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HTTP input plugin

Status : core plugin, unit tested and maintained.

This plugin is used on log server to receive logs from an HTTP/HTTPS stream. This is useful in case the agent can only output logs through an HTTP/HTTPS channel.

Example 1: Config using url: input://http://localhost:8080

Config using logstash format:

input {
  http {
    host => 127.0.0.1
    port => 8080
  }
}

Example Output:

{
  "message": "{\"username\":\"xyz\",\"password\":\"xyz\"}",
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "http_port": "8080",
  "path": "/api/login",
  "@timestamp": "2017-08-27T11:15:37.526Z",
  "@version": "1"
}

Parameters:

  • host: listen address for the HTTP server : can be 0.0.0.0, 127.0.0.1 ...
  • port: port for the HTTP server.
  • type: to specify the log type, to faciliate crawling in kibana. Example: type=http. No default value.
  • unserializer: more doc at unserializers. Default value to json_logstash.
  • ssl: enable SSL mode. More doc at ssl. Default : false
  • path: strict path mapping for the HTTP server. Example: /api. Default: false.