[syslog-ng] Java issue with elasticsearch

Kókai Péter peter.kokai at balabit.com
Fri May 25 19:10:09 UTC 2018


Hello,

You probably have a '\r' carriage return in your configuration, that is not
supported. Remove it and it should work :)

--
Kokan

On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 8:59 PM Komi Elitcha <kmw.elitcha at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oups...
>
> Additionally, i'm getting an error saying that syslog-ng-core in not
> configured yet.
>
> I hope i didn't miss anything.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Le 25/05/2018 à 18:39, Komi Elitcha a écrit :
>
> Thank you Gabor,
>
> Your below comments were very helpful and i suspect i've solved the java
> issue (maybe i should open a new thread).
>
> After setting correctly the java env in bashrc, this the output i get from
> #syslog-ng -Fve command:
>
>
> Error parsing config, syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting ';' in
> /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:
> 173     log { source(s_src); filter(f_messages); destination(d_messages);
> };
> 174
> 175     log { source(s_src); filter(f_console); destination(d_console_all);
> 176                         destination(d_xconsole); };
> 177     log { source(s_src); filter(f_crit); destination(d_console); };
> 178--->
> 178---> ^
> 179     # All messages send to a remote site
> 180     #
> 181     #log { source(s_src); destination(d_net); };
> 182     log { source(s_net); destination(d_es); flags(flow-control); };
> 183
>
>
> I cannot see any syntax error (regarding the ';') in my syslong-ng.conf
> file. Is there any know bug related to this. Also, i wonder why "log {---}'
> syntaxes are returning errors.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
>
> Le 25/05/2018 à 10:20, Nagy, Gábor a écrit :
>
> 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/scl/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:/opt/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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