Hi I added a grok filter to do just this. I only wanted to have the filename not the path, but you can change this to your needs.
filter {
grok {
match => ["path","%{GREEDYDATA}/%{GREEDYDATA:filename}\.log"]
}
}
Question
I'm using Logstash + Elasticsearch + Kibana to have an overview of my Tomcat log files.
For each log entry I need to know the name of the file from which it came. I'd like to add it as a field. Is there a way to do it? I've googled a little and I've only found this SO question, but the answer is no longer up-to-date.
So far the only solution I see is to specify separate configuration for each possible file name with different "add_field" like so:
input {
file {
type => "catalinalog"
path => [ "/path/to/my/files/catalina**" ]
add_field => { "server" => "prod1" }
}
}
But then I need to reconfigure logstash each time there is a new possible file name. Any better ideas?
Solution
Hi I added a grok filter to do just this. I only wanted to have the filename not the path, but you can change this to your needs.
filter {
grok {
match => ["path","%{GREEDYDATA}/%{GREEDYDATA:filename}\.log"]
}
}
OTHER TIPS
In case you would like to combine the message and file name in one event:
filter {
grok {
match => {
message => "ERROR (?<function>[\S]*)"
}
}
grok {
match => {
path => "%{GREEDYDATA}/%{GREEDYDATA:filename}\.log"
}
}}
The result in ElasticSearch (focus on 'filename' and 'function' fields):
"_index": "logstash-2016.08.03",
"_type": "logs",
"_id": "AVZRyEI49-A6kyBCq6Yt",
"_score": 1,
"_source": {
"message": "27/07/16 12:16:18,321 ERROR blaaaaaaaaa.internal.com",
"@version": "1",
"@timestamp": "2016-08-03T19:01:33.083Z",
"path": "/home/admin/mylog.log",
"host": "my-virtual-machine",
"function": "blaaaaaaaaa.internal.com",
"filename": "mylog"
}