Sidecar not getting messages

Hello community, hope you’re all having a nice day.

So, I’m trying to log my apache messages on Graylog, but after everything [properly?] configured, I still can’t see any messages on my search page.

Let me show you some configurations I did.

The sidecar was configured:

Name: techlab-server
Status: > Running
Last Seen: a few seconds ago 
Sidecar Version: 1.0.2 

The Sidecar techlab-server status shows that everything is running:

## Node details
IP Address: 162.241.47.134
Operating System: Linux
CPU Idle: 98.46%
Load: 0.04
Volumes > 75% full: None

## Collectors status
filebeat - Collector is running.

## Log Files
Show all my actual files in the apache directory, /var/log/apache2...

And it is properly linked with the configuration:

Here is the configuration (techlab-server-apache):

# Needed for Graylog
fields_under_root: true
fields.collector_node_id: ${sidecar.nodeName}
fields.gl2_source_collector: ${sidecar.nodeId}

filebeat.inputs:
- input_type: log
  paths:
    - /var/log/apache2/access_log
    - /var/log/apache2/error_log
    - /var/log/apache2/suphp_log
  type: log
output.logstash:
   hosts: ["192.168.1.1:5044"]
path:
  data: /var/lib/graylog-sidecar/collectors/filebeat/data
  logs: /var/lib/graylog-sidecar/collectors/filebeat/log

The last system log info is promissing:

|2019-10-06T15:28:00-03:00| a630e768 / vps.techlab-tecnologia.com.br|Input [Beats/5d9a2a3ebaa76b0511a53a19] is now RUNNING|
|2019-10-06T15:28:00-03:00| a630e768 / vps.techlab-tecnologia.com.br|Input [Beats/5d9a2a3ebaa76b0511a53a19] is now STARTING|
|2019-10-06T15:28:00-03:00| a630e768 / vps.techlab-tecnologia.com.br|Started up.|

So, I installed the graylog-sidecar 1.0.2 in my CentOS7 server and also the FileBeat. Here are the configuration I did for them:

/etc/graylog/sidecar/sidecar.yml

# The URL to the Graylog server API.
server_url: "http://162.241.47.134:9000/api/"

# The API token to use to authenticate against the Graylog server API.
# This field is mandatory (removed for privacy purposes)
server_api_token: "**********"

# The node ID of the sidecar. This can be a path to a file or an ID string.
# If set to a file and the file doesn't exist, the sidecar will generate an
# unique ID and writes it to the configured path.
#
# Example file path: "file:/etc/graylog/sidecar/node-id"
# Example ID string: "6033137e-d56b-47fc-9762-cd699c11a5a9"
#
# ATTENTION: Every sidecar instance needs a unique ID!
#
node_id: "file:/etc/graylog/sidecar/techlab-server"

# The node name of the sidecar. If this is empty, the sidecar will use the
# hostname of the host it is running on.
node_name: "techlab-server"

# The update interval in secods. This configures how often the sidecar will
# contact the Graylog server for keep-alive and configuration update requests.
update_interval: 10

# This configures if the sidecar should skip the verification of TLS connections.
# Default: false
#tls_skip_verify: false

# This enables/disables the transmission of detailed sidecar information like
# collector statues, metrics and log file lists. It can be disabled to reduce
# load on the Graylog server if needed. (disables some features in the server UI)
#send_status: true

# A list of directories to scan for log files. The sidecar will scan each
# directory for log files and submits them to the server on each update.
#
# Example:
#     list_log_files:
#       - "/var/log/nginx"
#       - "/opt/app/logs"
#
# Default: empty list
list_log_files:
  - "/var/log/apache2"

# Directory where the sidecar stores internal data.
#cache_path: "/var/cache/graylog-sidecar"

# Directory where the sidecar stores logs for collectors and the sidecar itself.
#log_path: "/var/log/graylog-sidecar"

# The maximum size of the log file before it gets rotated.
#log_rotate_max_file_size: "10MiB"

# The maximum number of old log files to retain.
#log_rotate_keep_files: 10

# Directory where the sidecar generates configurations for collectors.
#collector_configuration_directory: "/var/lib/graylog-sidecar/generated"

# A list of binaries which are allowed to be executed by the Sidecar. An empty list disables the whitelist feature.
# Wildcards can be used, for a full pattern description see https://golang.org/pkg/path/filepath/#Match
# Example:
#     collector_binaries_whitelist:
#       - "/usr/bin/filebeat"
#       - "/opt/collectors/*"
#
# Example disable whitelisting:
#     collector_binaries_whitelist: []
#
# Default:
# collector_binaries_whitelist:
#  - "/usr/bin/filebeat"
#  - "/usr/bin/packetbeat"
#  - "/usr/bin/metricbeat"
#  - "/usr/bin/heartbeat"
#  - "/usr/bin/auditbeat"
#  - "/usr/bin/journalbeat"
#  - "/usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat"
#  - "/usr/share/packetbeat/bin/packetbeat"
#  - "/usr/share/metricbeat/bin/metricbeat"
#  - "/usr/share/heartbeat/bin/heartbeat"
#  - "/usr/share/auditbeat/bin/auditbeat"
#  - "/usr/share/journalbeat/bin/journalbeat"
#  - "/usr/bin/nxlog"
#  - "/opt/nxlog/bin/nxlog"

/etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml

###################### 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:
    - /var/log/apache2/access_log
    - /var/log/apache2/error_log
    - /var/log/apache2/suphp_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.
  #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


#============================= 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: 3
  #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` CLI flag or 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: ["localhost:9200"]

  # Enabled ilm (beta) to use index lifecycle management instead daily indices.
  #ilm.enabled: false

  # Optional protocol and basic auth credentials.
  #protocol: "https"
  #username: "elastic"
  #password: "changeme"

#----------------------------- 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 =====================================

# Configure processors to enhance or manipulate events generated by the beat.

processors:
  - add_host_metadata: ~
  - add_cloud_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: ["*"]

#============================== Xpack 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.
#xpack.monitoring.enabled: false

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

Even so, I’m unable to see the messages on Graylog. If I click on “Show messages” for that sidecar, nothing appears.

I’m sure I’m missing something, but I don’t know what that is. Could anyone kindly give me a hint about it?

Thank you so much

So, a little update.

I changed this in the configuration for the sidecar:

output.logstash:
   hosts: ["162.241.47.134:5044"]

Since this is the proper Graylog address.

More than 4k messages popped up on Graylog! This is very good.

But, it seems that no new messages are being imported. I’ve interacted with my applications, but access_log does not generate any new messages. I have only those 4K initial messages, imported from previous events in my server.

Any help about that?

Ok guys, so, I double checked the configuration, restarted the server and everything seems to be working fine now. New messages are being displayed nicelly.

Sorry to bother you!

:wink: Have a nice day everyone!

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