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Elastic Logging Plugin usage examples
editElastic Logging Plugin usage examples
editThe following examples show common configurations for the Elastic Logging Plugin.
Send Docker logs to Elasticsearch
editDocker run command:
docker run --log-driver=elastic/elastic-logging-plugin:8.13.4 \ --log-opt hosts="myhost:9200" \ --log-opt user="myusername" \ --log-opt password="mypassword" \ -it debian:jessie /bin/bash
Daemon configuration:
{ "log-driver" : "elastic/elastic-logging-plugin:8.13.4", "log-opts" : { "hosts" : "myhost:9200", "user" : "myusername", "password" : "mypassword", } }
Send Docker logs to Elasticsearch Service on Elastic Cloud
editDocker run command:
docker run --log-driver=elastic/elastic-logging-plugin:8.13.4 \ --log-opt cloud_id="MyElasticStack:daMbY2VudHJhbDekZ2NwLmN4b3VkLmVzLmliJDVkYmQwtGJiYjs0NTRiN4Q5ODJmNGUwm1IxZmFkNjM5JDFiNjdkMDE4MTgxMTQzNTM5ZGFiYWJjZmY0OWIyYWE5" \ --log-opt cloud_auth="myusername:mypassword" \ -it debian:jessie /bin/bash
Daemon configuration:
{ "log-driver" : "elastic/elastic-logging-plugin:8.13.4", "log-opts" : { "cloud_id" : "MyElasticStack:daMbY2VudHJhbDekZ2NwLmN4b3VkLmVzLmliJDVkYmQwtGJiYjs0NTRiN4Q5ODJmNGUwm1IxZmFkNjM5JDFiNjdkMDE4MTgxMTQzNTM5ZGFiYWJjZmY0OWIyYWE5", "cloud_auth" : "myusername:mypassword", "output.elasticsearch.index" : "elastic-log-driver-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}" } }
Specify a custom index and template
editDocker run command:
docker run --log-driver=elastic/elastic-logging-plugin:8.13.4 \ --log-opt hosts="myhost:9200" \ --log-opt user="myusername" \ --log-opt password="mypassword" \ --log-opt index="eld-%{[agent.version]}-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}" \ -it debian:jessie /bin/bash
Daemon configuration:
{ "log-driver" : "elastic/elastic-logging-plugin:8.13.4", "log-opts" : { "hosts" : "myhost:9200", "user" : "myusername", "index" : "eld-%{[agent.version]}-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}", "password" : "mypassword", } }