elasticsearch-aio Cookbook

This cookbook deploys elasticsearch, td-agent and some tools. (Kibana, elasticsearch head)

How to manage logs

Support format: syslog Support protocol: RELP

client examples

/etc/rsyslog.d/00-forward-logs.conf

$ModLoad omrelp
*.*  :omrelp:<IP Addr>:10010

How to use kibana

Access http://:9200/_plugin/kibana3/

How to use Elasticsearch Head

Access http://:9200/_plugin/head/

Architecture

                     |---------------- ElasticSearch all in one ------------|
+------+  via RELP   +---------+  via TCP   +----------+           +--------+
| node | ----------> | rsyslog | ---------> | td-agent | --------->|   ES   |
+------+      |      +---------+            +----------+           +--------+
+------+      |
| node | -----|
+------+

Support platforms

ubuntu 12.04

Notes

• elasticsearch-cloud-aws plugin need to install a version matching your Elasticsearch version.
  see also: https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-cloud-aws