Logstash CloudWatch input plugin Updated

We’ve previously released the Logstash CloudWatch Input plugin to fetch CloudWatch metrics from AWS. Since then we’ve realized that it’s not as complete or as configurable as we’d like it to be. So we’ve refactored it significantly,...

Logstash CloudWatch input plugin

UPDATE: We’ve released a significantly updated version of this input. See this post for more details. Amazon’s CloudWatch service provides statistics on various metrics for AWS services. You can track CPU Utilization and credit usage on EC2, the amount of...

How to Configure the SNS Logstash Output

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...

How to access AWS services with Logstash plugins

Logstash comes with a number of plugins that interact with AWS, Amazon’s cloud infrastructure. This short guide will look at the common configuration options for these plugins. Quick Info Source: /lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/aws_config.rb Requirements: AWS...