redis.md

Redis output plugin

Status : core plugin, unit tested and maintained.

This plugin is used to sent data on a Redis channel.

They are two method to send message from redis :

• Publish / subscribe : The publsh redis command will be used. ``channel` parameter is needed.
• Queue. This rpush redis command will be used. key parameter is needed.

Example: Config using url: output://redis://localhost:6379?channel=logstash_channel

Config using logstash format:

input {
  redis {
    host => localhost
    port => 6379
    channel => logstash_channel
  }
}

Parameters:

• host: ip of the redis server.
• port: port of the redis server.
• auth_pass: password to use when connecting to Redis
• type: to specify the log type, to faciliate crawling in kibana. Example: type=app_name_log.
• method: pubsub or queue. Method to use for redis messaging.
• channel: Channel for publish / subscribe. No default value.
• key: Queue name for queue. No default value.
• serializer: more doc at serializers. Default value to json_logstash.
• format: params used by the raw serializer.