Hello,
I have a Ruby C extension which I've created with the following tutorial: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ruby_Programming/C_Extensions
It works perfectly when I create the Makefile with the Ruby installed on my machine (ruby 2.3.1p112 (2016-04-26) [x86_64-linux-gnu]).
After 'mkmf' creates the Makefile, I'm able to 'make' the .so file and require it with ruby installed on my machine.
But when I try to require it with the Logstash 'irb' I get the following error with a stack trace:
irb(main):001:0> require '/path/to/point.so'
LoadError: no such file to load -- /path/to/point
from org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:955:in `require'
from /usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/polyglot-0.3.5/lib/polyglot.rb:65:in `require'
from (irb):1:in `<eval>'
from org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:994:in `eval'
from org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1292:in `loop'
from org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1114:in `catch'
from org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1114:in `catch'
from /usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:464:in `start_shell'
from /usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:282:in `execute'
from /usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:67:in `run'
from /usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:238:in `run'
from /usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132:in `run'
from /usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:73:in `<main>'
I also tried to start the Logstash with the '--path.plugins' but it gave me this error message:
Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (NameError) '@path.plugins' is not allowable as an instance variable name
Is it possible to require .so files with Logstash Ruby at all or can I require the C extension with some other technique?
Best Regards