Configuration Filebeat integrate with opensearch dashboard

Versions (relevant - OpenSearch/Dashboard/Server OS/Browser):
Filebeat 7.10.0, Opensearch 2.13.0 Windows

Describe the issue:
my dashboard already running and my filebeat also successfully run but my filebeat are not collecting data from file path i insert and dashboard are not load the logs i want to monitor.

Configuration:

@jymbay Are you getting any errors in Filebeat or OpenSearch?
Please share your Filebeat config.

i run ./filebeat -c filebeat.yml -e in powershell and the error i got

2024-04-29T10:26:12.034+0800    INFO    [publisher_pipeline_output]     pipeline/output.go:145  Attempting to reconnect to backoff(elasticsearch(https://opensearch-node2:9200)) with 32 reconnect attempt(s)
2024-04-29T10:26:12.034+0800    INFO    [publisher]     pipeline/retry.go:213   retryer: send wait signal to consumer
2024-04-29T10:26:12.039+0800    INFO    [publisher]     pipeline/retry.go:217     done
2024-04-29T10:26:13.061+0800    WARN    [transport]     transport/tcp.go:52     DNS lookup failure "opensearch-node2": lookup opensearch-node2: no such host
2024-04-29T10:26:15.459+0800    INFO    [monitoring]    log/log.go:145  Non-zero metrics in the last 30s        {"monitoring": {"metrics": {"beat":{"cpu":{"system":{"ticks":2156,"time":{"ms":31}},"total":{"ticks":3359,"time":{"ms":31},"value":3359},"user":{"ticks":1203}},"handles":{"open":297},"info":{"ephemeral_id":"a7292415-21f4-4364-befe-35023731094f","uptime":{"ms":1320390}},"memstats":{"gc_next":48350256,"memory_alloc":27889448,"memory_total":174743872,"rss":4096},"runtime":{"goroutines":127}},"filebeat":{"harvester":{"open_files":13,"running":47}},"libbeat":{"config":{"module":{"running":0}},"pipeline":{"clients":1,"events":{"active":4117,"retry":100}}},"registrar":{"states":{"current":41}}}}}
2024-04-29T10:26:26.665+0800    ERROR   [publisher_pipeline_output]     pipeline/output.go:154  Failed to connect to backoff(elasticsearch(https://opensearch-node1:9200)): Get "https://opensearch-node1:9200": lookup opensearch-node1: no such host
2024-04-29T10:26:44.551+0800    ERROR   [publisher_pipeline_output]     pipeline/output.go:154  Failed to connect to backoff(elasticsearch(https://localhost:5601)): Get "https://localhost:5601": http: server gave HTTP response to HTTPS client

and here is my filebeat configuration

###################### Filebeat Configuration Example #########################

# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common
# options. The filebeat.reference.yml file from the same directory contains all the
# supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference.
#
# You can find the full configuration reference here:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/index.html

# For more available modules and options, please see the filebeat.reference.yml sample
# configuration file.

# ============================== Filebeat inputs ===============================

filebeat.inputs:

# Each - is an input. Most options can be set at the input level, so
# you can use different inputs for various configurations.
# Below are the input specific configurations.

- type: log

  # Change to true to enable this input configuration.
  enabled: true 

  # Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths.
  paths:
    - C:\Users\user\Downloads\whids-v1.7.0-release-bundle\whids-man\windows\data\logs\*
    #- c:\programdata\elasticsearch\logs\*

  #setup.ilm.enabled: false
  
  
  # Exclude lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It drops the lines that are
  # matching any regular expression from the list.
  #exclude_lines: ['^DBG']

  # Include lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It exports the lines that are
  # matching any regular expression from the list.
  #include_lines: ['^ERR', '^WARN']

  # Exclude files. A list of regular expressions to match. Filebeat drops the files that
  # are matching any regular expression from the list. By default, no files are dropped.
  #exclude_files: ['.gz$']

  # Optional additional fields. These fields can be freely picked
  # to add additional information to the crawled log files for filtering
  #fields:
  #  level: debug
  #  review: 1

  ### Multiline options

  # Multiline can be used for log messages spanning multiple lines. This is common
  # for Java Stack Traces or C-Line Continuation

  # The regexp Pattern that has to be matched. The example pattern matches all lines starting with [
  #multiline.pattern: ^\[

  # Defines if the pattern set under pattern should be negated or not. Default is false.
  #multiline.negate: false

  # Match can be set to "after" or "before". It is used to define if lines should be append to a pattern
  # that was (not) matched before or after or as long as a pattern is not matched based on negate.
  # Note: After is the equivalent to previous and before is the equivalent to to next in Logstash
  #multiline.match: after

# filestream is an experimental input. It is going to replace log input in the future.
- type: filestream

  # Change to true to enable this input configuration.
  enabled: false

  # Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths.
  paths:
  #  - /var/log/*.log
    #- c:\programdata\elasticsearch\logs\*

  # Exclude lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It drops the lines that are
  # matching any regular expression from the list.
  #exclude_lines: ['^DBG']

  # Include lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It exports the lines that are
  # matching any regular expression from the list.
  #include_lines: ['^ERR', '^WARN']

  # Exclude files. A list of regular expressions to match. Filebeat drops the files that
  # are matching any regular expression from the list. By default, no files are dropped.
  #prospector.scanner.exclude_files: ['.gz$']

  # Optional additional fields. These fields can be freely picked
  # to add additional information to the crawled log files for filtering
  #fields:
  #  level: debug
  #  review: 1

      
# ============================== Filebeat modules ==============================

filebeat.config.modules:
  # Glob pattern for configuration loading
  path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml

  # Set to true to enable config reloading
  reload.enabled: false

  # Period on which files under path should be checked for changes
  #reload.period: 10s

# ======================= Elasticsearch template setting =======================

setup.template.settings:
  index.number_of_shards: 1
  index.number_of_replicas: 1
  #index.codec: best_compression
  #_source.enabled: false


# ================================== General ===================================

# The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group
# all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface.
#name:

# The tags of the shipper are included in their own field with each
# transaction published.
#tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"]

# Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the
# output.
#fields:
#  env: staging

# ================================= Dashboards =================================
# These settings control loading the sample dashboards to the Kibana index. Loading
# the dashboards is disabled by default and can be enabled either by setting the
# options here or by using the `setup` command.
setup.dashboards.enabled: false

# The URL from where to download the dashboards archive. By default this URL
# has a value which is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released
# versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the artifacts.elastic.co
# website.
#setup.dashboards.url:

# =================================== Kibana ===================================

# Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API.
# This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration.
#setup.kibana:

  # Kibana Host
  # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)
  # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path
  # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601
  #host: "localhost:5601"

  # Kibana Space ID
  # ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default,
  # the Default Space will be used.
  #space.id:

# =============================== Elastic Cloud ================================

# These settings simplify using Filebeat with the Elastic Cloud (https://cloud.elastic.co/).

# The cloud.id setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.hosts` and
# `setup.kibana.host` options.
# You can find the `cloud.id` in the Elastic Cloud web UI.
#cloud.id:

# The cloud.auth setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.username` and
# `output.elasticsearch.password` settings. The format is `<user>:<pass>`.
#cloud.auth:

# ================================== Outputs ===================================

# Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.

# ---------------------------- Elasticsearch Output ----------------------------
output.elasticsearch:
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
  hosts: ["https://opensearch-node1:9200", "https://opensearch-node2:9200", "https://localhost:5601"]
  #["https://localhost:9200"]

  # Protocol - either `http` (default) or `https`.
  #protocol: "https"

  # Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password.
  #api_key: "id:api_key"
  username: "admin"
  password: "admin"

# ------------------------------ Logstash Output -------------------------------
#output.logstash:
  # The Logstash hosts
  #hosts: ["localhost:5044"]

  # Optional SSL. By default is off.
  # List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications
  #ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]

  # Certificate for SSL client authentication
  #ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"

  # Client Certificate Key
  #ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"

# ================================= Processors =================================
processors:
  - add_host_metadata:
      when.not.contains.tags: forwarded
  - add_cloud_metadata: ~
  - add_docker_metadata: ~
  - add_kubernetes_metadata: ~

# ================================== Logging ===================================

# Sets log level. The default log level is info.
# Available log levels are: error, warning, info, debug
#logging.level: debug

# At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components.
# To enable all selectors use ["*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat",
# "publish", "service".
#logging.selectors: ["*"]

# ============================= X-Pack Monitoring ==============================
# Filebeat can export internal metrics to a central Elasticsearch monitoring
# cluster.  This requires xpack monitoring to be enabled in Elasticsearch.  The
# reporting is disabled by default.

# Set to true to enable the monitoring reporter.
#monitoring.enabled: false

# Sets the UUID of the Elasticsearch cluster under which monitoring data for this
# Filebeat instance will appear in the Stack Monitoring UI. If output.elasticsearch
# is enabled, the UUID is derived from the Elasticsearch cluster referenced by output.elasticsearch.
#monitoring.cluster_uuid:

# Uncomment to send the metrics to Elasticsearch. Most settings from the
# Elasticsearch output are accepted here as well.
# Note that the settings should point to your Elasticsearch *monitoring* cluster.
# Any setting that is not set is automatically inherited from the Elasticsearch
# output configuration, so if you have the Elasticsearch output configured such
# that it is pointing to your Elasticsearch monitoring cluster, you can simply
# uncomment the following line.
#monitoring.elasticsearch:

# ============================== Instrumentation ===============================

# Instrumentation support for the filebeat.
#instrumentation:
    # Set to true to enable instrumentation of filebeat.
    #enabled: false

    # Environment in which filebeat is running on (eg: staging, production, etc.)
    #environment: ""

    # APM Server hosts to report instrumentation results to.
    #hosts:
    #  - http://localhost:8200

    # API Key for the APM Server(s).
    # If api_key is set then secret_token will be ignored.
    #api_key:

    # Secret token for the APM Server(s).
    #secret_token:


# ================================= Migration ==================================

# This allows to enable 6.7 migration aliases
#migration.6_to_7.enabled: true

hopefully you can help me. i am so sorry because late reply :cry:

Hey @jymbay

I don’t think you can ingest logs like this directly but probably using OpenSearch project logstash will work.

FileBeat ---> Logstash ---> OpenSearch

EDIT: I tried to make Filebeat-7.10 work with OS/OSD 2.13 on Ubuntu and they are running good no issues but the index set doesn’t get created. I created a index template, no joy.

These are All the setting I tried in Filebeat.yml file.

filebeat.inputs:
- type: log
  enabled: false
  paths:
    - /var/log/*.log
- type: filestream
  enabled: false
  paths:
     - /var/log/*.log
filebeat.config.modules:
  path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml
  reload.enabled: true 
setup.template.settings:
    index.number_of_shards: 1
setup.ilm.enabled: false  
setup.template.name: "filebeat"
setup.template.pattern: "filebeat-*"
setup.kibana:
output.elasticsearch:
  hosts: ["127.0.0.1:9200"]
  ssl.certificate_authorities:
    - /etc/filebeat/root-ca.pem
  ssl.certificate: "/etc/filebeat/node1.pem"
  ssl.key: "/etc/filebeat/node1-key.pem" 
  protocol: "https"
  username: "admin"
  password: "password123"
  timeout: 180
  bulk_max_size: 2  
processors:
  - add_host_metadata:
      when.not.contains.tags: forwarded
  - add_cloud_metadata: ~
  - add_docker_metadata: ~
  - add_kubernetes_metadata: ~
logging.level: debug
logging.to_files: true
logging.files:
path: /var/log
name: filebeat.log

So I’m not sure. Maybe @pablo has a better idea.

According to the error, logstash can’t resolve the name of the opensearch node.
If you used docker-compose to deploy the OpenSearch Cluster, Filebeat must connect to the same docker network as the OpenSearch cluster to resolve the container name opensearch-node1.

Alternatively, you can point to the docker host and port 9200 instead i.e. localhost:9200.
Please also have a look at the Filebeat configuration provided by @Gsmitt.

Your Filebeat configuration is missing a few options for a secured connection to the OpenSearch node.

You can use either this approach where you provide Filebeat certificate:

or you can fully omit SSL verification.

output.elasticsearch:
  hosts: ["127.0.0.1:9200"]
  ssl.verification_mode: none
  protocol: "https"
  username: "admin"
  password: "password123"

Regarding the second error, OpenSearch Dashboards is running with HTTP on port 5601. Also, you can’t use OpenSearch Dashboards as the output in the elasticsearch output module.

if you dont mind, can you share the documentation for method you mentioned?
FileBeat —> Logstash —> OpenSearch

Hey,
I used this doc