gelf.md

Gelf output plugin

Status : core plugin, unit tested and maintained.

This plugin is used to send data to a GELF enabled server, eg Graylog2. Documentation of GELF messages is here.

Example: to send logs to 192.168.1.1 port 1221. Config using url: output://gelf://192.168.1.1:12201

Config using logstash format:

output {
  gelf {
    host => 192.168.1.1
    port => 12201
  }
}

Parameters:

• host: ip of the gelf server.
• port: port of the gelf server.
• message: short_message field. Default value: #{message}, the line of log. Can reference log line properties (see interpolation).
• facility: facility field. Default value: #{type}, the line type. no_facility if no value. Can reference log line properties (see interpolation).
• level: level field. Default value: 6. Can reference log line properties (see interpolation).
• version: version field. Default value: 1.0.