[syslog-ng] Java issue with elasticsearch

[Nagy, Gábor]

Sorry I forgot to link our blog post about common java problems.
It could help and explain some common errors during installation.

https://syslog-ng.com/blog/troubleshooting-java-support-syslog-ng/

Regards,
Gabor

On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 11:35 AM, Nagy, Gábor <gabor.nagy at balabit.com>
wrote:

> Hi Komi!
>
> You need the java package for syslog-ng too: "syslog-ng-mod-java".
> What is the source of the syslog-ng package you installed?
>
> You will need additional steps after you have installed the syslog-ng java
> package.
> In our admin we have detailed instructions to setup elasticsearch2
> destination:
> https://syslog-ng.com/documents/html/syslog-ng-ose-
> latest-guides/en/syslog-ng-ose-guide-admin/html/configuring-destinations-
> elasticsearch2.html
>
> Feel free to ask if you got stuck!
>
> Regards,
> Gabor
>
> On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 10:49 AM, Komi Elitcha <kmw.elitcha at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Good day all,
>>
>> I'm new to this mailing list.
>>
>> I'm setting up syslong-ng+elasticsearch+kibana on an Ubuntu 18.04; i'm
>> getting the following output/error from command: ]#syslog-ng -Fve
>>
>>
>> Error parsing destination, destination plugin java not found in block
>> destination elasticsearch2 (at /usr/share/syslog-ng/include/s
>> cl/elasticsearch/plugin.conf:58:1):
>> 1
>> 2----->   java(
>> 2----->   ^^^^
>> 3 class_path("/usr/lib/syslog-ng/3.15/java-modules/*.jar:/usr/
>> lib/syslog-ng/3.15/java-modules/elastic-jest-client/*.jar:/o
>> pt/syslog-ng/jre1.8.0_171/lib//*.jar")
>> 4 class_name("org.syslog_ng.elasticsearch_v2.ElasticSearchDestination")
>> 5           option("index", "*log*")
>> 6           option("type", "syslog")
>> 7           option("server", "localhost")
>>
>> Included from /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:
>> 90      # Debian only
>> 91      destination d_ppp { file("/var/log/ppp.log"); };
>> 92
>> 93      # Elasticsearch destination
>> 94      destination d_es {
>> 95---->     elasticsearch2(
>> 95---->     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> 96                cluster("syslog-ng")
>> 97                client-lib-dir("/usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/")
>> 98 client-lib-dir("/opt/syslog-ng/jre1.8.0_171/lib/")
>> 99                time-zone("UTC")
>> 100               cluster-url("http://localhost:9200")
>>
>>
>> Any help is welcome.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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