How to install Logstash on CentOS, Red Hat and Fedora

Steps to install Logstash on CentOS, Red Hat and Fedora:

Add ELK repository to yum.

Download and install public signing key for ELK repository.

# rpm --import https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch

Create repository file in /etc/yum.repos.d/elasticsearch.repo with these details.

[elasticsearch-6.x]
name=Elasticsearch repository for 6.x packages
baseurl=https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/6.x/yum
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch
enabled=1
autorefresh=1
type=rpm-md

Install Java Runtime Environment.

# yum install --assumeyes java-1.8.0-openjdk

Install Logstash package via yum.

# yum install --assumeyes logstash
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 Package         Arch          Version           Repository                Size
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Installing:
 logstash        noarch        1:6.4.1-1         elasticsearch-6.x        148 M

Transaction Summary
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Install  1 Package
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Start logstash automatically during boot.

# systemctl enable logstash
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/logstash.service to /etc/systemd/system/logstash.service.

Start logstash service.
```
# systemctl start logstash
```

Author: Mohd Shakir Zakaria
Cloud architect by profession but always consider himself as a developer, entrepreneur and an opensource enthusiast.

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