# Unable to ingest events from ArcSight Smart Connector to Logstash ArcSight Module

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-ingest-events-from-arcsight-smart-connector-to-logstash-arcsight-module/102919
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [October 5, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-ingest-events-from-arcsight-smart-connector-to-logstash-arcsight-module/102919 "2017-10-05T21:21:11Z")
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### Author: ![descobar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@descobar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/descobar)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-ingest-events-from-arcsight-smart-connector-to-logstash-arcsight-module/102919/1 "2017-10-05T21:21:11Z")

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We have a 5 node ES (version 5.6.0) cluster running on RHEL 7. In addition, 3 of the nodes have Logstash and the remaining 2 nodes have Kibana. The X-pack plugin for Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana has been installed and the ArcSight Module has been configured in the logstash.yml. Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana seem to startup fine; however, we are not seeing any events forwarded from ArcSight being ingested by Logstash. As a result, Logstash was restarted in debug mode and produced the following error:

[2017-10-05T13:43:48,799][DEBUG][logstash.config.modulescommon] Specified modules {:modules\_array=\>"[{"name"=\>"arcsight", "var.inputs"=\>"smartconnector", "var.input.smartconnector.port"=\>"1514", "var.elasticsearch.hosts"=\>["dw01.dcpds.cpms.osd.mil:9200", "dw02.dcpds.cpms.osd.mil:9200", "dw03.dcpds.cpms.osd.mil:9200"], "var.elasticsearch.username"=\>"admin", "var.elasticsearch.password"=\>"", "var.elasticsearch.ssl.enabled"=\>"true", "var.elasticsearch.ssl.verification\_mode"=\>"disable", "var.elasticsearch.ssl.certificate\_authority"=\>"/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt", "var.elasticsearch.ssl.certificate"=\>"/etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt", "var.elasticsearch.ssl.key"=\>"/etc/pki/tls/private/logstash.key", "var.kibana.username"=\>"kibanaserver", "var.kibana.password"=\>"", "var.kibana.ssl.enabled"=\>"true", "var.kibana.ssl.verification\_mode"=\>"disable", "var.kibana.ssl.certificate\_authority"=\>"/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt", "var.kibana.ssl.certificate"=\>"/etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt", "var.kibana.ssl.key"=\>"/etc/pki/tls/private/logstash.key"}]"}  
[2017-10-05T13:43:48,875][FATAL][logstash.runner] An unexpected error occurred! {:error=\>#\<LogStash::ConfigLoadingError: Failed to parse the module configuration: [Invalid value for :verify. Valid values are (:all, :browser, :default)]\>, :backtrace=\>["/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/manticore-0.6.1-java/lib/manticore/client.rb:614:in `ssl_socket_factory_from_options'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/manticore-0.6.1-java/lib/manticore/client.rb:394:in`pool\_builder'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/manticore-0.6.1-java/lib/manticore/client.rb:402:in `pool'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/manticore-0.6.1-java/lib/manticore/client.rb:208:in`initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/elasticsearch-transport-5.0.4/lib/elasticsearch/transport/transport/http/manticore.rb:58:in `build_client'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/elasticsearch-transport-5.0.4/lib/elasticsearch/transport/transport/http/manticore.rb:49:in`initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/elasticsearch-transport-5.0.4/lib/elasticsearch/transport/client.rb:121:in `initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/elasticsearch-transport-5.0.4/lib/elasticsearch/transport.rb:26:in`new'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/elasticsearch\_client.rb:47:in `initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/elasticsearch_client.rb:21:in`build'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/modules\_common.rb:72:in `pipeline_configs'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1613:in`each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/modules\_common.rb:56:in `pipeline_configs'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:272:in`execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:67:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:204:in`run'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:71:in`(root)'"]}

Here's the command used to start Logstash with debug enabled and to setup the ArcSight module:  
/usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash --path.settings /etc/logstash/ -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/ --log.level=debug --setup -M "arcsight.var.inputs=smartconnector" -M "arcsight.var.input.smartconnector.port=1514" -M "arcsight.var.elasticsearch.hosts=[dw01.dcpds.cpms.osd.mil:9200,dw02.dcpds.cpms.osd.mil:9200,dw03.dcpds.cpms.osd.mil:9200]" -M "arcsight.var.elasticsearch.username=admin" -M "arcsight.var.elasticsearch.password=" -M "arcsight.var.elasticsearch.ssl.enabled=true" -M "arcsight.var.elasticsearch.ssl.verification\_mode=disable" -M "arcsight.var.elasticsearch.ssl.certificate\_authority=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt" -M "arcsight.var.elasticsearch.ssl.certificate=/etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt" -M "arcsight.var.elasticsearch.ssl.key=/etc/pki/tls/private/logstash.key" -M "arcsight.var.kibana.username=kibanaserver" -M "arcsight.var.kibana.password=" -M "arcsight.var.kibana.ssl.enabled=true" -M "arcsight.var.kibana.ssl.verification\_mode=disable" -M "arcsight.var.kibana.ssl.certificate\_authority=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt" -M "arcsight.var.kibana.ssl.certificate=/etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt" -M "arcsight.var.kibana.ssl.key=/etc/pki/tls/private/logstash.key"

Here's the contents of the logstash.yml file:  
path.data: /var/lib/logstash  
path.config: /etc/logstash/conf.d  
modules:

- name: arcsight  
var.inputs: "smartconnector"  
var.input.smartconnector.port: "1514"  
var.elasticsearch.hosts: ["dw01.dcpds.cpms.osd.mil:9200", "dw02.dcpds.cpms.osd.mil:9200", "dw03.dcpds.cpms.osd.mil:9200"]  
var.elasticsearch.username: "admin"  
var.elasticsearch.password: ""  
var.elasticsearch.ssl.enabled: "true"  
var.elasticsearch.ssl.verification\_mode: "disable"  
var.elasticsearch.ssl.certificate\_authority: "/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt"  
var.elasticsearch.ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt"  
var.elasticsearch.ssl.key: "/etc/pki/tls/private/logstash.key"  
var.kibana.username: "kibanaserver"  
var.kibana.password: ""  
var.kibana.ssl.enabled: "true"  
var.kibana.ssl.verification\_mode: "disable"  
var.kibana.ssl.certificate\_authority: "/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt"  
var.kibana.ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt"  
var.kibana.ssl.key: "/etc/pki/tls/private/logstash.key"  
path.logs: /var/log/logstash  
xpack.monitoring.enabled: false

Here's the contents of the Logstash config file:  
output {  
file {  
path =\> "/var/lib/elasticsearch/temp/logstash.log"  
}  
}

If you need any more information, please let me know. Appreciate any help you can provide.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-ingest-events-from-arcsight-smart-connector-to-logstash-arcsight-module/102919/2 "2017-11-02T21:21:13Z")

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