How to Configure the syslogd Logstash Input

by Jurgens du Toit | Mar 5, 2015 | Logstash

This short guide will look at the syslogd input for Logstash. Syslogd is a standard that defines parameters around logging and a protocol to send logs to a remote server. It’s very useful if you want to separate log generation and storage, and allows you to...

How to configure the IMAP Logstash Input

by Jurgens du Toit | Feb 26, 2015 | Logstash

This short guide will look at the Logstash IMAP input. IMAP is an alternative protocol to POP3 to fetch emails from a server. This input will allow you to retrieve emails from an IMAP account and process them using Logstash. Check out this post on using IMAP and...

Logstash Development Environment

by Jurgens du Toit | Feb 18, 2015 | Logstash

Step by step guide to set up a Logstash development environment If you’re keen to contribute to the Logstash project, you can do so by either contributing to the main Logstash project or to any of the Logstash plugins. Which ever you choose, you’ll need to...

Searching for that perfect job: Scraping a RSS feed using Logstash

by Jurgens du Toit | Feb 11, 2015 | Logstash, Use Cases

We all have that dream job, the one that pays enough, is in the right city and has the right perks. Yet we’re all so busy in our normal jobs that we have no time to keep a proper eye on all the job boards and postings available on the internet. To name but a...

How to Configure the SNS Logstash Output

by Jurgens du Toit | Feb 4, 2015 | Logstash

Logstash comes with a number of plugins that interact with AWS, Amazon’s cloud infrastructure. This short guide will look at the configuration options for the Simple Notification Service (or SNS) output that will allow you to convert Logstash events to push...