Log Courier
Log Courier is a lightweight tool created to ship log files speedily and securely, with low resource usage, to remote Logstash instances.
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Upgrading to 2.x
There are many breaking changes in the configuration between 1.8 and 2.x. Please check carefully the list of breaking changes here: Change Log.
Packages also now default to using a log-courier user. If you require the old
behaviour of root, please be sure to modify the /etc/sysconfig/log-courier
(CentOS/RedHat) or /etc/default/log-courier (Ubuntu) file.
Features
- Logstash Integration
- Read from a file or the program input (
stdin) - Follow log file rotations and movements
- Compliment log events with extra fields
- Reload configuration without restarting
- Transmit securely using TLS with server and (optionally) client verification
- Monitor shipping speed and status with the Administration utility
- Pre-process events on the sender using codecs (e.g. Multiline, Filter)
Philosophy
- At-least-once delivery of events to the Logstash pipeline - a Log Courier crash should never lose events
- Be efficient, reliable and scalable
- Keep resource usage low
- Be easy to use
