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Linux daemon that replicates events to a central ElasticSearch server in real-time

Eslogd

Linux daemon that replicates events to a central ElasticSearch server in real-time

Features

  • Standard log messages and custom events
  • Data structuration
  • HTTP basic authentication
  • Easy setup and configuration
  • Pure bash

Requires

  • curl
  • sed
  • tail

Installation

  • copy eslogd to /etc/init.d and make it executable
  • copy eslogd.apache.access.conf.sample to /etc/eslogd.myfirstlog.conf and fix it

Test conf files

  • sudo /etc/init.d/eslogd test

Start daemon

  • sudo /etc/init.d/eslogd start

Stop daemon

  • sudo /etc/init.d/eslogd stop