Apache

deb (Debian/Ubuntu/Mint)

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
wget -qO - https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo apt-key add -
echo 'deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/oss-6.x/apt stable main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/beats.list

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install filebeat

rpm (CentOS/RHEL/Fedora)

sudo rpm --import https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch
echo "[elastic-6.x]
name=Elastic repository for 6.x packages
baseurl=https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/oss-6.x/yum
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch
enabled=1
autorefresh=1
type=rpm-md" | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/elastic-beats.repo

sudo yum install filebeat

macOS

curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-oss-6.7.1-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 
tar xzvf filebeat-oss-6.7.1-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz

Windows

• Download the Filebeat Windows zip file from the official downloads page.
• Extract the contents of the zip file into C:\Program Files.
• Rename the filebeat-<version>-windows directory to Filebeat.
• Open a PowerShell prompt as an Administrator (right-click the PowerShell icon and select Run As Administrator). If you are running Windows XP, you may need to download and install PowerShell.
• Run the following commands to install Filebeat as a Windows service:

PS > cd 'C:\Program Files\Filebeat'
PS C:\Program Files\Filebeat> .\install-service-filebeat.ps1`

There are several built in filebeat modules you can use. You will need to enable the apache2 module. deb/rpm_

sudo filebeat modules list
sudo filebeat modules enable apache2

macOS

cd <EXTRACTED_ARCHIVE>
./filebeat modules list
./filebeat modules enable apache2

Windows

cd <EXTRACTED_ARCHIVE>
.\filebeat.exe modules list
.\filebeat.exe modules enable apache2

deb/rpm /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml
mac/win <EXTRACTED_ARCHIVE>/filebeat.yml

We'll be shipping to Logstash so that we have the option to run filters before the data is indexed.
Comment out the elasticsearch output block.

## Comment out elasticsearch output
#output.elasticsearch:
#  hosts: ["localhost:9200"]

Uncomment and change the logstash output to match below.

output.logstash:
    hosts: ["your-logstash-host:your-port"]
    loadbalance: true
    ssl.enabled: true

All Logit stacks come pre-configured with popular Logstash filters. We would recommend that you add Apache specific filters if you don't already have them, to ensure enhanced dashboards and modules work correctly.

Edit your Logstash filters by choosing Stack > Settings > Logstash Filters

if [fileset][module] == "apache2" {
  if [fileset][name] == "access" {
    grok {
      match => { "message" => ["%{IPORHOST:[apache2][access][remote_ip]} - %{DATA:[apache2][access][user_name]} \[%{HTTPDATE:[apache2][access][time]}\] \"%{WORD:[apache2][access][method]} %{DATA:[apache2][access][url]} HTTP/%{NUMBER:[apache2][access][http_version]}\" %{NUMBER:[apache2][access][response_code]} %{NUMBER:[apache2][access][body_sent][bytes]}( \"%{DATA:[apache2][access][referrer]}\")?( \"%{DATA:[apache2][access][agent]}\")?",
        "%{IPORHOST:[apache2][access][remote_ip]} - %{DATA:[apache2][access][user_name]} \\[%{HTTPDATE:[apache2][access][time]}\\] \"-\" %{NUMBER:[apache2][access][response_code]} -" ] }
      remove_field => "message"
    }
    mutate {
      add_field => { "read_timestamp" => "%{@timestamp}" }
    }
    date {
      match => [ "[apache2][access][time]", "dd/MMM/YYYY:H:m:s Z" ]
      remove_field => "[apache2][access][time]"
    }
    useragent {
      source => "[apache2][access][agent]"
      target => "[apache2][access][user_agent]"
      remove_field => "[apache2][access][agent]"
    }
    geoip {
      source => "[apache2][access][remote_ip]"
      target => "[apache2][access][geoip]"
    }
  }
  else if [fileset][name] == "error" {
    grok {
      match => { "message" => ["\[%{APACHE_TIME:[apache2][error][timestamp]}\] \[%{LOGLEVEL:[apache2][error][level]}\]( \[client %{IPORHOST:[apache2][error][client]}\])? %{GREEDYDATA:[apache2][error][message]}",
        "\[%{APACHE_TIME:[apache2][error][timestamp]}\] \[%{DATA:[apache2][error][module]}:%{LOGLEVEL:[apache2][error][level]}\] \[pid %{NUMBER:[apache2][error][pid]}(:tid %{NUMBER:[apache2][error][tid]})?\]( \[client %{IPORHOST:[apache2][error][client]}\])? %{GREEDYDATA:[apache2][error][message1]}" ] }
      pattern_definitions => {
        "APACHE_TIME" => "%{DAY} %{MONTH} %{MONTHDAY} %{TIME} %{YEAR}"
      }
      remove_field => "message"
    }
    mutate {
      rename => { "[apache2][error][message1]" => "[apache2][error][message]" }
    }
    date {
      match => [ "[apache2][error][timestamp]", "EEE MMM dd H:m:s YYYY", "EEE MMM dd H:m:s.SSSSSS YYYY" ]
      remove_field => "[apache2][error][timestamp]"
    }
  }
}

Let's check the configuration file is syntactically correct.

deb/rpm

sudo filebeat -e -c /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml

macOS

cd <EXTRACTED_ARCHIVE>
./filebeat -e -c filebeat.yml

Windows

cd <EXTRACTED_ARCHIVE>
filebeat.exe -e -c filebeat.yml

Ok, time to start ingesting data!

deb/rpm

sudo systemctl enable filebeat
sudo systemctl start filebeat

mac

./filebeat

Windows

Start-Service filebeat