Installing Logstash on Ubuntu 22.04

Logstash is an open-source data processing pipeline tool that allows you to collect, transform, and store data from various sources. It is part of the Elastic Stack, which also includes Elasticsearch and Kibana, and is commonly used for log ingestion and analysis.

Installation Steps

Follow these steps to install Logstash on Ubuntu 22.04:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install default-jre -y

wget -qO - https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo apt-key add -

echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.x/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-7.x.list

sudo apt update

sudo apt install logstash -y

sudo systemctl start logstash

sudo systemctl enable logstash

1. Update system packages:
2. Install Java Runtime Environment (JRE):
3. Add the Elastic repository key:
4. Add the Elastic repository:
5. Update system packages again:
6. Install Logstash:
7. Start Logstash service:
8. Enable Logstash to start on boot:

You have now successfully installed Logstash on Ubuntu 22.04. You can configure Logstash by editing its configuration files located in the '/etc/logstash' directory.