# the json input
root@monitoring:~# cat tmp.json
{"message":{"someField":"someValue"}}
# the logstash configuration file
root@monitoring:~# cat /etc/logstash/conf.d/test.conf
input {
tcp {
port => 5400
codec => json
}
}
filter{
}
output {
stdout {
codec => rubydebug
}
}
# starting the logstash server
/opt/logstash/bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/test.conf
# sending the json to logstash with netcat
nc localhost 5400 < tmp.json
# the logstash output via stdout
{
"message" => {
"someField" => "someValue"
},
"@version" => "1",
"@timestamp" => "2016-02-02T13:31:18.703Z",
"host" => "0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1",
"port" => 56812
}