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user2779221
user2779221

Reputation: 135

Logstash-fowarder Installation on Mac

My work environment has couple of ubuntu and RedHat Linux machines. I configured ELK server on ubuntu and installed logstash-forwarder in client machines(ubuntu , Redhat Linux) and getting Logs successfully to Logstash.

I need to Install Logstash forwarder on a Mac book. I dont find any dpkg files.

  1. I have rpm package. is it possible to install it on MAC?
  2. I see that Logstash is replaced by file beat. can we run both filebeat and logstash-forwarder for same ELK server?

Thanks in advance!!!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 381

Answers (1)

ruflin
ruflin

Reputation: 206

To install Logstash-Forwarder on your Mac, you need to download the binary here: https://www.elastic.co/downloads/past-releases/logstash-forwarder-0-4-0

It is possible to run logstash-forwarder and filebeat at the same time. Be aware that the data structure sent to Logstash or Elasticsearch is not identical.

As it seems you just got started with logstash-forwarder I recommend to fully switch to filebeat as it brings the same feature set and has the most recent bug fixes. Filebeat can be downloaded here: https://www.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat

Upvotes: 1

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