Unable to Connect Filebeat to Elasticsearch

This is the error I am getting: Exiting: couldn't connect to any of the configured Elasticsearch hosts. Errors: [error connecting to Elasticsearch at http://10.0.0.132:9200: Get "http://10.0.0.132:9200": EOF]

Full log when doing sudo filebeat setup -e is:

scarecrow@ELK:~$ sudo filebeat setup -e
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-06-23T19:02:03.210-0400","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":689},"message":"Home path: [/usr/share/filebeat] Config path: [/etc/filebeat] Data path: [/var/lib/filebeat] Logs path: [/var/log/filebeat]","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-06-23T19:02:03.210-0400","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":697},"message":"Beat ID: 45e4d831-c2c9-4bb9-84dd-c10bb89b9357","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
{"log.level":"warn","@timestamp":"2022-06-23T19:02:06.213-0400","log.logger":"add_cloud_metadata","log.origin":{"file.name":"add_cloud_metadata/provider_aws_ec2.go","file.line":80},"message":"read token request for getting IMDSv2 token returns empty: Put \"http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token\": context deadline exceeded (Client.Timeout exceeded while awaiting headers). No token in the metadata request will be used.","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-06-23T19:02:06.213-0400","log.logger":"beat","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1067},"message":"Beat info","service.name":"filebeat","system_info":{"beat":{"path":{"config":"/etc/filebeat","data":"/var/lib/filebeat","home":"/usr/share/filebeat","logs":"/var/log/filebeat"},"type":"filebeat","uuid":"45e4d831-c2c9-4bb9-84dd-c10bb89b9357"},"ecs.version":"1.6.0"}}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-06-23T19:02:06.213-0400","log.logger":"beat","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1076},"message":"Build info","service.name":"filebeat","system_info":{"build":{"commit":"7826dc5e91c6e6d2487e05d3a8298f49041cd5c2","libbeat":"8.2.3","time":"2022-06-08T15:51:35.000Z","version":"8.2.3"},"ecs.version":"1.6.0"}}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-06-23T19:02:06.213-0400","log.logger":"beat","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1079},"message":"Go runtime info","service.name":"filebeat","system_info":{"go":{"os":"linux","arch":"amd64","max_procs":4,"version":"go1.18.2"},"ecs.version":"1.6.0"}}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-06-23T19:02:06.214-0400","log.logger":"beat","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1083},"message":"Host info","service.name":"filebeat","system_info":{"host":{"architecture":"x86_64","boot_time":"2022-06-23T17:05:07-04:00","containerized":false,"name":"ELK","ip":["127.0.0.1/8","::1/128","10.0.0.132/24","2601:541:300:5d40::b1c0/128","fe80::a00:27ff:fe61:2cf3/64"],"kernel_version":"5.10.0-15-amd64","mac":["08:00:27:61:2c:f3"],"os":{"type":"linux","family":"debian","platform":"debian","name":"Debian GNU/Linux","version":"11 (bullseye)","major":11,"minor":0,"patch":0,"codename":"bullseye"},"timezone":"EDT","timezone_offset_sec":-14400,"id":"1a2c77ffb8d84ea3b3a3ef9e6187cd51"},"ecs.version":"1.6.0"}}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-06-23T19:02:06.214-0400","log.logger":"beat","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1112},"message":"Process info","service.name":"filebeat","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","38","39","40"],"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","38","39","40"],"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","38","39","40"],"ambient":null},"cwd":"/home/scarecrow","exe":"/usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat","name":"filebeat","pid":10303,"ppid":10302,"seccomp":{"mode":"disabled","no_new_privs":false},"start_time":"2022-06-23T19:02:02.310-0400"},"ecs.version":"1.6.0"}}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-06-23T19:02:06.214-0400","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":288},"message":"Setup Beat: filebeat; Version: 8.2.3","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-06-23T19:02:06.214-0400","log.logger":"esclientleg","log.origin":{"file.name":"eslegclient/connection.go","file.line":105},"message":"elasticsearch url: http://10.0.0.132:9200","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-06-23T19:02:06.214-0400","log.logger":"publisher","log.origin":{"file.name":"pipeline/module.go","file.line":113},"message":"Beat name: ELK","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-06-23T19:02:06.215-0400","log.logger":"modules","log.origin":{"file.name":"fileset/modules.go","file.line":108},"message":"Enabled modules/filesets: ","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-06-23T19:02:06.215-0400","log.logger":"esclientleg","log.origin":{"file.name":"eslegclient/connection.go","file.line":105},"message":"elasticsearch url: http://10.0.0.132:9200","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
{"log.level":"error","@timestamp":"2022-06-23T19:02:06.216-0400","log.logger":"esclientleg","log.origin":{"file.name":"eslegclient/connection.go","file.line":231},"message":"error connecting to Elasticsearch at http://10.0.0.132:9200: Get \"http://10.0.0.132:9200\": EOF","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
{"log.level":"error","@timestamp":"2022-06-23T19:02:06.216-0400","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1042},"message":"Exiting: couldn't connect to any of the configured Elasticsearch hosts. Errors: [error connecting to Elasticsearch at http://10.0.0.132:9200: Get \"http://10.0.0.132:9200\": EOF]","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
Exiting: couldn't connect to any of the configured Elasticsearch hosts. Errors: [error connecting to Elasticsearch at http://10.0.0.132:9200: Get "http://10.0.0.132:9200": EOF]
scarecrow@ELK:~$ 

My filebeat config file is:

###################### Filebeat Configuration Example #########################

# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common
# options. The filebeat.reference.yml file from the same directory contains all the
# supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference.
#
# You can find the full configuration reference here:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/index.html

# For more available modules and options, please see the filebeat.reference.yml sample
# configuration file.

# ============================== Filebeat inputs ===============================

filebeat.inputs:

# Each - is an input. Most options can be set at the input level, so
# you can use different inputs for various configurations.
# Below are the input specific configurations.

# filestream is an input for collecting log messages from files.
- type: filestream

  # Unique ID among all inputs, an ID is required.
  id: my-filestream-id

  # Change to true to enable this input configuration.
  enabled: false

  # Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths.
  paths:
    - /var/log/*.log
    #- c:\programdata\elasticsearch\logs\*

  # Exclude lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It drops the lines that are
  # matching any regular expression from the list.
  #exclude_lines: ['^DBG']

  # Include lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It exports the lines that are
  # matching any regular expression from the list.
  #include_lines: ['^ERR', '^WARN']

  # Exclude files. A list of regular expressions to match. Filebeat drops the files that
  # are matching any regular expression from the list. By default, no files are dropped.
  #prospector.scanner.exclude_files: ['.gz$']

  # Optional additional fields. These fields can be freely picked
  # to add additional information to the crawled log files for filtering
  #fields:
  #  level: debug
  #  review: 1

# ============================== Filebeat modules ==============================

filebeat.config.modules:
  # Glob pattern for configuration loading
  path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml

  # Set to true to enable config reloading
  reload.enabled: false

  # Period on which files under path should be checked for changes
  #reload.period: 10s

# ======================= Elasticsearch template setting =======================

setup.template.settings:
  index.number_of_shards: 1
  #index.codec: best_compression
  #_source.enabled: false


# ================================== General ===================================

# The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group
# all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface.
#name:

# The tags of the shipper are included in their own field with each
# transaction published.
#tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"]

# Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the
# output.
#fields:
#  env: staging

# ================================= Dashboards =================================
# These settings control loading the sample dashboards to the Kibana index. Loading
# the dashboards is disabled by default and can be enabled either by setting the
# options here or by using the `setup` command.
#setup.dashboards.enabled: false

# The URL from where to download the dashboards archive. By default this URL
# has a value which is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released
# versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the artifacts.elastic.co
# website.
#setup.dashboards.url:

# =================================== Kibana ===================================

# Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API.
# This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration.
#setup.kibana:

  # Kibana Host
  # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)
  # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path
  # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601
  #host: "localhost:5601"

  # Kibana Space ID
  # ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default,
  # the Default Space will be used.
  #space.id:

# =============================== Elastic Cloud ================================

# These settings simplify using Filebeat with the Elastic Cloud (https://cloud.elastic.co/).

# The cloud.id setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.hosts` and
# `setup.kibana.host` options.
# You can find the `cloud.id` in the Elastic Cloud web UI.
#cloud.id:

# The cloud.auth setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.username` and
# `output.elasticsearch.password` settings. The format is `<user>:<pass>`.
#cloud.auth:

# ================================== Outputs ===================================

# Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.

# ---------------------------- Elasticsearch Output ----------------------------
output.elasticsearch:
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
  hosts: ["10.0.0.132:9200"]

  # Protocol - either `http` (default) or `https`.
  #protocol: "https"

  # Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password.
  #api_key: "id:api_key"
  username: "elastic"
  password: "my pass"

  #public key certificates
  elasticsearch.ssl.certificateAuthorities: ["/etc/elasticsearch/certs/http_ca.crt"]
  elasticsearch.ssl.verificationMode: none


# ------------------------------ Logstash Output -------------------------------
#output.logstash:
  # The Logstash hosts
 # hosts: ["localhost:5044"]

  # Optional SSL. By default is off.
  # List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications
  #ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]

  # Certificate for SSL client authentication
  #ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"

  # Client Certificate Key
  #ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"

# ================================= Processors =================================
processors:
  - add_host_metadata:
      when.not.contains.tags: forwarded
  - add_cloud_metadata: ~
  - add_docker_metadata: ~
  - add_kubernetes_metadata: ~

# ================================== Logging ===================================

# Sets log level. The default log level is info.
# Available log levels are: error, warning, info, debug
#logging.level: debug

# At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components.
# To enable all selectors use ["*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat",
# "publisher", "service".
#logging.selectors: ["*"]

# ============================= X-Pack Monitoring ==============================
# Filebeat can export internal metrics to a central Elasticsearch monitoring
# cluster.  This requires xpack monitoring to be enabled in Elasticsearch.  The
# reporting is disabled by default.

# Set to true to enable the monitoring reporter.
#monitoring.enabled: false

# Sets the UUID of the Elasticsearch cluster under which monitoring data for this
# Filebeat instance will appear in the Stack Monitoring UI. If output.elasticsearch
# is enabled, the UUID is derived from the Elasticsearch cluster referenced by output.elasticsearch.
#monitoring.cluster_uuid:

# Uncomment to send the metrics to Elasticsearch. Most settings from the
# Elasticsearch output are accepted here as well.
# Note that the settings should point to your Elasticsearch *monitoring* cluster.
# Any setting that is not set is automatically inherited from the Elasticsearch
# output configuration, so if you have the Elasticsearch output configured such
# that it is pointing to your Elasticsearch monitoring cluster, you can simply
# uncomment the following line.
#monitoring.elasticsearch:

# ============================== Instrumentation ===============================

# Instrumentation support for the filebeat.
#instrumentation:
    # Set to true to enable instrumentation of filebeat.
    #enabled: false

    # Environment in which filebeat is running on (eg: staging, production, etc.)
    #environment: ""

    # APM Server hosts to report instrumentation results to.
    #hosts:
    #  - http://localhost:8200

    # API Key for the APM Server(s).
    # If api_key is set then secret_token will be ignored.
    #api_key:

    # Secret token for the APM Server(s).
    #secret_token:


# ================================= Migration ==================================

# This allows to enable 6.7 migration aliases
#migration.6_to_7.enabled: true

scarecrow@ELK:~$ 

My elasticsearch config is:

# ======================== Elasticsearch Configuration =========================
#
# NOTE: Elasticsearch comes with reasonable defaults for most settings.
#       Before you set out to tweak and tune the configuration, make sure you
#       understand what are you trying to accomplish and the consequences.
#
# The primary way of configuring a node is via this file. This template lists
# the most important settings you may want to configure for a production cluster.
#
# Please consult the documentation for further information on configuration options:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/index.html
#
# ---------------------------------- Cluster -----------------------------------
#
# Use a descriptive name for your cluster:
#
#cluster.name: my-application
#
# ------------------------------------ Node ------------------------------------
#
# Use a descriptive name for the node:
#
node.name: ELK
#
# Add custom attributes to the node:
#
#node.attr.rack: r1
#
# ----------------------------------- Paths ------------------------------------
#
# Path to directory where to store the data (separate multiple locations by comma):
#
path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch
#
# Path to log files:
#
path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch
#
# ----------------------------------- Memory -----------------------------------
#
# Lock the memory on startup:
#
#bootstrap.memory_lock: true
#
# Make sure that the heap size is set to about half the memory available
# on the system and that the owner of the process is allowed to use this
# limit.
#
# Elasticsearch performs poorly when the system is swapping the memory.
#
# ---------------------------------- Network -----------------------------------
#
# By default Elasticsearch is only accessible on localhost. Set a different
# address here to expose this node on the network:
#
network.host: 0.0.0.0
#discovery.seed_hosts: ["host1"]
#cluster.initial_master_nodes: ["node-1"]
#
# By default Elasticsearch listens for HTTP traffic on the first free port it
# finds starting at 9200. Set a specific HTTP port here:
#
http.port: 9200
#
# For more information, consult the network module documentation.
#
# --------------------------------- Discovery ----------------------------------
#
# Pass an initial list of hosts to perform discovery when this node is started:
# The default list of hosts is ["127.0.0.1", "[::1]"]
#
discovery.seed_hosts: ["10.0.0.132", "host2"]
#
# Bootstrap the cluster using an initial set of master-eligible nodes:
#
#cluster.initial_master_nodes: ["ELK"]
#
# For more information, consult the discovery and cluster formation module documentation.
#
# --------------------------------- Readiness ----------------------------------
#
# Enable an unauthenticated TCP readiness endpoint on localhost
#
#readiness.port: 9399
#
# ---------------------------------- Various -----------------------------------
#
# Allow wildcard deletion of indices:
#
#action.destructive_requires_name: false

#----------------------- BEGIN SECURITY AUTO CONFIGURATION -----------------------
#
# The following settings, TLS certificates, and keys have been automatically      
# generated to configure Elasticsearch security features on 20-06-2022 21:12:35
#
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Enable security features
xpack.security.enabled: true

xpack.security.enrollment.enabled: true

# Enable encryption for HTTP API client connections, such as Kibana, Logstash, and Agents
xpack.security.http.ssl:
  enabled: true
  keystore.path: certs/http.p12

# Enable encryption and mutual authentication between cluster nodes
xpack.security.transport.ssl:
  enabled: true
  verification_mode: certificate
  keystore.path: certs/transport.p12
  truststore.path: certs/transport.p12
# Create a new cluster with the current node only
# Additional nodes can still join the cluster later
cluster.initial_master_nodes: ["ELK"]

# Allow HTTP API connections from anywhere
# Connections are encrypted and require user authentication
http.host: 0.0.0.0

# Allow other nodes to join the cluster from anywhere
# Connections are encrypted and mutually authenticated
#transport.host: 0.0.0.0

#----------------------- END SECURITY AUTO CONFIGURATION -------------------------
scarecrow@ELK:~$ 

Someone please help.. I have been at this for the last 8 hours, and really cant figure it out. I have visited every single google search possible.

Im new to ELK stack. I greatly appreciate anyones assistance here :expressionless:

Edit: I can ping and telnet elasticsearch
Edit2: Almost positive this is a certificate problem, just unsure how to correct it

Hello @Nightshade

Welcome to Elastic Community :smiley: !!!

could you try executing this below commands and let us know the results

filebeat test config

filebeat test output

This would validate your configuration and the 2nd command would do a connection test between your filebeat and Elasticsearch

Keep Posted !!! Thanks :slight_smile: !!!

Before your response I added

 output.elasticsearch:
   # Array of hosts to connect to.
   hosts: ["localhost:9200"]
 
  # Protocol - either `http` (default) or `https`.
   #protocol: "https"

   # Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password.
   #api_key: "id:api_key"
   ssl.verification_mode: "none"
   username: "elastic"
  password: "pass"

I then tried to curl

curl -u elastic http://10.0.0.132:9200
Enter host password for user 'elastic':
curl: (52) Empty reply from server

Then https curl:

 curl -u elastic https://10.0.0.132:9200
Enter host password for user 'elastic':
curl: (60) SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate in certificate chain
More details here: https://curl.se/docs/sslcerts.html

Doing what you suggested gave the following:

scarecrow@ELK:/etc/filebeat$ sudo filebeat test config
[sudo] password for scarecrow: 
Config OK

scarecrow@ELK:/etc/filebeat$ sudo filebeat test config
[sudo] password for scarecrow: 
Config OK
scarecrow@ELK:/etc/filebeat$ sudo filebeat test output
elasticsearch: http://localhost:9200...
  parse url... OK
  connection...
    parse host... OK
    dns lookup... OK
    addresses: ::1, 127.0.0.1
    dial up... OK
  TLS... WARN secure connection disabled
  talk to server... ERROR Get "http://localhost:9200": EOF

This was what I thought. I have been trying to follow the guides on here for fixing TLS and am having issues.. I appreciate your response!

@Nightshade

There is issue with self signed certificate by seeing curl

I suppose the mentioned url in filebeat seems to be wrong by seeing the curl . Because i could see an https url .

Are you using https url for elasticsearch? if then please provide the same url in output.elasticsearch. As the output of filebeat test config command clearly shows that you have mentioned an http url

This error is in elasticsearch,try disabling the xpack security until you fix certificate issue.

I have only used http so far (elastic, kibana, logstash) and it worked. I can pipe logstash to elastic but not filebeat -> logstash -> filebeat

What we spoke about in PM worked! I have reached my max # of PMs for the day, so I could not reply.

Disabled xpack security

I just wanted to let you know you are appreciated :slight_smile:

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