Graylog log ingestion from file path and not from port listening

[spandey]

I need a suggestion to address this use-case of log-ingestion from specific file path from syslog VM.
So right now all the logs come to syslog VM.
I have installed graylog server on syslog VM itself.

The logs are saved in ‘/import/syslog/messages’.

What is the best way to ingest this in the Graylog?
I have read about Graylog-sidecar and Filebeat but is there any simple way to implement this?

[gsmith]

Hello

What you can use in order.

• Graylog-side car /w FileBeat or NXlog ( preferred)
• Single install Nxlog ( easy ,light weight)
• Single install FileBeat
• Rsyslog

Any log shipper you will have to configure to grab those log files.

Example of what needs to be added to the log shipper configuration file.

FileBeat

filebeat.inputs:
- input_type: log
  paths:
    - /import/syslog/messages
  type: log

Nxlog

<Input in>
    Module       im_file
    FILE         "/import/syslog/messages"
    SavePos       TRUE
    ReadFromLast  TRUE
    PollInterval  1
    Exec  $Message = $raw_event;
 </Input>

Hope that helps