filebeat Cookbook

This is a Chef cookbook to manage Filebeat.

For Production environment, always prefer the most recent release.

Most Recent Release

cookbook 'filebeat', '~> 0.3.5'

From Git

cookbook 'filebeat', github: 'vkhatri/chef-filebeat',  tag: "v0.3.5"

Repository

https://github.com/vkhatri/chef-filebeat

Supported OS

This cookbook was tested on Windows, Amazon & Ubuntu Linux and expected to work on other RHEL platforms.

Major Changes

v0.2.5

• Removed default output configuration attributes for elasticsearch, logstash and file
• Removed attributed default['filebeat']['enable_localhost_output'] as default output attributes are disabled

Cookbook Dependency

• windows
• powershell
• apt
• yum

Recipes

• filebeat::default - default recipe (use it for run_list)

• filebeat::install_windows - install filebeat for windows platform

• filebeat::install_package - install filebeat package for linux platform

• filebeat::config - configure filebeat

LWRP filebeat_prospector

LWRP filebeat_prospector creates filebeat prospector configuration yaml file under directory node['filebeat']['prospectors_dir'] with file name prospector-#{resource_name}.yml.

LWRP example

filebeat_prospector 'messages' do
  paths ['/var/log/messages']
  document_type 'apache'
  ignore_older '24h'
  scan_frequency '15s'
  harvester_buffer_size 16384
  fields 'type' => 'apacheLogs'
end

LWRP Options

• action (optional) - default :create, options: :create, :delete
• paths (optional, String) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• type (optional, String) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• encoding (optional, String) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• fields (optional, Hash) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• fields_under_root (optional, TrueClass/FalseClass) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• ignore_older (optional, String) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• document_type (optional, String) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• input_type (optional, String) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• close_older (optional, String) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• scan_frequency (optional, String) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• harvester_buffer_size (optional, Integer) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• tail_files (optional, TrueClass/FalseClass) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• backoff (optional, String) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• max_backoff (optional, String) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• backoff_factor (optional, Integer) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• force_close_files (optional, TrueClass/FalseClass) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• include_lines (optional, Array) - A list of regular expressions to match the lines that you want Filebeat to include. Filebeat exports only the lines that match a regular expression in the list. By default, all lines are exported.
• exclude_lines (optional, Array) - A list of regular expressions to match the lines that you want Filebeat to exclude. Filebeat drops any lines that match a regular expression in the list. By default, no lines are dropped.
• max_bytes (optional, Integer) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• multiline (optional, Hash) - Multiline configuration hash. Options: pattern: , negate: [true/false], match: [before/after]
• exclude_files (optional, Array) - A list of regular expressions to match the files that you want Filebeat prospector instance to exclude.
• spool_size (optional, Integer) - ilebeat prospector configuration attribute
• publish_async (optional, TrueClass/FalseClass) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• idle_timeout (optional, String) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute
• registry_file (optional, String) - filebeat prospector configuration attribute

How to Add Filebeat Output via Node Attribute

ElasticSearch Output

  "default_attributes": {
    "filebeat": {
      "config": {
        "output": {
          "elasticsearch": {
            "hosts": ["127.0.0.1:9200"],
            "save_topology": false,
            "max_retries": 3,
            "bulk_max_size": 1000,
            "flush_interval": null,
            "protocol": "http",
            "username": null,
            "password": null,
            "index": "filebeat",
            "path": "/elasticsearch"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

Logstash Output

  "default_attributes": {
    "filebeat": {
      "config": {
        "output": {
          "logstash": {
            "hosts": ["127.0.0.1:5000"],
            "loadbalance": true,
            "save_topology": false,
            "index": "filebeat"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

File Output

  "default_attributes": {
    "filebeat": {
      "config": {
        "output": {
          "file": {
            "path": "/tmp/filebeat",
            "filename": "filebeat",
            "rotate_every_kb": 1000,
            "number_of_files": 7
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

How to Add Filebeat Prospectors via Node Attribute

Individual prospectors configuration file can be added using attribute default['filebeat']['prospectors']. Each prospector configuration will be created as a different yaml file under default['filebeat']['prospector_dir'] with prefix prospector-

  "default_attributes": {
    "filebeat": {
      "prospectors": {
        "system_logs": {
          "filebeat": {
            "prospectors": [
              {
                "paths": [
                  "/var/log/messages",
                  "/var/log/syslog"
                ],
                "type": "log",
                "fields": {
                  "type": "system_logs"
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "secure_logs": {
          "filebeat": {
            "prospectors": [
              {
                "paths": [
                  "/var/log/secure",
                  "/var/log/auth.log"
                ],
                "type": "log",
                "fields": {
                  "type": "secure_logs"
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "apache_logs": {
          "filebeat": {
            "prospectors": [
              {
                "paths": [
                  "/var/log/apache/*.log"
                ],
                "type": "log",
                "ignore_older": "24h",
                "scan_frequency": "15s",
                "harvester_buffer_size": 16384,
                "fields": {
                  "type": "apache_logs"
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

Above configuration will create three different prospector files - prospector-system_logs.yml, prospector-secure_logs.yml and prospector-apache_logs.yml

Core Attributes

• default['filebeat']['version'] (default: 1.2.3): filebeat version

• default['filebeat']['package_url'] (default: auto): package url for windows installation

• default['filebeat']['conf_dir'] (default: /etc/filebeat): filebeat yaml configuration file directory

• default['filebeat']['conf_file'] (default: /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml): filebeat configuration file

• default['filebeat']['notify_restart'] (default: true): whether to restart filebeat service on configuration file change

• default['filebeat']['disable_service'] (default: false): whether to stop and disable filebeat service

• default['filebeat']['prospectors_dir'] (default: /etc/filebeat/conf.d): prospectors configuration file directory

• default['filebeat']['prospectors'] (default: {}): prospectors configuration file

Configuration File filebeat.yml Attributes

• default['filebeat']['config']['filebeat']['prospectors'] (default: []): filebeat interface device name

• default['filebeat']['config']['filebeat']['registry_file'] (default: /var/lib/filebeat/registry): filebeat services to capture packets

• default['filebeat']['config']['filebeat']['config_dir'] (default: node['filebeat']['prospectors_dir']): filebeat prospectors configuration files folder

• default['filebeat']['config']['output'] (default: {}): configure elasticsearch. logstash, file etc. output

For more attribute info, visit below links:

https://github.com/elastic/filebeat/blob/master/etc/filebeat.yml

Filebeat YUM/APT Repository Attributes

• default['filebeat']['yum']['description'] (default: ``): beats yum reporitory attribute

• default['filebeat']['yum']['gpgcheck'] (default: true): beats yum reporitory attribute

• default['filebeat']['yum']['enabled'] (default: true): beats yum reporitory attribute

• default['filebeat']['yum']['baseurl'] (default: https://packages.elastic.co/beats/yum/el/$basearch): beatsyum reporitory attribute

• default['filebeat']['yum']['gpgkey'] (default: https://packages.elasticsearch.org/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch): beats yum reporitory attribute

• default['filebeat']['yum']['metadata_expire'] (default: 3h): beats yum reporitory attribute

• default['filebeat']['yum']['action'] (default: :create): beats yum reporitory attribute

• default['filebeat']['apt']['description'] (default: calculated): beats apt reporitory attribute

• default['filebeat']['apt']['components'] (default: ['stable', 'main']): beats apt reporitory attribute

• default['filebeat']['apt']['uri'] (default: https://packages.elastic.co/beats/apt): beats apt reporitory attribute

• default['filebeat']['apt']['key'] (default: http://packages.elasticsearch.org/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch): beats apt reporitory attribute

• default['filebeat']['apt']['action'] (default: :add): filebeat apt reporitory attribute

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests (rake & rake knife), ensuring they all pass
6. Write new resource/attribute description to README.md
7. Write description about changes to PR
8. Submit a Pull Request using Github

Copyright & License

Authors:: Virender Khatri and Contributors

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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