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75 -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly -Dhttp.proxyHost=proxy-srv.mycorp.net -Dhttp.proxyPort=8080 -Xmx500m' .. + ruby_exec /opt/oracle/logstash-1.5.1/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb logstash/runner.rb agent -f hsbx01-sematext.conf .. ++ for i in '$JAVA_OPTS' ++ printf %s ' -J-Dhttp.proxyHost=proxy-srv.mycorp.net' ++ for i in '$JAVA_OPTS' ++ printf %s ' -J-Dhttp.proxyPort=8080' ++ for i in '$JAVA_OPTS' ++ printf %s ' -J-Xmx500m' + exec /opt/oracle/logstash-1.5.1/vendor/jruby/bin/jruby --1.9 -J-XX:+UseParNewGC -J-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -J-Djava.awt.headless=true -J-XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75 -J-XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly -J-Dhttp.proxyHost=proxy-srv.mycorp.net -J-Dhttp.proxyPort=8080 -J-Xmx500m /opt/oracle/logstash-1.5.1/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb logstash/runner.rb agent -f hsbx01-sematext.conf Logstash startup completed my Logstash-Test Jul 08, 2015 5:42:29 PM org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec execute INFO: I/O exception (org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException) caught when processing request to {}->http://logsene-receiver.sematext.com:80: Connect to logsene-receiver.sematext.com:80 [logsene-receiver.sematext.com/23.21.237.54, logsene-receiver.sematext.com/23.21.74.13] failed: Connection refused ``` Here is my Logstash-configuration: ``` HSBX01@my-server /opt/oracle/logstash-1.5.1 $ cat hsbx01-sematext.conf input { stdin { } } output { elasticsearch { protocol => "http" # you should not change this to https if you want to use SSL # ssl => "false" # if you want to use SSL/HTTPS host => "logsene-receiver.sematext.com" port => 80 # use 443 if you enable SSL index => "" # your token manage_template => false } } ``` However, I also tried a test script from some forum to test Ruby itself. Apparently, Ruby is able to communicate with outside world and even with the particular server that is configured in the Logstash-configuration: ``` HSBX01@my-server /opt/oracle/logstash-1.5.1 $ cat conn-test.sh #!/bin/bash export JAVA_OPTS="-Dhttp.proxyHost=proxy-srv.mycorp.net -Dhttp.proxyPort=8080 -Dhttp.nonProxyHosts=*.dont.proxy.me" vendor/jruby/bin/jruby ./conn-test.rb HSBX01@my-server /opt/oracle/logstash-1.5.1 $ cat conn-test.rb require 'net/http' require 'java' java_import java::lang::System uri=URI('http://logsene-receiver.sematext.com') puts "Proxy #{System.getProperty('http.proxyHost')}:#{System.getProperty('http.proxyPort')}" puts "Proxy exclusion: #{System.getProperty('http.nonProxyHosts')}" puts Net::HTTP.get(uri) HSBX01@my-server /opt/oracle/logstash-1.5.1 $ ./conn-test.sh Proxy proxy-srv.mycorp.net:8080 Proxy exclusion: *.dont.proxy.me {"status":200,"name":"Sematext-Logsene","cluster_name":"elasticsearch","version":{"number":"1.4.4","build_hash":"c88f77ffc81301dfa9dfd81ca2232f09588bd512","build_timestamp":"2015-02-19T13:05:36Z","build_snapshot":false,"lucene_version":"4.10.3"},"tagline":"You Know, for Search"} HSBX01@my-server /opt/oracle/logstash-1.5.1 $ ``` So I think I am missing something obvious, I just don't know yet what... Does anyone have an idea? ---
**Author:** ![suyograo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/suyograo/32/44898_2.png) [@suyograo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suyograo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logs-via-proxy-with-logstash/24723/6 "2015-07-30T23:52:18Z")
We added support for this in LS 1.5.3. For details see: [https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/issues/199](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/issues/199) Docs here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-elasticsearch.html#plugins-outputs-elasticsearch-proxy](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-elasticsearch.html#plugins-outputs-elasticsearch-proxy) ---
**Author:** ![falafel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/34f0e0/32.png) [@falafel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/falafel)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logs-via-proxy-with-logstash/24723/7 "2015-08-10T17:01:04Z")
The new 1.5.3 proxy output feature seems to only apply to ElasticSearch. Is there a way to send http output to a specified proxy using only Logstash, with no ElasticSearch component? According to a old [StackOverflow post](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26136461/configuring-proxy-for-logstash) this kind of thing should work, but it doesn't: export LS\_JAVA\_OPTS="-Dhttp.proxyHost=[proxy.somesite.com](http://proxy.somesite.com) -Dhttp.proxyPort=1234 -Dhttps.proxyHost=[proxy.somesite.com](http://proxy.somesite.com) -Dhttps.proxyPort=1234" ---
**Author:** ![geekpete](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/geekpete/32/20409_2.png) [@geekpete](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/geekpete)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logs-via-proxy-with-logstash/24723/8 "2016-05-20T06:49:44Z")
In 5.0.0 ALPHA1, the ability to ship from Beats to Logstash via a SOCKS5 proxy was added as well. ---
**Author:** ![Copper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/copper/32/18468_2.png) [@Copper](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Copper)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logs-via-proxy-with-logstash/24723/9 "2017-05-24T02:12:34Z")
I just have face this problem, that i use Logstash to ship logs to webhdfs through a proxy. I just use "export LS\_JAVA\_OPTS="-Dhttp.proxyHost=ur-proxy -Dhttp.proxyPort=ur-port", it work fine for logstash version 5.1 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shipping-logs-via-proxy-with-logstash/24723/10 "2017-07-06T04:26:23Z")