Hello, can someone help me? I am having a problem after winlogbeat installation. when i run .\winlogbeat.exe setup -e is show error:
Exiting: couldn't connect to any of the configured Elasticsearch hosts. Errors: [error connecting to Elasticsearch at http://es_url: failed to parse JSON response: invalid character '<' looking for beginning of value]
.\winlogbeat.exe test config -c .\winlogbeat.yml shows that Config is OK though. Any thoughts?
Show your config, please for winlogbeat.yml
Try with https instead.
Hi StephenB, please see below configuration for winlogbeat.yml
# ---------------------------- Elasticsearch Output ----------------------------
output.elasticsearch:
# Array of hosts to connect to.
hosts: ["http://es_url:5601"]
username: "elastic"
password: "12345"
# Protocol - either `http` (default) or `https`.
#protocol: "https"
# Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password.
#api_key: "id:api_key"
#username: "elastic"
#password: "changeme"
# Pipeline to route events to security, sysmon, or powershell pipelines.
pipeline: "winlogbeat-%{[agent.version]}-routing"
Hello Daddoonet, should I be needing SSL key when using https?
@Edzel_Severino How did you setup elasticsearch?
What version are you running? 8.x?
Elasticsearch runs on port 9200 not 5601
Try
hosts: ["https://es_url:9200"]
username: "elastic"
password: "12345"
ssl.verification_mode: none
Also Please format your code with ``` before an after the code blocks
I setup the elasticsearch via docker and the version im using is 8.12.1, same version with my kibana and logstash.
I tried the config you have mentioned and Im getting new error.
Exiting: couldn't connect to any of the configured Elasticsearch hosts: Errors: {error connecting to Elasticsearch at https://es_url:9200: GET "https://es_url:9200" : http: server gave HTTP response to HTTPS client]
I feel like we're playing 20 questions. 
Share your docker setup....
The more you share, the quicker that we can help if you make us ask for everything and it's going to take a long time..
So try without https on port 9200
My bad, here is my docker setup for elasticsearch,kibana and logstash.
version: "3"
services:
setup:
image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.12.1
environment:
- ELASTIC_PASSWORD=${ELASTIC_PASSWORD}
- KIBANA_PASSWORD=${KIBANA_PASSWORD}
container_name: setup
command:
- bash
- -c
- |
echo "Waiting for Elasticsearch availability";
until curl -s http://elasticsearch:9200 | grep -q "missing authentication credentials"; do sleep 30; done;
echo "Setting kibana_system password";
until curl -s -X POST -u "elastic:${ELASTIC_PASSWORD}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://elasticsearch:9200/_secur>
echo "All done!";
elasticsearch:
image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.12.1
# give the container a name
# this will also set the container's hostname as elasticsearch
container_name: elasticsearch
ports:
- 9200:9200
environment:
- network.host=0.0.0.0
- discovery.type=single-node
- cluster.name=elasticsearch
- bootstrap.memory_lock=true
# limits elasticsearch to 1 GB of RAM
- ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms1g -Xmx1g
# The password for the 'elastic' user
- ELASTIC_PASSWORD=${ELASTIC_PASSWORD}
- xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled=false
kibana:
image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:8.12.1
container_name: kibana
ports:
- 5601:5601
environment:
# remember the container_name for elasticsearch?
# we use it here to access that container
- network.host=0.0.0.0
- ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS=http://elasticsearch:9200
- ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME=kibana_system
- ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD=${KIBANA_PASSWORD}
# Change this to true if you want to sent
# telemetry data to kibana developers
- TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false
logstash:
image: docker.elastic.co/logstash/logstash:8.12.1
container_name: logstash
command:
- /bin/bash
- -c
- |
cp /usr/share/logstash/pipeline/logstash.yml /usr/share/logstash/config/logstash.yml
echo "Waiting for Elasticsearch availability";
until curl -s http://elasticsearch:9200 | grep -q "missing authentication credentials"; do sleep 1; done;
echo "Starting logstash";
/usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash -f /usr/share/logstash/pipeline/logstash.conf
environment:
- xpack.monitoring.enabled=false
- ELASTIC_USER=elastic
- ELASTIC_PASSWORD=${ELASTIC_PASSWORD}
- ELASTIC_HOSTS=http://elasticsearch:9200
volumes:
- ./logstash.conf:/usr/share/logstash/pipeline/logstash.conf ```Here is the winlogbeat.yml config.
###################### Winlogbeat Configuration Example ########################
# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common
# options. The winlogbeat.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/winlogbeat/index.html
# ======================== Winlogbeat specific options =========================
# event_logs specifies a list of event logs to monitor as well as any
# accompanying options. The YAML data type of event_logs is a list of
# dictionaries.
#
# The supported keys are name, id, xml_query, tags, fields, fields_under_root,
# forwarded, ignore_older, level, event_id, provider, and include_xml.
# The xml_query key requires an id and must not be used with the name,
# ignore_older, level, event_id, or provider keys. Please visit the
# documentation for the complete details of each option.
# https://go.es.io/WinlogbeatConfig
winlogbeat.event_logs:
- name: Application
ignore_older: 72h
- name: System
- name: Security
- name: Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
- name: Windows PowerShell
event_id: 400, 403, 600, 800
- name: Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell/Operational
event_id: 4103, 4104, 4105, 4106
- name: ForwardedEvents
tags: [forwarded]
# ====================== Elasticsearch template settings =======================
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 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 dashboard archive. By default, this URL
# has a value that 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 Winlogbeat 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: ["http://172.24.11.223:9200"]
username: "elastic"
password: "12345"
ssl.verification_mode: none
# Protocol - either `http` (default) or `https`.
#protocol: "https"
# Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password.
#api_key: "id:api_key"
#username: "elastic"
#password: "changeme"
# Pipeline to route events to security, sysmon, or powershell pipelines.
pipeline: "winlogbeat-%{[agent.version]}-routing"
# ------------------------------ 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: ~
# ================================== 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 ==============================
# Winlogbeat 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
# Winlogbeat 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 outputs 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 winlogbeat.
#instrumentation:
# Set to true to enable instrumentation of winlogbeat.
#enabled: false
# Environment in which winlogbeat 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
> Blockquoteso what happens when you try to
curl -v -u elastic http://172.24.11.223:9200
I ran your compose for Elastic and Kibana and it work (although above you kibana is not indented correctly)
curl -u elastic 192.168.2.107:9200
Enter host password for user 'elastic':
{
"name" : "9accc803cd72",
"cluster_name" : "elasticsearch",
"cluster_uuid" : "omRCWzJiQSmqhK2WGeeb4A",
"version" : {
"number" : "8.12.1",
"build_flavor" : "default",
"build_type" : "docker",
"build_hash" : "6185ba65d27469afabc9bc951cded6c17c21e3f3",
"build_date" : "2024-02-01T13:07:13.727175297Z",
"build_snapshot" : false,
"lucene_version" : "9.9.2",
"minimum_wire_compatibility_version" : "7.17.0",
"minimum_index_compatibility_version" : "7.0.0"
},
"tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}
hyperion:docker sbrown$
Check the curl works then come back
take out
ssl.verification_mode: none
But actually your compose DOES not work right as Kibana does not get setup properly you setup is not working quite right... but that may be because the text it cutoff... on the KIBANA_PASSWORD part...when I fixed that and the kibana_system password seemed to get set... .
elasticsearch | {"@timestamp":"2024-08-26T02:35:46.582Z", "log.level": "INFO",
"message":"Authentication of [kibana_system] was terminated by realm [reserved] - failed to authenticate user [kibana_system]", "ecs.version": "1.2.0","service.name":"ES_ECS","event.dataset":"elasticsearch.server","process.thread.name":"elasticsearch[9accc803cd72][transport_worker]
[T#8]","log.logger":"org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.RealmsAuthenticator","trace.id":"2af2bc4a55499414646f4ebee4581396","elasticsearch.cluster.uuid":"omRCWzJiQSmqhK2WGeeb4A","elasticsearch.node.id":"ODRCQCFVReGpZ64y-mCyxA","elasticsearch.node.name":"9accc803cd72","elasticsearch.cluster.name":"elasticsearch"}
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