You use inputs to get data into Logstash.

Some of the more commonly-used inputs are:

• File
• Syslog
• Redis
• Beats

File: READS from a file on the filesystem, much like the UNIX command TAIL -0F

Syslog: listens on the well-known port 514 for syslog messages and PARSES according to the RFC3164 format

Redis: reads from a redis server, using both redis channels and redis LISTS. Redis is often used as a “broker” in a CENTRALIZED Logstash installation, which queues Logstash events from remote Logstash “shippers”.

Beats: processes events sent by File beat.

You use inputs to get data into Logstash.

Some of the more commonly-used inputs are:

File: reads from a file on the filesystem, much like the UNIX command tail -0F

Syslog: listens on the well-known port 514 for syslog messages and parses according to the RFC3164 format

Redis: reads from a redis server, using both redis channels and redis lists. Redis is often used as a “broker” in a centralized Logstash installation, which queues Logstash events from remote Logstash “shippers”.

Beats: processes events sent by File beat.